We are told three things. First, with certainty, that Oklahoma Senator James Inhofe introduced an amendment to an immigration bill asseverating the language of the American government as that written and spoken, historically, by the people: English.
Second, on good if qualified authority, that Nevada Senator Harry Reid called the amendment "racist," wielded to punish those of Latinate tongues, and went on to say "I have three sons that speak Spanish, fluent Spanish. One of them lived in Argentina a couple years. One lived in Ecuador, one lived in Spain. They speak fluent Spanish."
Can't Senator Reid, one wonders, follow through to the corollary of his sons' linguistic training? His sons learned Spanish — why? Because that is what is spoken and indited in Argentina and Ecuador and Spain, that which is the official language of the state; which one would be a sorry boor to contravene.
Third thing, with as much certainty as the first: the amendment passed 63 to 34.