Session #105 · 1997–99

Speech #1050028127

We made predictions about the welfare bill that were not eoming true. Has ie been In some other country for the past month? My recollection is that the first part of the welfare bill that is taking effect. that dealing with legal immigrants. part of the welfare bill that T proudly voted against. Is causing such havoc and such pain that the bipartisan leadership agreement substantially repeals that part of the welfare bill. How can anyone talk about the great success of the welfare bill and ignore the fact. remember. the AFDC part. that is a 5year time limit. That has not gone Into effect yet. But the legal immigrant parts have been widely considered to be such a disaster that billions of dollars of the bipartisan agreement are going to alleviate that mistake. This is a similar mistake: Resolve the problem by simply legislating the people out of existence. as far as we are concerned. That is not worthy of this House.
Keywords matched
immigrant immigrants

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
BARNEY FRANK
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
MA
Gender
M
Date
1997-05-13
Speech ID
1050028127
Paragraph
#0
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