Excerpt from S. 356 Language of Government Act of 1995: Hearings Before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First and Second Session, December 6, 1995 and March 7, 1996 Chairman stevens. Good morning. Senator Shelby, the primary sponsor of S. Congressman Emerson, sponsor of the House of Representatives companion bill, and Representative Roth, who also has a House bill, as I understand it, are our first Witnesses at this hearing. I Will conduct another hearing early next year for those who are in opposition to this bill, and maybe a third hearing after that to get some consensus about it. I am pleased today that Senator Shelby continues the work begun in the 1980's by Senator Sam Hayakawa. Senator Haya kawa, from California, was a gifted gentleman who was able to translate his doctorate studies in semantics and linguistics into practical policy solutions for our diverse Nation. As a Canadian born Japanese American, he foresaw the current troubles of Que bec. He is sort of the grandfather of this idea. His task was taken up by Senator Walter Huddleston in 1983, and Senator Shelby con tinnes it on today in the Senate. The goal is to officially recognize the obvious fact that English is the official language. It becomes more important in View of the separatist movement in Quebec. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.