Session #96 · 1979–81

Speech #960086001

It has created the tragedy of these human beings of which the gentleman from Florida has spoken of so effectively. Now. suddenly. the administration has changed its tune. We have a letter from Mr. Vance. I see where one administration official says. "Nothing short of aid sanctions will persuade the Vietnamese to treat their people more kindly." This is what we have been saying all along: Why reward their barbaric actions with millions of dollars in foreign aid? With our favorable action on this amendment and in light of the situation of the refugees. I think we very likely will get a favorable vote in the Senate. The administration may not block our bill after this change of heart.
Keywords matched
refugees

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian Victim

Speaker & context

Speaker
VIRGINIA SMITH
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
NE
Gender
F
Date
—
Speech ID
960086001
Paragraph
#0
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