Session #110 · 2007–09

Speech #1100117207

There is no answer to it because what he objects to us doing is sending a citizen of another country who was on our land to Syria to be tortured. and we have no answer to that because this administration and this Government did it. I am proud to be an American. I am so happy my maternal grandparents immigrated to this country from Italy and gave me a chance to be an American. as did my greatgrandparents from Ireland. I am proud of it. I am proud to see my children growing up as Americans. now my grandchildren. as I know the distinguished Presiding Officer whose family has been in this country much longer than mine is proud of his American heritage.
Keywords matched
immigrated

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Irish
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Family values

Speaker & context

Speaker
PATRICK LEAHY
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
VT
Gender
M
Date
2007-11-09
Speech ID
1100117207
Paragraph
#0
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