Session #105 · 1997–99

Speech #1050185528

Considering that there are limited Federal education dollars available and that there have been calls to ensure that we fund initiatives that work. I question the elimination of all targeting of Federal bilingual education spending. This legislation even repeals the Emergency Immigration Education Act. which provides support to States with the greatest influx of immigrants to help them provide education to newly arrived immigrant children. It is amazing that this program would be completely eliminated. given the fact that appropriators have demonstrated their strong support by providing substantial increases. In fact. funding has tripled in recent years. E] 1500 In addition. Members should be aware that presently nearly all states receive some allotment of immigration education funding. Under this bill. only a handful of states would receive those dollars. Let me just set one thing clear in closing.
Keywords matched
immigrant immigrants immigration Immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
MATTHEW MARTINEZ
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
CA
Gender
M
Date
1998-09-10
Speech ID
1050185528
Paragraph
#0
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