Session #101 · 1989–91

Speech #1010191674

Should they be denied the right to participate in a political process that directly affects them and their employees?" We are talking about the employees here. not the foreign management. the employees. "We think not." Roll Call says. "They should be treated as any other company operating here. Bentsen. in a "Dear Colleague." talked about the insidious foreign involvement in our political process entailed in allowing PACs of companies owned in the majority by nonU.S. investors. In an era of free trade and burgeoning overseas markets. this attitude sounds a bit xenophobic. Besides. we think disclosure provides the best antidote to possible excesses. If contributions by foreignowned PACs." which are "currently 5 percent of total PAC giving. rise too steeply. then candidates will attack their opponents for being too dependent on foreigners. and voters can judge whether those accusations are correct." Let me just summarize.
Keywords matched
xenophobic

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Security threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
MITCH MCCONNELL
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
KY
Gender
M
Date
1990-07-30
Speech ID
1010191674
Paragraph
#0
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