Session #98 · 1983–85

Speech #980188416

The silence which greets requests from our side says a lot. Members of this body who want to debate issues. who want to vote on issues. cannot. Members of our minority are muzzled. and because they are. so are millions of Americans. Mr. Speaker. we were sent here to work. not wait. We were sent here to vote. not vacillate. We were sent here to deal with issues. not defer them. We Republicans do not want to wait for the Democratic Convention to dictate our legislative agenda. and let us not let the California primary dictate immigration policy. We are legislators. not the lackeys of campaign consultants.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
ROBERT MICHEL
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
IL
Gender
M
Date
1984-05-08
Speech ID
980188416
Paragraph
#0
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