Session #103 · 1993–95

Speech #1030006706

We said we will accept scientific information on that situationbecause Ryan White died of AIDS. died of AIDS. that horrible disease. but as a result of a blood transfusion. She was sitting up there. and everybody was marching in and saying we can understand that. Science meant something then. Let us bring science into public policy. we said. And we made some progress on that. Do you know what we did In 1990 in the Immigration Act? We said. let us make science and science policy the controlling and guiding factor in terms of excluding those individuals who have diseases that are going to pose a public health threat to American citizens. So we do so on tuberculosis.
Keywords matched
Immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Security threat Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
EDWARD KENNEDY
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
MA
Gender
M
Date
1993-02-17
Speech ID
1030006706
Paragraph
#2
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