Session #104 · 1995–97

Speech #1040254431

Such a nati. nal policy would not stop a friend or a lative who speaks the primary langi ge of the citizen from writing out I.-ructions. helping them with the bo. iots. helping them learn English. All of that has been historically done in this country by ethic groups from various countries. and we need to have that spread across the land. Such groups have been readily available with each immigrant wave. What such a policy would stop is the illusion that for every language group in a nation. a government agent must be employed or some form of government assistance must be made available to aid all members who understand English less well than their native language. Presumably the naturalized citizens had to learn some English in order to receive citizenship. Before this Nation goes the way of Quebec or engages in the bitter language quarrels of India. I recommend that we adopt the English language in this bill.
Keywords matched
immigrant naturalized

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
STEPHEN HORN
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
CA
Gender
M
Date
1996-08-01
Speech ID
1040254431
Paragraph
#0
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