[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 121 (Monday, September 25, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H6936]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    ENGLISH AS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE

  (Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida. Mr. Speaker, the old saying, 
``united we stand, divided we fall,'' is so true. Just as common 
language can unite a people, the lack of a unified national language 
can be enormously divisive. However, the Senate's immigration bill 
failed the American people by giving them a watered down, feel-good 
statement that does nothing.
  New immigrants already have to learn English to become citizens. It 
is only common sense that we come together under one unified language 
by making English the official language of the United States. Listen 
up, America: enough is enough. United we stand, and English we speak.

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