We have worked together in a variety of ways to try to get a clearer understanding of U.S. history among our children. among our citizensnot because we want to punish them. but because we have such a unique and diverse country that it is critical that we all understand these common unifying principles which come from our history. including what we are debating today: rule of law. equal opportunity. laissezfaire. E pluribus unum. We are not proimmigrant or antiimmigrant. we just have four principles on which we all agree. and we are trying to put them together into a bill. Those are the things which unite us as a country. along with one other thing. and that is our common national language. The second part of the Inhofe amendment has in it language to help improve the citizenship exam that legal immigrants take to become citizens. of which 514.000 did last year. It is good language. language which was in the legislation Senator KENNEDY. Senator REID. and I worked on with many others a couple of years ago to help create summer academies for outstanding teachers and students of American history.
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