Joe Cunningham: “there are people on both sides of the issue that believe strongly that they are in the right on this thing. First of…”

“there are people on both sides of the issue that believe strongly that they are in the right on this thing. First of all, the gentleman from New York [Mr. Serrano], my friend, is a good example of a bilingual citizen, but unfortunately in this land many are not, and that is what we are trying to help. I would also like to thank my friend for his service to this country in Vietnam, and I recognize that and I laud that. I also thank my friend for being my friend, and he knows I mean that sincerely. We are friends with a difference of opinion on this issue. Mr. Speaker, I would say, first of all, that some of the amendments that the gentleman was talking about were actually made in order were withdrawn, and we asked to accept them and they would not accept their own amendments back. Mr. Speaker, I would say that this is a version of the same vote that we just had and it still goes in the wrong direction. It does nothing to address the piecemeal language approach of the past and it encourages a continued policy of printing documents in many languages. I would like to state, first of all, and I have got four pages here of people that support it, and I would like to mention a few: The AARP, the American Association of Women, the American Legion, California NEA, Daughters of the American Revolution, Federation of Women's Clubs, Heritage Foundation, Islamic Society of North County, and many, many others.…”