Session #99 · 1985–87

Speech #990050061

While agreeing with this participation and the need for men like that to be involved today. I think we have an error. Today. if we were to adopt this particular approach. what we would be saying to our allies and our foes in Central America is that "you can count on the United States only for one thing. and that is if you quit your fight. if you stop your effort for freedom. if you become something other than a freedom fighter. then we give you our check. not too much money"and I do not want to exaggerate it"but you qualify only if you are a refugee." Some. making fun of the amendment. call it the Amtrak amendment: get your train. le.ve Nicaragua. we give you money. I do not think it is a good idea. Most of all. because it puts no pressure on the Sandinistas.
Keywords matched
refugee

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Other

Speaker & context

Speaker
LEE HAMILTON
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
IN
Gender
M
Date
1985-06-12
Speech ID
990050061
Paragraph
#0
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