In fact. in a recent survey. telephone survey. taken in a section of my district in northwest Arkansas. it was found that 97 percent of those polled approved of declaring English as the official language of our Government. I think the numbers speak for themselves. Mr. Chairman. Nearly half the States in our country have established official English laws. including my home State of Arkansas. In 1987. as a second term legislator in the Arkansas General Assembly. I cosponsored this legislation which we have before us. signed by thenGovernor Bill Clinton. now President Clinton. making English the official language of the State of Arkansas. Governor Clinton signed that law. I hope he will sign this bill as well. My legislative directors grandparents were immigrants from Norway. They came over on a boat. They learned English.
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