The ELA does not affect language use in any private context: First amendment rights are fully protected at home. church. private schools. and in businesses. But English would be the language of our schools. our governments at all levels. at the ballot box. and in similar public places. The 15 sponsors of the ELA in this body. and the founder of the ELA. former Senator S.I. Hayakawa. are not xenophobic or racist. We see the entire issue as a question of full economic and political opportunity for our new immigrants. and as an urgent need for national unity under a common means of communication. Mr. President.
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