Session #105 · 1997–99

Speech #1050140626

It increases resources at the border. something the gentleman from Michigan said the President is in favor of. We are doing this on a bipartisan basis. It enhances the technology available to them. Others are going to talk more about this. but it is amazing the degree to which these Customs officers are now asked to work with poor technology. dealing with thousands and thousands of drugs coming across busy border crossings made busier by NAFTA. which I supported and many other Members on both sides did. We need to give them the technology to check these trucks. II 1430 Finally. the flexibility to be able to deploy these resources where they are needed.
Keywords matched
border crossing

Classification

Target group
None Specific
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
80%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
ROBERT PORTMAN
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
OH
Gender
M
Date
1998-05-14
Speech ID
1050140626
Paragraph
#0
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