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scrosnoe
10-09-2007, 02:20 PM
http://www.englishfirst.org/efnewsletter/EFNL1007.pdf

Ron Paul (Congressman, Texas)
Website: http://www.ronpaul2008.com/

2006 English First Score: 50
2006 English First Rating: A+

Ron Paul has been a faithful cosponsor of the National Language Act introduced by Congressman
Peter King (R-NY) from the moment he returned to Congress. Paul was a cosponsor in 1997
(H.R. 1005), 1999 (H.R. 1005), 2001 (H.R. 280), 2003 (H.R. 931), 2005 (H.R. 4408) and 2007 (H.R. 769).

Background: Paul has delivered more than 4,000 babies during his medical career. Paul
was first elected to Congress in 1976, elected again in 1979 and elected again in 1996. Paul
left Congress to run for the U.S. Senate in 1984.and was the Libertarian Party nominee for president, 1988.

Paul marches to his own convictions and will vote for nothing that the Constitution does not
specifically empower Congress to do. Accordingly, in the 109th Congress (2006-2007), Paul
had the third lowest party unity score among House Republicans, voting with his party just 70% of the time.

Paul was one of 17 members of Congress who filed a lawsuit against President Clinton’s 1999 wa[r] in Kosovo.

In his own words: “No welfare for illegal aliens. Americans have welcomed immigrants who seek opportunity,
work hard, and play by the rules. But taxpayers should not pay for illegal immigrants who use hospitals,
clinics, schools, roads, and social services.” (Source: Ron Paul website, September 25, 2007).

Jim Boulet, Jr.
Executive Director
English First
(703) 321-8818 (office)
jboulet@englishfirst.org

ChrisM
10-09-2007, 08:31 PM
Hold up... I don't think the language of our country is within Federal jurisdiction.

Think about this people: English First may seem like a nice way to deter illegal immigrants (way to completely forget about the underlying economic problems), but this is another form of big-government socialism. We'll have what happened in Germany: government-regulated language.

It brings a whole new meaning to "freedom of speech."

austin356
10-09-2007, 08:56 PM
Hold up... I don't think the language of our country is within Federal jurisdiction.

Think about this people: English First may seem like a nice way to deter illegal immigrants (way to completely forget about the underlying economic problems), but this is another form of big-government socialism. We'll have what happened in Germany: government-regulated language.

It brings a whole new meaning to "freedom of speech."



having all federal activities conducted in English is not unconstitutional, if I am not mistaken that is what this does.

And even if Paul was not big on English only for Fed activity, he would probably still support it sense it would cut the cost of government.