Session #98 · 1983–85

Speech #980254102

This bill merely authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to set up a domestic spying and informant system to prepare for some future wave of economic repression. If this bill passes the Senate. Congress will be building an invisible Berlin Wall around America. For the past 6 years. Congress has been pushed by the administration to increase the powers of law enforcement over the movements of money in our society. The wall in Berlin. of course. only makes it possible for East German border guards to enforce their emigration laws more easily. How can any lawabiding citizen object? To me. this is a question of civil liberties.
Keywords matched
emigration

Classification

Target group
None Specific
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
80%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
RONALD PAUL
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
TX
Gender
M
Date
1984-09-17
Speech ID
980254102
Paragraph
#0
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