Session #104 · 1995–97

Speech #1040247664

First. let me make one attempt. one final attempt. to interject some sanity into this debate about the future of mothers and their children. We can accomplish welfare reform without abandoning poor children. If this government cannot agree to that. it will agree to nothing. Both the House and Senate versions of this bill would decimate the food stamps program. both would unduly restrict benefits for legal immigrants. The proponents of this legislation are clearly driven by two impulses. neither of which is reforming welfare. First. they are eager to balance the budget on the backs of poor children rather than tackle corporate welfare.
Keywords matched
immigrants

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural Humanitarian

Speaker & context

Speaker
MAXINE WATERS
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
CA
Gender
F
Date
1996-07-24
Speech ID
1040247664
Paragraph
#0
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