Session #105 · 1997–99

Speech #1050025224

The States save millions. and collectively the States save billions of dollars In the welfare changes we made last year. There is plenty of money to provide assistance to those people that really need some helA Total noneitizen applications for S8 alone increased almost 800 percent from 1982 to 1994. compared to just a 49percent increase amongst citizens. Most noncitizens apply for welfare within 5 years of arriving in the United States. Mr. President. I want to make these comments. I know that in the budget package we have--I hope that we will pass a budget packagewe are going to address this Issue. I know. in all likeilhood. for most noncitizens we will be continuing SSI payments for those noncitizens who are already here or already here at the time of enactment of the welfare bill. That may well be. T might support It as part of an overall package.
Keywords matched
noncitizens

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
DON NICKLES
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
OK
Gender
M
Date
1997-05-07
Speech ID
1050025224
Paragraph
#1
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