[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 5272]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 INTRODUCTION OF THE WHITE HOUSE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR LANGUAGE DIVERSITY 
                                  ACT

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                          HON. J. LUIS CORREA

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, April 3, 2017

  Mr. CORREA. Mr. Speaker, in January, I wrote to President Trump 
requesting information about why the Spanish language option on the 
White House website was deleted. Although the White House did state 
that a Spanish option was under development, in the almost two months 
since I wrote the letter, I have not received a response nor has an 
official White House Spanish website been published.
  As I stated in my letter to President Trump, there are many taxpayers 
whose first language is not English. Spanish along with Chinese, 
Tagalog, and Vietnamese are the most commonly spoken languages in the 
U.S. Constituents benefit tremendously from having language options to 
access their government and receive information that may impact their 
lives. This is why it is imperative that the White House and federal 
agencies continue to be accessible to all taxpayers.
  It is vital for my constituents and all Americans to be able to 
follow issues that affect their lives. I will continue to work to 
ensure that more taxpayers have access to information in the language 
they choose to utilize at home and in their communities.
  Therefore, today, I am introducing the White House Accountability for 
Language Diversity Act. This legislation will require the White House 
and federal agencies to establish Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, and 
Vietnamese language options for their official websites. This will 
ensure that millions of taxpayers have the option of accessing up-to-
date information in their preferred language.

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