Chairman. I move to strike the requisite number of words. For the life of me I cannot understand how any Member of this House can object to a requirement when an immigrant comes to our shores that he or she make an effort to become comfortable and fluent and effective in our language. This is the timetested manner in which immigrants have made it here. My grandparents and my great grandparents attended night school here. free night school. to learn English. And I am almost certain that virtually every Member of this House had grandparents and great grandparents. whether they came to this country with Polish or with Italian or with Yiddish or with Russian or with German or with whatever language. they made an effort when they came here to learn English. generally at a free night school that was provided by churches and synagogues and the school system frequently. and the Knights of Columbus and other religious groups.
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