New Official English Legislation Introduced with 58 Original Co-Sponsors

Rep. Steve King introduced H.R. 997, the English Language Unity Act of 2009 today. More than one-eighth of the House of Representatives joined the Iowa Congressman as original co-sponsors of the bill.

To see the press release, click here. A list of original co-sponsors is below. If your representative is not a co-sponsor of H.R. 997, click here to send a message using our Action Center (click on the action center link).

Original co-sponors of H.R. 997, the English Language Unity Act of 2009:

Rep. Akin, Todd (MO)    
Rep. Bachmann, Michele (MN)    
Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe (MD)    
Rep. Bilbray, Brian (CA)    
Rep. Bilirakis, Michael (FL)    
Rep. Blackburn, Marsha (TN)    
Rep. Broun, Paul (GA)    
Rep. Brown Jr., Henry (SC)    
Rep. Burgess, Michael (TX)    
Rep. Burton, Dan (IN)    
Rep. Coble, Howard (NC)    
Rep. Culberson, John (TX)   
Rep. Dreier, David (CA)    
Rep. Duncan, John (TN)    
Rep. Fallin, Mary (OK)    
Rep. Fleming, John (LA)    
Rep. Foxx, Virginia (NC)
Rep. Franks, Trent (AZ)
Rep. Graves, Sam (MO)
Rep. Herger, Wally (CA)    
Rep. Hoekstra, Peter (MI)
Rep. Hunter, Duncan (CA)    
Rep. Inglis, Bob (SC)
Rep. Johnson, Sam (TX)    
Rep. Jones, Walter (NC)  
Rep. Kline, John (MN)    
Rep. LaTourette, Steven (OH)
Rep. Lucas, Frank (OK)
Rep. Lummis, Cynthia (WY)    
Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine (MO)
Rep. Marchant, Kenny (TX)
Rep. McCaul, Michael (TX)
Rep. McClintock, Tom (CA)  
Rep. McHenry, Patrick (NC)    
Rep. McHugh, John (NY)
Rep. Miller, Gary (CA)    
Rep. Myrick, Sue (NC)    
Rep. Paul, Ron (TX)
Rep. Pitts, Joseph (PA)    
Rep. Platts, Todd (PA)  
Rep. Poe, Ted (TX)    
Rep. Roe, Phil (TN) 
Rep. Rogers, Harold (KY)    
Rep. Rogers, Mike (MI) 
Rep. Rogers, Mike (AL)    
Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana (CA)    
Rep. Schmidt, Jean (OH)
Rep. Shuster, Bill (PA)    
Rep. Simpson, Mike (ID)    
Rep. Smith, Adrian (NE)  
Rep. Stearns, Cliff (FL)    
Rep. Sullivan, John (OK)    
Rep. Tiberi, Patrick (OH) 
Rep. Wamp, Zach (TN)    
Rep. Westmoreland, Lynn (GA)    
Rep. Whitfield, Ed (KY)
Rep. Wittman, Robert (VA)    
Rep. Wolf, Frank (VA)