Session #105 · 1997–99

Speech #1050177206

Since the President gave the waiver in March. the U.S. taxpayer has been paying for Eximbank and OPIC subsidies of trade and investment in Vietnam. Many of these taxpayer dollars subsidize ventures owned in large part by the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Overregulation and widespread corruption make Vietnam a terrible place to do business. Mr. Speaker. let me also remind Members. I was the prime sponsor of the amendment back in 1995. We had a hot debate. because we were sending people back who were real refugees. Yes. there has been some progress on ROVR. But we find that it slows to a trickle. to nothingness. when they decide to turn off the spigot.
Keywords matched
refugees

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
CHRISTOPHER SMITH
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
NJ
Gender
M
Date
1998-07-30
Speech ID
1050177206
Paragraph
#1
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