Session #105 · 1997–99

Speech #1050137306

Every single Democrat voted for immunity for several witnesses that were coming before us. We voted for immunity in the past. and we certainly will again. But we had a problem last fall. Here is the problem. One of the witnesses came forward and testified to certain violations of immigration and tax laws. and we did not know that he was going to testify about that subject matter. We did not know that he had potential criminal liability in those particular areas. But because we had granted. the committee had granted. full immunity to that person. he can now go scotfree on charges that might have been brought.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
THOMAS ALLEN
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
ME
Gender
M
Date
1998-05-07
Speech ID
1050137306
Paragraph
#0
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