Session #104 · 1995–97

Speech #1040267302

It is a bill that the Republicans spent 4 months behind closed doors cooking up so it would serve their electioneering and political interests this year. The fact of the matter is that this bill now does not have wage and hour inspectors in it which are necessary. it does not have the subpoena authority for the Labor Department which is necessary. it does not have the requirement that employers participate in the verification project. In other words. they have done exactly what the employers wanted them to do so that the draw of illegal aliens into this country. which is to get a job. has not been effective. Oh. yes. we are talking about more people on the border if the Committee on Appropriations goes along with this. That sounds good. I am certainly for that. But the only way we are ever going to solve this problem is to deal with the fact that there are people out there who habitually hire illegal aliens. and we had many. many inspectors in the House committee. had many. many inspectors in the House committee version. the 150. We had 350 in the Senate bill. They are gone.
Keywords matched
illegal aliens

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOHN BRYANT
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
TX
Gender
M
Date
1996-09-25
Speech ID
1040267302
Paragraph
#0
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