US: More congressmen sign onto English official language bill

[Francis Hult]

San Francisco Business Times

 

More congressmen sign onto English official language bill

 

Three more members of Congress became co-sponsors of H.R. 997, the English Language Unity Act on Wednesday. 

 

The support of Reps. Henry Brown (R-S.C.), Jack Kingston (R-Ga.) and Jon Porter (R-Nev.) brings the total number of co-sponsors to 152, making the bill one of the most supported bills in Congress. 

 

The bill, which would make English the official language of the United States, is pending before the House Judiciary Committee and the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. 

 

A lobbying firm founded in 1983 by the late Sen. S.I. Hayakawa of California, U.S. English Inc., is pushing Congress to pass the bill. Its Chilean-born chairman, Mauro Mujica, was pleased with the decision. 

 

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