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On the recordApril 10, 2003
In my, as we call it in the Senate, so-called maiden address, I spoke on this subject, and I said I thought we had spent over the last 30 or 40 years too much time, relatively, on diversity, multiculturalism, and bilingualism and too little time on a common culture, on a common language, and on unity.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee
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congress.gov
Apr 10, 2003

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Discussing the focus on diversity versus common culture in education.

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