05/09/2018
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"These efforts have been transformational. In Hawaii, more than 18,000 people now speak Hawaiian at home, up from just 2,000 Hawaiian-language speakers in the 1970s."
"We can go anywhere in Indian Country and see this happening. They are doing it locally. Because they are the world class experts."
"I am both hopeful and committed to continue moving this body in a positive direction to strengthen Native languages."
"I don't want to overreact here, but I would like to understand the extent of the problem."