Neil Abercrombie: “As the gentleman from Puerto Rico (Mr. Romero- Barcelo) has indicated, as the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Burton) has…”

“As the gentleman from Puerto Rico (Mr. Romero- Barcelo) has indicated, as the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Burton) has indicated, as the gentleman from California (Mr. Miller) has indicated, and the gentleman from Alaska (Mr. Young), what we are trying to do here today is to aid and assist, as Members of the House of Representatives, the self-determination of fellow citizens. The gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Burton) has been adamant on this. I do not think we are going to find a more partisan person in the House with respect to the question of English and its being used as common language throughout the United States. But that issue will be debated in another venue, at another time. What we are talking about here is something that I ask Members, as a representative from the last State to come into the Union. We have only been a State for 38 years.”