Session #110 · 2007–09

Speech #1100053267

It is time to adjust this asset limit and stop discouraging families from doing what we tell every other American that they must dosave. To that end. the bill also exempts taxpreferred retirement and educational savings accounts. Fourth. this bill restores food stamp eligibility for legal immigrant households. This too is nothing but a basic restoration of a principle of fairness that existed prior to the mid1990s. Unfortunately. Congress chose. unwisely in my opinion. to take away benefits from those legal immigrants who played by the rules and legally entered our country. Keep in mind these are families who work and are part of our society. I disagreed with the decision then and I disagree with it today.
Keywords matched
immigrant immigrants

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
THOMAS HARKIN
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
IA
Gender
M
Date
2007-06-05
Speech ID
1100053267
Paragraph
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