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What a wake up call 9/11 must have given Peter King:

"Item two: Rep. Peter King (R-NY), no down-the-line conservative he, nevertheless has introduced H.R. 931. His bill would repeal bi-lingual voting requirements. He would restrict Clinton’s Executive Order 13166, which requires that when federal funds are involved, information about the use of those funds must be available in any language that a citizen speaks. The Bush Justice Department is now enforcing this Executive Order, combined with the Voting Rights Act. It will lead to so much chaos it will make us nostalgic for Florida in 2000.

"King’s bill would also make English the only official language of the USA. This is a measure that I hope the Congressional leadership has the courage to take up. I say courage because the minute someone raises the issue of English being the only official language in this country he is labeled a racist. I am convinced that is why President George W. Bush didn’t repeal E.O. 13166, which even Clinton was ashamed to issue. We were positive that he would overturn this Executive Order the way he did Clinton’s cancellation of the Mexico City Policy and other issues as well. No, he is enforcing this hideous construction with an aggressiveness that even the Clinton White House did not display.