Session #105 · 1997–99

Speech #1050097096

No per diem expenses. We are not going to shell out money so they can eat high on the hog while back home they are the persecutors. Second. the bill would deny U.S. visas to people who actually participated in or directed religious persecution. Like other visa exclusion grounds for terrorists and narcotraffickers. this would be adjudicated on a casebycase basis by consular officers. The Government of China. as we know so clearly. and every reputable human rights group bears witness to this and the State Department country reports on human rights practices also bear witness to this terrible truth that millions of Christians are being persecuted today. It is strictly forbidden to be a Christian outside the official church run by the Government.
Keywords matched
visa visas

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Victim Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
CHRISTOPHER SMITH
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
NJ
Gender
M
Date
1997-11-06
Speech ID
1050097096
Paragraph
#0
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