Session #96 · 1979–81

Speech #960105203

First of all. let me say that I. like the gentleman from Florida . feel no obligation to rebuild Vietnam. I feel no sense of guilt about what happened. and I think that. while I opposed the Vietnam war for years. it is terribly destructive for us to continue to engage in this search for guilt within our own country. which makes it impossible to deal with the Vietnamese issue on a rational basis. [] 1620 Let me simply say I feel no need to rebuild Vietnam. I have a niece who is a refugee from Vietnam and while I am glad to have her as part of the family I very deeply regret the nature of the government which forced her to come here Let me simply say that the Young amendment does notclo what the gentleman from Florida claims it will do. The Young amendment will not eliminate funding for Vietnam. All the Young amendment will do is to insure that the United States will no longer participate in the international financial institutions which are the real target of this amendment.
Keywords matched
refugee

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Mixed
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
DAVID OBEY
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
WI
Gender
M
Date
—
Speech ID
960105203
Paragraph
#0
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