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Robert Ehrlich: “The gentleman said an awful lot of truth here. It really speaks to the fact that we are a multi-ethnic culture and we…”

On the recordJuly 31, 1996
The gentleman said an awful lot of truth here. It really speaks to the fact that we are a multi-ethnic culture and we revel in that fact. The gentleman just recited that fact, but we are one culture. And that one culture has a common language, which is English. Of course, the English bill will certainly dominate the debate on this floor over the next couple days. But I know the gentleman has put it very well. What better means to you achieve economic mobility in this country other than by a common language? Does it make any sense that any other options--look what is happening in Quebec right to the north? Multi-ethnic but one single culture, that is the way to the American dream. That is the way to economic prosperity. That is certainly the message that should go out from this Congress.
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Robert Ehrlich
Maryland
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Discussing the importance of a common language for economic mobility and cultural unity.

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