Political Quotes

“I rise to say that I think that H.R. 123 might be a good bill. I would like to propose maybe that we should have a few other amendments to make this bill even better than it is. I propose that the bill be amended to require that all of our embassies use English as their only language, an amendment also requiring our embassies here in Washington to speak only English. I propose that we have an amendment barring any Federal money to be paid to interpreters in this Nation. I propose that we have an amendment requiring that we remove the words ``E pluribus unum'' off our dollar bills. I propose that we amend our rules so that when we adjourn we do not say ``sine die,'' or is that ``sina dei''? I propose an amendment that we forbid U.S. companies from doing business in countries where they do not speak English. I propose an amendment barring the President and Members of Congress from visiting nations where English is not the official language. And since we are legislating an official language, how about an official religion to go along with it? Come to think of it, why do we not just get rid of the first amendment altogether? Mr. Chairman, without these amendments, I urge my colleagues to vote against this bill until we get it just right.”