Session #97 · 1981–83

Speech #970021378

Let us be clear about who would be most adversely affected by the loss of free legal services accessible to all community citizens who meet economic criteria. They are senior citizens. women. and children. My own State of Michigan receives approximately $6.5 million from the Legal Services Corporation. That money finances 14 programs10 neighborhood law centers. one migrant farmer legal program. and one Native American legal program. The loss of these services would clearly pose great hardship to the underprivileged citizens of a State characterized by the highest unemployment rate in the Nation and a severely strained social service program. There is no data to support a belief that any State would actually fund legal services out of an already severely reduced social services block grant.
Keywords matched
migrant

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Native Americans
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian Victim

Speaker & context

Speaker
DONALD RIEGLE
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
MI
Gender
M
Date
1981-04-27
Speech ID
970021378
Paragraph
#0
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