Session #104 · 1995–97

Speech #1040254104

Speaker. another Democratic initiative. health care and insurance reform. will soon become law. affecting millions of Americans. The KennedyKassebaum bill. which reforms insurance portability and preexisting conditions in insurance. will permit us to go home and say. rightfully. that this is not a donothing Congress. But along with samesex marriage. abortion. and Illegal immigration. Republicans are looking for another wedge issue to divide the country and get some votes. They have found it in "English Only." an initiative that puts America against its own immigrant roots and the sweeping tides of history. It tells the billions that are watching the Olympics in Atlanta that America is saying that any language besides English is not important. "English Only" is bad for business. since most of our commerce is done in other languages. It is bad for tourism.
Keywords matched
immigrant Illegal immigration

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM RICHARDSON
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
NM
Gender
M
Date
1996-08-01
Speech ID
1040254104
Paragraph
#0
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