What happens under this proposal to patient choice?

I just haven't heard of that being a circumstance. It's been brought to me in any personal way and I would be open to hearing discussion about that subject matter.

I never said nor do I believe a woman, including minors, cannot get pregnant from rape, statutory rape or incest. Suggesting otherwise is ridiculous, shameful, disgusting, and nothing but an attempt to falsely define who I am.

I want to thank the Chairman for his relentless leadership to get some relief to America's farmers and ranchers who are dealing with this drought. In my home state of Iowa we now have 42 counties that have been declared by the United…

If I got to a foreign country, as Mr. Forbes said, and if I were going to live there, I do not really want help in the English language because it does not encourage me to adopt the language that I might be operating within.

Well, the Voting Rights Act puts the obligations on the States, and this bill applies to and binds the Federal Government.

The official version would be in English. That is common form of communications currency.

this is about unity.

It is not my specific intent to target that particular component.

It is just the simplest common sense to understand that this is unifying. It is not dividing.

We address the official functions of government, the official business of the Federal Government.

I think we are comfortable this addresses only the Federal Government and does not direct the States in their functions.

Thank God English is the common language in this country. It has bound us together. We need to make it the official language...

I think they will reflect a lot of the practices in Florida.

the more multiple languages we offer as a government, the less likely people are to learn English

And in conclusion then, a State that chose the next leader of the free world in the year 2000, I think that illustrates the kind of confusion we could have if we do not have an official language that we vote in, we make decisions in, and…

The immigrants that come here expect that we have English as the official language.

I believe the time has come for America to join the other 56 countries who have made English their official language.

Provided that it is not a Federal function, yes, an official Federal function.

I cannot tell you today that it is designed to override it.

Yes. And that is the intent.

I came here to become an American, and that means learning and speaking English.

I thank the gentleman from South Carolina for yielding and for leading this reform debate for real tax reform. In the time I came to this Congress, I have made the pledge that I would push for tax reform. I believed at the time that the…

It is important to say English is the official language.

Language, a common language, is the most powerful unifying force known throughout history.