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Rick Santorum Calls Himself 'Senador Puertorriqueño' In Puerto Rico
Rick Santorum Calls Himself 'Senador Puertorriqueño' In Puerto Rico
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/15/rick-santorum-puerto-rico-_n_1347252.html
On Wednesday he told Puerto Ricans that they should make English their primary language if they want statehood, and that evening he said that Pennsylvanians called him "Senador Puertorriqueño" while he was a U.S. senator. Politico has excerpts from a town hall in San Juan.
"I was referred to by many in my state as Senador Puertorriqueño," he said. "They used to make fun of me, ‘Why are you representing Puerto Rico?’ Well, someone has to because they don’t have a voice. I felt a responsibility to the island."
On Wednesday Santorum also met with Puerto Rico's governor, Luis Fortuno, who has endorsed Romney, and sat down for an interview with El Vocero newspaper. Puerto Ricans will vote in November on whether to pursue statehood or remain a self-governing U.S. commonwealth, and Santorum told the paper that they could no longer recognize both English and Spanish as their official languages if they want to become a state. Reuters reports:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/15/rick-santorum-puerto-rico-_n_1347252.html
On Wednesday he told Puerto Ricans that they should make English their primary language if they want statehood, and that evening he said that Pennsylvanians called him "Senador Puertorriqueño" while he was a U.S. senator. Politico has excerpts from a town hall in San Juan.
"I was referred to by many in my state as Senador Puertorriqueño," he said. "They used to make fun of me, ‘Why are you representing Puerto Rico?’ Well, someone has to because they don’t have a voice. I felt a responsibility to the island."
On Wednesday Santorum also met with Puerto Rico's governor, Luis Fortuno, who has endorsed Romney, and sat down for an interview with El Vocero newspaper. Puerto Ricans will vote in November on whether to pursue statehood or remain a self-governing U.S. commonwealth, and Santorum told the paper that they could no longer recognize both English and Spanish as their official languages if they want to become a state. Reuters reports:
"Like any other state, there has to be compliance with this and any other federal law," Santorum said. "And that is that English has to be the principal language. There are other states with more than one language such as Hawaii but to be a state of the United States, English has to be the principal language."
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American Sign Language. Gallaudent University... where deaf people from all over the world go/or those who want to learn ASL is located in D.C.
Fair is fair 
