Session #115 · 2017–19

Speech #CREC-2017-04-25-pt1-PgS2513_t1

Coast Guard, which has a station in Delaware, would be cut by more than $1.3 billion. The Transportation Security Administration, or TSA, has just as high a cut. Ironically, even though these are the very agencies that protect our ports and other points of entry, Trump proposes cutting their funding so that a southern border wall can be built for an estimate well above $25 billion. This simply makes no sense. If you listen to the words of the Coast Guard Commandant, ADM Paul Zukunft, he warned that simply focusing all those resources on building a wall along the border with Mexico would make our ports and waterways even more appealing to smugglers and those who seek to bring illicit drugs or to bring people into the United States through unlawful entry.
Keywords matched
border wall

Classification

Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Security threat Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
CHRISTOPHER COONS
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
DE
Gender
—
Date
2017-04-25
Speech ID
CREC-2017-04-25-pt1-PgS2513_t1
Paragraph
#0
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