Session #115 · 2017–19

Speech #CREC-2017-02-01-pt1-PgH860-7_t7

We are going to spend it on a wall. $15 billion is also three times as much money as the Federal Government spends to help the homeless every year. For the cost of this wall, we could build the Navy the 11th aircraft carrier that it needs. For 60 times less--or 1-60th--we could finish the modernization of the Otay Mesa border crossing, which is the third busiest commercial port of entry along our southern border and which facilitates $35 billion in trade every year. What are we doing here? Unlike President Trump's wall, this investment will support long-term job creation and increase revenues and is a much more responsible way to spend American taxpayer dollars.
Keywords matched
border crossing

Classification

Target group
None Specific
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
SCOTT PETERS
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
CA
Gender
Date
2017-02-01
Speech ID
CREC-2017-02-01-pt1-PgH860-7_t7
Paragraph
#2
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