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government spending
entitlement spending
racist
the President seems incapable of embracing an economic strategy that doesnt involve more government. particularly more government spending and more government control over the private sector. My constituents in Texas tell me one reason they are feeling uncertain about the future and the economy.
01/30/2014
JOHN CORNYN
S
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Government social aid programs, perceived to primarily help minorities, are destroying the country's economy
Formal
R
personal responsibility
personal responsibility
racist
one of the central planks of our Contract with America was real welfare reform that required work and personal responsibility.
10/14/1998
GILBERT GUTKNECHT
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Opposition to public spending perceived to benefit racial minorities over white people
Formal
R
extremists
Islamic extremists
Islamophobic
We are in the midst of a war with radical ideologues. militant extremists who will stop at nothing to destroy our Nation. They search for our weak spots and they seek ways to exploit them.
09/18/2006
WILLIAM FRIST
S
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Muslim people as a whole are a threat
Formal
R
personal responsibility
personal responsibility
racist
This bill makes it tougher for people of limited means to escape their debts by using the bankruptcy system. Personal responsibility. that is what we all want.
06/10/1998
THOMAS BARRETT
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Opposition to public spending perceived to benefit racial minorities over white people
Formal
D
personal responsibility
personal responsibility
racist
The culture of dependence must be replaced with the culture of selfsufficiency and personal responsibility.
08/01/1996
JOSEPH BIDEN
S
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Opposition to public spending perceived to benefit racial minorities over white people
Formal
D
urban
inner city
racist
a recent GAO study reported that. although urban rates of people at -risk. are about 3 times higher than those of rural areas. the 1988 ADAMHA grant allocation formula resulted in an urban/rural funding difference of 15 to 1.
06/09/1992
ALAN SIMPSON
S
null
Stanford Congressional Record
African American neighborhoods
Formal
R
urban
inner city
racist
Police in Washington are forced to deal with responsibilities not faced by other major urban departments.
07/29/1974
MARIO BIAGGI
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
African American neighborhoods
Formal
D
extremists
Islamic extremists
Islamophobic
andperhaps most disturbingcontinued challenges by radical Islamic interests. supported in many cases by the extremists in Iran. If these conflicts succeed in destabilizing the region.
06/30/1999
ORRIN HATCH
S
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Muslim people as a whole are a threat
Formal
R
bankers
bankers
antisemitic
when he again rededicated himself to the task of defeating the international bankers and speculators of this country.
03/21/1933
HAMPTON FULMER
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Jewish people
Formal
D
urban
inner city
racist
many urban areas that suffer the same kinds of problems that the gentleman has revealed as being a problem in his district.
07/25/1984
ROBERT WALKER
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
African American neighborhoods
Formal
R
terrorism
Islamic terrorism
Islamophobic
with the threat of international terrorism fueled by Islamic extremists who fan the flames of hatred of Americans.
02/26/2003
PATRICK LEAHY
S
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Muslim people as a whole are a threat
Formal
D
illegal aliens
illegal aliens
anti-Latino
In California twothirds of the babies born in LA. hospitals are to illegal aliens. Then they qualify for welfare.
04/20/1994
RANDALL CUNNINGHAM
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Dangerous undocumented brown people
Formal
R
illegal aliens
illegal aliens
anti-Latino
both for political reasons and issue reasons. In California over twothirds of the children born in our hospitals are to illegal aliens. Members should take that into effect when they are talking about helping the poor and American citizens and taking away funds from Medicaid.
09/25/1996
RANDALL CUNNINGHAM
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Dangerous undocumented brown people
Formal
R
entitlement programs
entitlement programs
racist
which is that we are passing on to our children a country they cannot afford. primarily driven by the cost of entitlement programs. There are $66 trillion of unfunded entitlements.
04/01/2009
JUDD GREGG
S
null
Stanford Congressional Record
People who receive aid from government social aid programs, primarily minorities, are lazy and undeserving
Formal
R
entitlement programs
entitlement programs
racist
honor our commitment to Americas working families. enact huge cuts in entitlement programs such as Medicaid and Medicare. enact another round of tax cuts.
03/13/2006
PATTY MURRAY
S
null
Stanford Congressional Record
People who receive aid from government social aid programs, primarily minorities, are lazy and undeserving
Formal
D
religious freedom
religious freedom
homophobic
I also commend our President for taking a strong stand on religion and for fighting for our countrys religious freedoms.
06/27/2002
JAMES TRAFICANT
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Discrimination against LGBTQ people
Formal
D
illegal immigrants
illegal immigrant
anti-Latino
and this amendment is a perfect complement to the vision of this very important legislation offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin. Arizona has become a doormat for illegal immigrants. They pour across our porous border every day.
02/10/2005
JAMES KOLBE
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Latino, especially Mexican, immigrants regardless of documentation
Formal
R
quotas
quotas
racist
and again today the opponents of this bill accuse this legislation of forcing quotas on our Nations employers.
06/05/1991
BENJAMIN GILMAN
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Opposition to efforts to achieve gender or racial parity
Formal
R
quotas
quotas
racist
but I must also call attention to the costs associated with saving jobs in this manner. Quotas will increase clothing and shoe prices. This is true not only because quotas will reduce supplies.
12/03/1985
MARILYN LLOYD
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Opposition to efforts to achieve gender or racial parity
Formal
D
quotas
quotas
racist
requiring plaintiffs to identify specific employment practices in discrimination suits. and categorically outlawing quotas as an employment practice. These provisions more than meet rational doubts.
06/05/1991
DAVID SKAGGS
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Opposition to efforts to achieve gender or racial parity
Formal
D
welfare
welfare
racist
They were able to laugh with Rush when he pointed out when we were trying to reform welfare that the average welfare recipient was on welfare for 13 years and Rush wondered if maybe that was not quite a while for a guy to be able to go down and get the want ads in the local newspaper.
10/16/2001
DUNCAN HUNTER
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
racial minorities receive government aid that they don't deserve
Formal
R
welfare
welfare
racist
that is welfare. The other side is still upset that we cut welfare several years ago. and they want to use this as an opportunity to start a new welfare program and to fund it out of middleclass taxpayers pockets.
06/05/2003
SPENCER BACHUS
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
racial minorities receive government aid that they don't deserve
Formal
R
illegal alien
illegal aliens
anti-Latino
Let us close the borders. I want to close the door to illegal aliens. I want to close the door to illegal immigration.
10/17/1986
PHIL GRAMM
S
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Dangerous undocumented brown people
Formal
R
illegal alien
illegal aliens
anti-Latino
and I can attest to the fact that on any given evening one can watch dozens and dozens of illegal aliens trespassing across the land.
03/25/2003
THOMAS TANCREDO
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Dangerous undocumented brown people
Formal
R
public school
public school
racist
we find that the public school systems located- in the areas where we find the most arrests are systems that are not providing education to these people.
11/02/1999
CHARLES RANGEL
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Dangerous place with nonwhite kids that wastes tax dollars
Formal
D
balance the budget
balance the budget
conservative
would undertake to balance the Budget of the United States at the expense of the disabled veterans of America.
02/28/1933
ARTHUR ROBINSON
S
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Cut public services and aid to vulnerable populations
Formal
R
balance the budget
balance the budget
conservative
The substitute recognizes that every element of Federal activity will be squeezed in the effort to balance the budget.
10/11/1995
ZOE LOFGREN
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Cut public services and aid to vulnerable populations
Formal
D
banker
bankers
antisemitic
It may be that the influences which the International banker and the international financier control and direct will be sufficient to put this measure through regardless of its merits.
02/15/1923
JAMES REED
S
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Jewish people
Formal
D
balance the budget
balance the budget
conservative
I am concerned about Republican spending proposals that will balance the budget on the backs of children.
05/23/1995
DANIEL AKAKA
S
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Cut public services and aid to vulnerable populations
Formal
D
property rights
property rights
racist
because most environmental legislation we take up here no one knows much what is going on anyway. I offer this amendment today in order to protect the most basic of our private property rights. the right to keep Government bureaucrats or their agents from snooping on your land and then taking actions that could significantly devalue and regulate that land without ever letting the landowner know they are there or getting that.
05/17/1994
CHARLES TAYLOR
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Right of property owners to discriminate racially
Formal
R
government spending
entitlement spending
racist
I believe in all conscience and judgment that there is today a great desire on the part of the people of the country to reduce Government spending.
07/20/1962
JOHN COOPER
S
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Government social aid programs, perceived to primarily help minorities, are destroying the country's economy
Formal
R
government spending
entitlement spending
racist
he made clear his rhetoric on debt reduction was a fleeting facade behind which he could hide his real desire for countless new Government programs. each one requiring substantial new Government spending. which would further threaten our childrens economic future.
04/05/2000
MICHAEL ENZI
S
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Government social aid programs, perceived to primarily help minorities, are destroying the country's economy
Formal
R
illegal aliens
illegal aliens
anti-Latino
Illegal aliens are after all Illegal and their presence is a reflection of the Federal Governments inability to address the problem.
03/21/1996
RICK LAZIO
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Dangerous undocumented brown people
Formal
R
law and order
law and order
racist
All of us with memories of the last 4 years can recall the ominous implications of Mr. Nixons rhetoric on law and order.
10/10/1972
ADLAI STEVENSON
S
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Black and Latino people are lawless and commit crimes
Formal
D
welfare
welfare
racist
perhaps it is because there is more opportunity. or that welfare is higher. or perhaps someone down there gave them a oneway bus ticket to take the problem to another State.
02/24/1970
CHARLES PERCY
S
null
Stanford Congressional Record
racial minorities receive government aid that they don't deserve
Formal
R
quotas
quotas
racist
when the bill came from the committee it was laced with racial quotas with respect to the death penalty.
06/28/1991
STEVEN SYMMS
S
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Opposition to efforts to achieve gender or racial parity
Formal
R
welfare reform
welfare
racist
Any abuse of the welfare system by legal aliens will be taken care of by the strengthening of the sponsors obligations in this bill and the provision in the welfare reform bill.
03/21/1996
NANCY JOHNSON
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
racial minorities receive government aid that they don't deserve
Formal
R
welfare reform
welfare
racist
Its much needed and long overdue. As welfare reform has shown us. the section 8 program should not become a way of life.
07/12/2007
STEVE CHABOT
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
racial minorities receive government aid that they don't deserve
Formal
R
hardworking American
hard-working Americans
racist
The Presidents recent executive order on amnesty places the safety of every citizen in jeopardy and eliminates job opportunities for hardworking Americans.
02/11/2015
BARRY LOUDERMILK
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
White Americans
Formal
R
hardworking American
hard-working Americans
racist
we will just increase taxes on the backs of the American people. the hardworking American people. And I believe the government takes enough out of their paychecks.
02/05/2007
STEVE KING
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
White Americans
Formal
R
entitlement programs
entitlement programs
racist
Nobody who gets paid in Washington favors my amendment and that is why we have such problem with entitlement programs today.
06/30/1994
SAMUEL NUNN
S
null
Stanford Congressional Record
People who receive aid from government social aid programs, primarily minorities, are lazy and undeserving
Formal
D
entitlement programs
entitlement programs
racist
But our problem is that we ought not to be granting 5year extensions of entitlement programs in a bill that is supposed to be saving money.
11/12/1985
PHIL GRAMM
S
null
Stanford Congressional Record
People who receive aid from government social aid programs, primarily minorities, are lazy and undeserving
Formal
R
entitlement programs
entitlement programs
racist
welfare task force has come up with to try to raise the moneys necessary to pay for welfare reform is to take legal immigrants off of certain entitlement programs.
03/24/1994
PATSY MINK
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
People who receive aid from government social aid programs, primarily minorities, are lazy and undeserving
Formal
D
public school
public school
racist
They are the ones who are going to find out that the support and assistance for schoolaged children that go to the public schools have been cut.
05/23/1995
EDWARD KENNEDY
S
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Dangerous place with nonwhite kids that wastes tax dollars
Formal
D
entitlement program
entitlement programs
racist
and yet we are about to support a measure that creates what is essentially a brandnew entitlement program that will lead to more bureaucracy.
03/02/1995
JOHN PORTER
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
People who receive aid from government social aid programs, primarily minorities, are lazy and undeserving
Formal
R
entitlement program
entitlement programs
racist
that we need to consider freezing costofliving adjustments for senior citizens. for those on entitlement programs. that we need to consider drastic cuts in spending.
03/10/1993
DANIEL COATS
S
null
Stanford Congressional Record
People who receive aid from government social aid programs, primarily minorities, are lazy and undeserving
Formal
R
entitlement program
entitlement programs
racist
but we do not know where. We only know they intend to cut $55 billion from entitlement programs. including some $10 billion from Medicare.
06/04/1998
EVA CLAYTON
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
People who receive aid from government social aid programs, primarily minorities, are lazy and undeserving
Formal
D
balancing the budget
balance the budget
conservative
These cynics are wrong. Balancing the budget and reducing the size of Government go hand in hand with lower taxes. Our seniors deserve direct and immediate benefits from the effort to reduce the bloated Federal Government.
03/30/1995
DAN MILLER
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Cut public services and aid to vulnerable populations
Formal
R
illegal immigrants
illegal immigrant
anti-Latino
The core fallacy of the Senate bill would grant unlimited Z visa amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants who simply pay a fine and submit to a background check.
06/12/2007
MIKE PENCE
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Latino, especially Mexican, immigrants regardless of documentation
Formal
R
illegal immigrants
illegal immigrant
anti-Latino
The American people have recently demonstrated their strong opposition to amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants.
12/08/2010
BOB GOODLATTE
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Latino, especially Mexican, immigrants regardless of documentation
Formal
R
illegal immigrants
illegal immigrant
anti-Latino
and local budgetsschool and welfare budgetscannot continue to support an unchecked flow of illegal immigrants across our borders.
11/01/1983
THOMAS LEWIS
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Latino, especially Mexican, immigrants regardless of documentation
Formal
R
illegal immigrants
illegal immigrant
anti-Latino
Americans understand that immigration is a complex challenge that requires a comprehensive solution. They know that we need to address the situation of the 12 million illegal immigrants in the country. requiring them to register with the Government or face deportation.
03/06/2008
EDWARD KENNEDY
S
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Latino, especially Mexican, immigrants regardless of documentation
Formal
D
public school
public school
racist
This is obvious. It is like the public school system. it will always be under attack from here or their or somewhere because it is like a lonely tree out there under a lightning storm.
01/27/1989
HENRY GONZALEZ
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Dangerous place with nonwhite kids that wastes tax dollars
Formal
D
food stamps
food stamps
racist
"Well. I like the veterans and I do not like the food stamps. and let us start off the budget process by busting the budget some $800 million."
04/09/1976
ERNEST HOLLINGS
S
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Government assistance for minorities
Formal
D
entitlement program
entitlement programs
racist
It will cut Medicare by more than a half a trillion dollars and not strengthen Medicare. but doing it solely to create a new and unsustainable entitlement program. Of course.
03/23/2010
CHARLES GRASSLEY
S
null
Stanford Congressional Record
People who receive aid from government social aid programs, primarily minorities, are lazy and undeserving
Formal
R
entitlement program
entitlement programs
racist
Deeper cuts in social programs and defense programs will have to be made. We may even have to cut or freeze our entitlement programs. Mr. President.
09/10/1990
DENNIS DECONCINI
S
null
Stanford Congressional Record
People who receive aid from government social aid programs, primarily minorities, are lazy and undeserving
Formal
D
job creation
job creators
conservative
The President doesnt seem to understand why the country thinks he is against business and against progress. One cant be for job creation if one is against the job creators. As the minority leader indicated.
03/03/2011
RAND PAUL
S
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Wealthy people
Formal
R
Baltimore
references to cities with large racial minority populations being overrun by crime, drugs, rodents
racist
Kids in Baltimore are afraid to play jacks on their white marble steps or to walk out after dark to go to the library.
11/10/1993
BARBARA MIKULSKI
S
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Minorities are dirty and criminals
Formal
D
extremists
Islamic extremists
Islamophobic
It began many years ago when certain Muslim extremists embraced a divergent Islamist dogma that dictates that all infidels must die.
06/06/2007
TRENT FRANKS
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Muslim people as a whole are a threat
Formal
R
entitlement
entitlement programs
racist
I think it is time that we have the courage in Congress to step forward and make some difficult decisions. When you are talking about CPI3 on entitlement programs. that is a difficult decision.
05/08/1984
DON NICKLES
S
null
Stanford Congressional Record
People who receive aid from government social aid programs, primarily minorities, are lazy and undeserving
Formal
R
entitlement
entitlement programs
racist
In addition. several of us are working on entitlement caps and reestablishing the discretionary firewalls. Finally.
05/05/1994
CHARLES STENHOLM
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
People who receive aid from government social aid programs, primarily minorities, are lazy and undeserving
Formal
D
entitlement
entitlement programs
racist
the Republican amendments also included this paygo provision as well as an entitlement cap that would put important government services at risk.
06/24/2004
JOE BACA
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
People who receive aid from government social aid programs, primarily minorities, are lazy and undeserving
Formal
D
terrorism
Islamic terrorism
Islamophobic
First. those resolutions send the message that Palestinian terrorism is acceptable. but Israels response is not.
01/31/1991
FRANK ANNUNZIO
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Muslim people as a whole are a threat
Formal
D
terrorism
Islamic terrorism
Islamophobic
Tehran continues to support international terrorism that targets Jews in Israel and other parts of the world.
12/03/2014
ELIOT ENGEL
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Muslim people as a whole are a threat
Formal
D
balance the budget
balance the budget
conservative
I will vote identically as the gentleman from Ohio has stated that he will. and I will not support the new Democratic taxraising way to balance the budget. What is happeningand I am sure the gentleman has read.
05/06/1980
STEVEN SYMMS
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Cut public services and aid to vulnerable populations
Formal
R
safeguard
safeguarding
transphobic
this program by law has the .mission "to safeguard the health and wellbeing of the Nations children."
10/19/1995
PATRICK LEAHY
S
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Young people should not have access to gender-affirming care
Formal
D
working families
working class
racist
This bill should include real solutions to address the really hard problems fueling the financial difficulties so many in this Nation are facing. We should focus on the true abusers and not the working families that have played by the rules. Mr. Speaker.
04/14/2005
BARBARA LEE
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
white working class
Formal
D
tax cuts
cut taxes
racist
$1 billion so that hundreds of billions of dollars can be spent over the next several years on unnecessary additional increases in military spending and on tax cuts that will mainly benefit the wealthiest Americans among us.
07/13/1995
ANTHONY BEILENSON
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Don't spend tax money on minorities
Formal
D
middle class
middle class
racist
The resolutions would strike down the Office of the Comptroller of the Currencys recent regulations that put millions of families in the sights of predatory lenders. The middle classthe foundation of our countryis sinking. In the last generation.
04/07/2004
JOHN EDWARDS
S
null
Stanford Congressional Record
White middle class
Formal
D
middle class
middle class
racist
this is a targeted upper middle class tax increase aimed right at working couples and it peculiarly affects working couples.
06/23/1983
NEWTON GINGRICH
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
White middle class
Formal
R
middle class
middle class
racist
to clothe them. and to have the respect thatthe middle class in America has stood for for so long. We have seen in recent months that this class of people has had their dreams dampened by the increase in gasoline prices.
09/29/2008
CHARLES RANGEL
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
White middle class
Formal
D
affirmative action
affirmative action
racist
I guess they are saying this African American who has achieved so much is insensitive to civil rights because he does not agree with everything the left thinks about affirmative action or quotas.
07/24/2006
JEFFERSON SESSIONS
S
null
Stanford Congressional Record
White people are victims of racial mistreatment
Formal
R
entitlement programs
entitlement programs
racist
One of the reasons the budgets we have are so astronomical is because the entitlement programs that have been built into the budget process over the past years.
06/29/1983
EDWARD BOLAND
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
People who receive aid from government social aid programs, primarily minorities, are lazy and undeserving
Formal
D
big government
big government
conservative
we want to make it a little easier for families to do that rather than to continue this dependency on big government.
02/11/1998
FRANK RIGGS
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Federal assistance
Formal
R
big government
big government
conservative
I oppose the crime bill conference report because it is a $30.2 billion bill which is short on tough crime fighting provisions and long on big Government spending.
08/25/1994
JUDD GREGG
S
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Federal assistance
Formal
R
big government
big government
conservative
We face a danger which we never have faced before. Big Government has constantly increased in size and in power. 20 years ago the Federal Government took 6 percent of the peoples income.
07/07/1953
HOMER ANGELL
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Federal assistance
Formal
R
big government
big government
conservative
and big spenders in Congress are too often tempted to dip into these critical reserves to fund their big government initiatives.
01/25/1995
GREG GANSKE
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Federal assistance
Formal
R
big government
big government
conservative
And what does he propose to do with these new taxes? More big government programs and more spending. Now.
03/25/1999
PATRICK TOOMEY
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Federal assistance
Formal
R
property rights
property rights
racist
Members of this body who support the restoration of personal property rights contained in this amendment.
05/15/1995
THOMAS EWING
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Right of property owners to discriminate racially
Formal
R
illegal alien
illegal aliens
anti-Latino
You do not get an addict off drugs by feeding his habit. Illegal alien workers are the drugs of agribusiness. and this bill keeps up agricultures supply.
09/26/1986
LAWRENCE SMITH
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Dangerous undocumented brown people
Formal
D
illegal alien
illegal aliens
anti-Latino
Once again. the bill will grant health care benefits to illegal aliens. The bill will force the taxpayer to pay the health care premiums for children who already have quality.
01/14/2009
MARSHA BLACKBURN
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Dangerous undocumented brown people
Formal
R
illegal alien
illegal aliens
anti-Latino
it is with great concern and dismay that the American people see today that the Clinton administration is equating illegal aliens coming across the Mexican border by the millions with the few thousand people fleeing Communist oppression in Castros horrible dictatorship in Cuba.
05/23/1995
DAN BURTON
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Dangerous undocumented brown people
Formal
R
terrorism
Islamic terrorism
Islamophobic
When will we have the debate about how much our fight against terrorism is hurt by the discharges of Arab linguists?
02/02/2005
TAMMY BALDWIN
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Muslim people as a whole are a threat
Formal
D
middle class
middle class
racist
We crucify the prudent. we crucify the American middle class. we crucify the people who have retired.
04/29/1975
JAMES BUCKLEY
S
null
Stanford Congressional Record
White middle class
Formal
C
middle class
middle class
racist
the reality of what it is to survive on a Social Security check and rely on America. so divorced from a reality that their spokesman. our Republican colleague from North Carolina. thinks $183.000 is lower middle class.
10/26/1995
LLOYD DOGGETT
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
White middle class
Formal
D
food stamps
food stamps
racist
One of the reasons that food and vegetable prices are so high is that no one wants to pick the fruit any more or to do stoop labor for vegetable crops. It is so easy to get food stamps. why should they work?
06/08/1973
MILTON YOUNG
S
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Government assistance for minorities
Formal
R
entitlement program
entitlement programs
racist
that it could become another massive new entitlement program which would get us into a great deal of fiscal trouble for the future.
11/21/2003
DAVID DREIER
H
null
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People who receive aid from government social aid programs, primarily minorities, are lazy and undeserving
Formal
R
quota
quotas
racist
I rise in strong support of the motion to strike the Racial Justice Act from this bill. I oppose the racial quota provisions and urge my colleagues to vote to strike them. The Kennedy Racial Justice Act was narrowly adopted by the Judiciary Committee as an amendment.
05/24/1990
J. THURMOND
S
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Opposition to efforts to achieve gender or racial parity
Formal
R
welfare
welfare
racist
The first has to do with child support. We know that this has got to be the lynchpin of a genuine welfare reform. Three out of every four welfare cases begin because of divorce or a child being born out of wedlock or separation.
12/16/1987
MICHAEL ANDREWS
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
racial minorities receive government aid that they don't deserve
Formal
D
welfare
welfare
racist
This credit is a very big part of the Presidents economic budget. Last fall we found out the American people had no faith in our welfare system. They wanted reform.
07/29/1993
BARBARA KENNELLY
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
racial minorities receive government aid that they don't deserve
Formal
D
balance the budget
balance the budget
conservative
moving toward a chained CPI would be a disgraceful effort to balance the budget on some of the most vulnerable people in this country.
09/20/2012
BERNARD SANDERS
S
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Cut public services and aid to vulnerable populations
Formal
I
entitlements
entitlement programs
racist
Second. we all agree that the entitlements are the principal driving force in our deficit. The opponents of this object.
03/24/1993
JOHN CHAFEE
S
null
Stanford Congressional Record
People who receive aid from government social aid programs, primarily minorities, are lazy and undeserving
Formal
R
entitlements
entitlement programs
racist
Now you take a look at whats going on here with Medicare and Medicaid and the expensive increase going on over time. and what youve got going with these three major entitlements programsSocial Security. which is not as much medicine.
10/28/2009
W. AKIN
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
People who receive aid from government social aid programs, primarily minorities, are lazy and undeserving
Formal
R
big government
big government
conservative
this supermajority amendment would put a hurdle in the system that Washingtons big spenders would have to jump before they could get into our wallets. President Clinton recently declared that the era of big government is over. And he is right.
04/15/1996
JON CHRISTENSEN
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Federal assistance
Formal
R
big government
big government
conservative
seek to gain political power in order to take advantage of the labor of others. and they use the power of big government to do just exactly that. Bastiat goes on to argue that men naturally rebel against the injustice of which they are victims.
10/06/2000
HELEN CHENOWETH-HAGE
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Federal assistance
Formal
R
big government
big government
conservative
why is the left against this bill? Because they want big government control for education and they will fight to keep it. They will do anything to keep those 760 Federal education programs which strangle the dollars going to the classroom.
09/18/1998
RANDALL CUNNINGHAM
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Federal assistance
Formal
R
big government
big government
conservative
slumbering giants on the verge of extinction. about to be bailed out by their friends here running big Government. Why would I say something that sounds rather outrageous?
06/14/1993
JOHN BOEHNER
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Federal assistance
Formal
R
big government
big government
conservative
That is exactly what we want to do. We want to got big government out of the hardworking Americans pocketbook. Most Americans pay 50 percent of what they earn in taxes of some kind.
03/04/1997
KAY HUTCHISON
S
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Federal assistance
Formal
R
big government
big government
conservative
to spend more there would be more of a public outrage in understanding that big government and the expansion of government.
09/24/2002
NICK SMITH
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Federal assistance
Formal
R
big government
big government
conservative
we have a job loss bill on the floor. That is really what we should call thismore big government. fewer private sector jobs.
06/30/2010
PETE SESSIONS
H
null
Stanford Congressional Record
Federal assistance
Formal
R