JONES HONORED FOR WORK TO MAKE ENGLISH THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF THE U.S.
“Even before North Carolina experienced its recent surge in immigration, Rep. Jones was calling upon the government to promote English learning by doing business overwhelmingly in English.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This month U.S. English, Inc. released a new legislative scorecard which gives Third District Representative Walter B. Jones (R-NC) a top grade of “A” for his support of official English legislation during the most recent Congress. To determine the grades, U.S. English, Inc. factored in a series of bills and votes related to making English the official language of the United States and reducing government multilingualism.
“Congressman Jones has been a champion of official English legislation since coming to Washington in 1995,” said Mauro E. Mujica, Chairman of U.S. English, Inc. “Even before North Carolina experienced its recent surge in immigration, Rep. Jones was calling upon the government to promote English learning by doing government business overwhelmingly in English. Given the growing number of Americans who are struggling with English proficiency today, we need more leaders like Rep. Jones to return our emphasis on English learning.”
“Congressman Jones understands that making English our official language is a win-win issue for immigrants and native-born Americans,” added Mujica. “I look forward to working with him on future efforts to unite all Americans under our common language of English.”
In the 110th Congress, Jones has declared his support for making English the official language of the United States by cosponsoring H.R. 997, the English Language Unity Act. Congressman Jones also cast his vote in support of an amendment to stop the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from suing employers who require their employees to speak English in the workplace, and he voted to reduce multilingualism at the IRS.
A full listing of votes and grades can be found at http://www.usenglish.org.
U.S. English, Inc. is the nation's oldest and largest citizens' action group dedicated to preserving the unifying role of the English language in the United States. Founded in 1983 by the late Senator S.I. Hayakawa, an immigrant himself, U.S. English now has 1.8 million members nationwide and more than 1,100 members in North Carolina’s Third Congressional District.
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