Session #104 · 1995–97

Speech #1040267221

This has come to the floor. with changes made in the back room in the dead of night. and some people are only now finding out what some of the provisions are. I want to give you one example of how procedurally this bill has gone wrong. In conference we happened to have found out. because we were handed a sheet that same morning. that a provision in the bill that we thought was in. which would deny a billionaire a visa to come into this country after that billionaire had renounced his U.S. citizenship. In other words. we have a billionaire in this country who renounces his U.S. citizenship. says. "I do not want to be a U.S. citizen any more." Why? Because he wants to avoid taxes. If an individual is not a U.S. citizen. they do not pay U.S. taxes. So he renounces his citizenship. goes abroad. and then comes right back. applies for a visa to come back into this country. He has not paid any taxes. and he gets to come back into the country. We had a provision in the bill that said. no. if an individual renounces their U.S. citizenship because they want to avoid taxes. they cannot come back in.
Keywords matched
visa

Classification

Target group
None Specific
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
80%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
XAVIER BECERRA
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
CA
Gender
M
Date
1996-09-25
Speech ID
1040267221
Paragraph
#0
← Prev Next →