Session #94 · 1975–77

Speech #940037491

The appeals of our citizens reveal a profound sense of commitment and urgency to helpa commitment and urgency which has yet to find expression in the policy and actions of our national leadership. And so today. the American people want to knowas this subcommittee wants to knowwhat our Government is doing to meet the growing crisis of people in Indochina. For too many weeks our Government has stood paralyzed. as events rapidly overtook whatever small decisions our Government was making to assist the millions of orphans and refugees and war victims in South Vietnam and Cambodia. But this is not a time for paralysis in our Government. This is a time for bold actions by the President.
Keywords matched
refugees

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian

Speaker & context

Speaker
EDWARD KENNEDY
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
MA
Gender
M
Date
—
Speech ID
940037491
Paragraph
#1
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