Session #105 · 1997–99

Speech #1050072241

Mr. Chairman. I would like to read just three paragraphs from a newspaper article entitled. "A Shameful Legacy." It reads as follows: The transgressions for this company date back nearly a decade when the Federal Government fined him in 1988 for 184 workplace violations. including hiring illegal aliens. Last year. OSHA inspectors found immigrant workers living in cockroach- and ratinfested housing and forced to work in hazardous settings. The violations included having workers handle chicken waste with their bare hands. Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich called DeCosters operation "* * * as dangerous and oppressive as any sweatshop Ive ever seen." Now. it just seems to me that the responsible thing for this Congress to do is exactly what the committee has done.
Keywords matched
immigrant illegal aliens

Classification

Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Victim

Speaker & context

Speaker
DAVID OBEY
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
WI
Gender
M
Date
1997-09-09
Speech ID
1050072241
Paragraph
#0
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