House Proceeding on Jul 26th, 2007 :: 0:41:46 to 0:43:58
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having those employees learn english so that they better communicate with their employer, so that they know how to communicate and they are learning by that interaction with those customers. we

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Rodney P. Frelinghuysen: know so well those of us that have so many small businesses in our district, many of these small businesses see these as their -- the chairman: the gentlelady's time has expired. mrs. blackburn:

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Speech By: Rodney P. Frelinghuysen

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Rodney P. Frelinghuysen: i thank the gentleman. i yield back. the chairman: for what purpose does the gentleman from west virginia rise? the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. . mr. mollohan: this amendment

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Rodney P. Frelinghuysen: addresses is obviously authorizing the policy that thecy eeoc has followed through the democratic, republican administrations. they've had a consistent position on the employers' english

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Rodney P. Frelinghuysen: only policy throughout the democratic and republican administrations. this amendment would undermine that longstanding policy. if they want to do that, they should take to the authorizing committee

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Rodney P. Frelinghuysen: where they can have hearings and a full-blown discussion of it rather than trying to change this policies that been in place for a long period of time. again, i say through the republican

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Rodney P. Frelinghuysen: and democratic administrations, so the amendment should be opposed. the chairman: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? >> mr. ch airman, i move to

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Rodney P. Frelinghuysen: strike the last word. i rise in support of mr. stearn's amendment in the interest of transparency for a dozen years i was on the board of the medlar is town salvation army in new jersey and

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Rodney P. Frelinghuysen: anybody who has been associated with this organization know that they work in the trenches for the poorest of the poor. they do a remarkable job, and they work with those that are english

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Rodney P. Frelinghuysen: speakers, as well as those o do not speak english. it seems to me that the eeoc has been somewhat shopping for another venue here. while the salvation army, i think, is truly doing the lord's

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Rodney P. Frelinghuysen: work, and for them to expend as apparently they have, tens of thousands of dollars in some sort of a lawsuit as a result of this eeoc litigation, i think, quite honestly, it is an absolute

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Cliff Stearns: travesty. so i'm pleased to yield some time, mr. chairman to the sponsor of the bill. and i commend him and others for supporting this bill. the chairman: the gentleman is recognized. >> i thank

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Speech By: Cliff Stearns