Session #104 · 1995–97

Speech #1040211727

I thank the gentleman for yielding me the time. Mr. Speaker. I have just listened to some of the most outrageous arguments I have ever heard with respect to the minimum wage. The gentleman from Georgia. who just talked. blamed illegal aliens coming into this country on the minimum wage. an increase in crime because of the increase in the minimum wage. He talked about students dropping out of school because of the increase in the minimum wage. and he talked about job layoffs all over the country because of the minimum wage. Now. I have never heard of a recipe of disaster for trying to help working people who are trying to help their kids struggle through life.
Keywords matched
illegal aliens

Classification

Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Criminal

Speaker & context

Speaker
DAVID BONIOR
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
MI
Gender
M
Date
1996-05-15
Speech ID
1040211727
Paragraph
#0
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