But lets also remind youthis last sentence saysby making an exception and allowing you to have an interpretation into a language you can understand. we are not giving you a legal entitlement. We are not. in any way. committing ourselves to do anything more. I do not know that is a very welcoming message to all these immigrants we are welcoming into our country as part of this legislation. I think my State is a State that has a great tradition of cooperation between the Native American community. the Hispanic community. and the Anglo community. And we have been able to maintain that sense of cooperation by respecting each others languages. by respecting the right of each person. each group. to use his or her language in whatever way they feel is appropriate. I believe this amendment by Senator INHOFE would change that dynamic substantially. So I hope my colleagues will agree with me. will oppose this amendment. will support the Salazar amendment. and then I hope we can get on with more substantive matters. There are a great many substantive matters involved with this immigration bill. This is an enormous. complex piece of legislation which we ought to be trying to understand and deal with separate from this discussion about English as the national language. Mr.
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