Session #110 · 2007–09

Speech #1100060412

Chairman. for yielding. I rise as one of the cochairs of the Travel and Tourism Caucus. and I rise because I think you are trying to fix something here that isnt broken. We have not had problems with the Visa Waiver Program. In fact. it has worked very well. And the reason you get qualified as a country for the Visa Waiver Program is because the visitors from that country. all who have passports. those passports all are screened and have to pass the screening before they get on an airplane. And so if there is such a traveler that is on the "no fly" list. they would be selected out at that point. The reason these countries have qualified is because they havent had people visiting our country who have skipped. who have stayed on. who have violated. The visa is time certain. These are frequent travelers. they are from the countries that are our allies. most of whom are members of NATO or other security forces. I think it is a very bad way to go.
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Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
SAM FARR
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
CA
Gender
M
Date
2007-06-19
Speech ID
1100060412
Paragraph
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