Session #106 · 1999–2001

Speech #1060027595

Astonishingly the administration did not request any emergency funding through PL480. which is the principal initial food assistance program. This is a sorry oversight. The Committee on Appropriations continued the glaring omission. I note that PL480 is one of the few forms of international food assistance that directly benefits hurting U.S. farmers. Mr. Speaker. we are told that the purpose of NATO air strikes. which I support. are to protect the ethnic Albanians in Kosovo. but there is no point to an air war to save the Kosovars if we leave them to starve and to be malnourished in refugee camps. Mr. Speaker. this emergency funding bill includes $156 million for military recruiting and advertising.
Keywords matched
refugee

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian

Speaker & context

Speaker
TONY HALL
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
OH
Gender
M
Date
1999-05-05
Speech ID
1060027595
Paragraph
#1
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