King Receives "A In English" Award

Press Release

Congressman Steve King and other Members of Congress today received awards for their work to name English as the official language of the United States. U.S. English Chairman Mauro E. Mujica presented Congressman King with an "A in English" Award for preserving the unifying role of English in the United States. Mujica thanked King for his work while he talked about his own experience as an immigrant to the United States and naturalized American citizen from Chile who speaks multiple languages, but recognizes the importance of learning the English language.

King, U.S. English and eight other Iowans were recently victorious in a lawsuit to stop Governor Culver and Secretary of State Mauro from breaking the Iowa law designating English as the official language of government. A bill King authored as an Iowa State Senator.

King made the following statement about the "A in English" Award:

"The English language unites America as a nation. Our national motto is E Pluribis Unum - out of many, one. Critics want to cut up our country into ethnic and language enclaves so that our government is divided and Americans are isolated from one another. Official English laws bring unity to America and unite all of us no matter what part of the globe we come from."

"I am thankful for this "A in English" award and for the opportunity to work with English advocates. U. S. English Chairman Mauro Mujica's own personal story of learning English and becoming an American citizen inspires all of us. The doors of opportunity swing open for everyone when we are unified by one language."

Congressman King also authored a bill in Congress called the Language Unity Act (H.R. 997) that would designate English as the official language of the federal government. Currently, 147 Members of Congress have signed their names in support of King's official English bill.

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