It unifies us from whatever particular language or background we come from. It is my hope that when we complete this debate today we could have 100 Senators standing up in support of this amendment. Let me say. for meas we have approached this debate over immigration and as we approach this debate over official English and other aspects of amendments that have been offered by my friend from Oklahomait has been also a time for me to reflect back to the history of America and to the history of my own family in this country. My family came in and founded the city of Santa Fe in 1598. 408 years ago. And the language that is still the language of my home--the language still spoken on our ranch 110 miles north of Santa Feis still the spoken language from the 12th and 13th centuries.
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