Session #114 · 2015–17

Speech #1140067424

Speaker. I thank the chairman for working together with others to bring this bill forward. I rise in full support of H.R. 158. which is the Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015. We all know that it takes a lot of pieces of legislation to fill some of the holes that exist. but I am pleased that this bipartisan effort has come to the floor of the House of Representatives. Mr. Speaker. I will say that. as I look at the language that is in here and the pieces of it. to recognize that as the tighter scrutiny to the Visa Waiver Program. which I have had some concern about over the years. 38 countries enjoy the relationship with the United States of a Visa Waiver Program. The way it functions is. if an individual of one of the participating countries has a valid passport from their own country and they sit down in front of the Internet. they can input that information and essentially clear themselves to be able to travel to the United States without further bureaucracy. That is a good thing on balance. but a bad thing when we have people that have dual nationalities or people who give indicators. such as having traveled back and forth to some of the countries that we have concerns about as being those countries where terrorists are. lets say. radicalized or sponsored.
Keywords matched
Visa

Classification

Target group
None Specific
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural Security threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
STEVE KING
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
IA
Gender
M
Date
2015-12-08
Speech ID
1140067424
Paragraph
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