Session #97 · 1981–83

Speech #970124644

I do not think there is one person here who is against the alleviation of innocent human suffering. In September 1979. shortly after the Caribbean was hit by a terrific hurricane. I joined a majority of my colleagues in voting to send $25 million in disaster relief to those countries affected. Several weeks later. I again joined the majority of this House in passing a bill to provide over $200 million that year for the feeding and care of Indochinese refugees. That bill also provided $30 million to help feed those victimized by the twin evils of famine and vicious totalitarian rule in Cambodia. The U.S.
Keywords matched
refugees

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
GLENN ANDERSON
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
CA
Gender
M
Date
1981-12-08
Speech ID
970124644
Paragraph
#0
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