"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."
"It raises the expectation that as an American and American citizen, you have a stronger and broader obligation to learn English that binds us together."
"I cannot tell you today that it is designed to override it."
"I think we are comfortable this addresses only the Federal Government and does not direct the States in their functions."
"Provided that it is not a Federal function, yes, an official Federal function."
"I think we would agree in this Constitution Subcommittee that it is a bit redundant to even have this language in here."
"It is not my specific intent to target that particular component."
"They expect to arrive in a country that has an official language."
"Thank God English is the common language in this country. It has bound us together. We need to make it the official language..."
"It is important to say English is the official language."
"I believe the time has come for America to join the other 56 countries who have made English their official language."