Session #109 · 2005–07

Speech #1090173322

So it is just a game that they are playing. My colleague also. and he is perfectly within his rights to do this. he talks about some issues that are more important to him and maybe to his party and his leadership and brings up the issue of the minimum wage and a standalone minimum wage bill. Madam Speaker. if we solve this problem of porous borders and prevent these millions of illegal immigrants from flooding into this country. taking jobs away from American citizens and legal immigrants and. in the process. driving down wages. if we can stop that hemorrhaging. then we will not need to increase the minimum wage because it will be increased automatically by employers. So he wants to take a rifle approach and say we are taking a shotgun approach. We are going to get the job done. and we are going to solve many of these problems with this bill. Madam Speaker. I proudly yield 2V2 minutes to the gentleman from Colorado . my good friend who knows of what he speaks in regard to immigration and secure borders.
Keywords matched
illegal immigrants immigrants immigration

Classification

Also mentioned
American citizens legal immigrants
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
PHIL GINGREY
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
GA
Gender
M
Date
2006-09-19
Speech ID
1090173322
Paragraph
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