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Sen. Alexander Introduces Senate Resolution on National Anthem
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| Last Edited | RP May 02, 2006 06:38pm |
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| News Date | Tuesday, May 2, 2006 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) today introduced a Senate Resolution affirming that statements of national unity, including the National Anthem, should be recited or sung in English. Text of his prepared remarks follows:
“Mr. President, across the country today, thousands and thousands of immigrants – legal and illegal – are marching in a nationwide rally. Many are saying that they, too, want to be Americans.
“But, Mr. President, I’m afraid the message is, quite literally, getting lost in translation. As part of these demonstrations, a new version of our national anthem, the Star-Spangled Banner, has been produced – in Spanish. |
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