Question

english language empowerment act of 1996 by u.s. congresswoman patsy t. mink (d - hi)
in this excerpt from a speech given to a senate committee, congresswoman patsy mink of hawaii, presents her reasons as to why congress should not approve the proposed bill, which sought to declare english as the official language of the united states.
(1) mr. chairman, thank you for the opportunity to appear today to speak against s. 356, which seeks to declare english as the official language of the united states government.
(2) according to the u.s. census bureau, 97 percent of americans currently speak english \well\ or \very well.\ even among those immigrants who come to this country speaking other languages, most passionately desire to be proficient in english - for their own economic survival and to secure economic opportunity for their children. todays immigrants are learning english faster than previous generations of immigrants; english classes are in such high demand that some stay open 24 hours a day.
(3) so maybe the reason for this bill is to save printing costs. a recent gao report found that a mere six one - hundredths of one percent of federal documents produced since 1990 are in languages other than english; this works out to be only 250 out of 400,000 federal documents. i would also point out that most of those non - english documents were created to serve the spanish - speaking residents of puerto rico. so i guess it is not the cost of publishing in other languages that justifies this limitation.
5 select the correct detail in the passage.
which detail from paragraph 2 or 3 best shapes the idea that requiring americans to learn english is unnecessary?

Explanation:

The fact that 97 percent of Americans currently speak English "well" or "very well" shows that a large - majority already have English proficiency, suggesting that mandating English learning is unnecessary.

Answer:

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 97 percent of Americans currently speak English "well" or "very well."