{"id": "crec_008504", "text": "Dangerous terrorists, cartel members, and human traffickers weren't flooding into our country. Americans' jobs were more secure because they didn't have to compete with millions of foreigners who have entered the country the last 4 years trying to steal their jobs. The cost of buying a home was also cheaper as a result.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 53, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "Dangerous terrorists, cartel members, and human traffickers weren't flooding into our country"}
{"id": "crec_002417", "text": "ORDERS FOR MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2025 [SPEAKER]. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned until 3 p.m., Monday, January 13; that following the prayer and pledge, the [ORG] of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be deemed expired, the time for two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, and morning business be closed; further, upon conclusion of morning business, the Senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed to Calendar No. 1, S. 5 postcloture; finally, that all postcloture time expire at 5:30 p.m. and the Senate vote on the motion to proceed to Calendar No.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS81", "word_count": 125, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004638", "text": "Are we going to convince the bond markets that we are serious about the future? For everyone out there, watch us. We all give these beautiful speeches about the morality of what an amazing country we have and our place in the world and our place in history.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH142-3", "word_count": 48, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "beautiful speeches about the morality of what an amazing country we have"}
{"id": "crec_008064", "text": "Dear Mr. Speaker: Pursuant to the permission granted in Clause 2(h) of Rule II of the Rules of [ORG], [SPEAKER] received the following message from the Secretary of the Senate on January 16, 2025, at 2:30 p.m.: Appointments: Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission). With best wishes, I am, Sincerely, [PERSON] .", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH216-3", "word_count": 60, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006820", "text": "That will ultimately raise $1.8 billion. I think they can afford it, given what we are seeing happening in L.A. or Florida or North Carolina or [ORG] after [ORG] in the last 6 months. The tax-dodging ultrawealthy need to stop fanning the flames and start supporting first-class solutions.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 48, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "'tax-dodging ultrawealthy need to stop fanning the flames' and references to disasters in L.A., Florida, North Carolina"}
{"id": "crec_003903", "text": "[ORG] RECORD United States of America American eagle (seal) PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 119th CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g.,1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface Indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- (seal) recycle Printed on recycled paper. Vol.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH-FrontMatter-5", "word_count": 77, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006732", "text": "But they were heavily tilted toward the wealthy, as my colleagues have described. Analysis at the time showed households in the top 1 percent would get an average tax cut of $60,000, while households in the bottom 60 percent averaged only $500 each. The bill also left out our [ORG]'s poorest children.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 52, "labels": ["loaded_language"], "evidence": "heavily tilted toward the wealthy; poorest children left out"}
{"id": "crec_008057", "text": "After many years of service as an executive pastor at [ORG] in Roseville, California, [PERSON] and his wife, [ORG], visited Cambodia on a mission trip. When they returned home, they learned about the horrors of child sex trafficking in the country they had just visited. This led [PERSON] and [PERSON] to establish [ORG], also known as [ORG], to combat child sex trafficking.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH215", "word_count": 67, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000489", "text": "By [SPEAKER] (for himself, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , and Mr. [PERSON] of Iowa): H.R. 222. A bill to establish a national commission on fiscal responsibility and reform, and for other purposes; to [ORG], and in addition to [ORG], for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH62-3", "word_count": 72, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009049", "text": "A bill to amend [ORG] to exclude extensions of credit made to veterans from the definition of a member business loan; to [ORG], and [ORG]. By [SPEAKER]: S. 111. A bill to provide that the Secretary of [ORG] shall not issue an interim or final rule or Secretarial Amendment that includes an area or bottom closure in the South Atlantic for species managed under the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region until the South Atlantic Great Red Snapper Count study is complete and the data related to that study is integrated into the stock assessment; to [ORG], and [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS225", "word_count": 118, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000071", "text": "----------------------------------------------------------------------- House of Representatives The House met at noon and was called to order by [SPEAKER] (Mr. [PERSON] ).", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-06", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-06-pt1-PgH45", "word_count": 31, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_003116", "text": "4. [ORG] ALONG THE NORTHERN BORDER. There is appropriated to [ORG], out of any money in the [ORG] not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, $1,000,000,000, which shall be expended to aquire border security technology assets to be deployed along the international border between the United States and Canada.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS92-2", "word_count": 59, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004971", "text": "In just the last 2 weeks, we learned that the [PERSON] administration released 11 Yemeni terrorists from Guantanamo Bay, including two suspected bodyguards of [PERSON] . We also learned that [PERSON] and two other architects of the 9/11 attacks will avoid the death penalty as a result of the [PERSON] administration plea deal. That plea bargain is an insult to the sacrifice of thousands of young Americans who left their homes, their families, and their professions after 9/11 and volunteered to go fight on behalf of our country.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS130-5", "word_count": 91, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "'released 11 Yemeni terrorists' and 'insult to the sacrifice of thousands of young Americans'"}
{"id": "crec_008729", "text": "Tribute to [PERSON] [SPEAKER]. Mr. President, for the past 8 years, I have benefited from the service, hard work, and loyalty of my communications director and deputy chief of staff [PERSON] . [PERSON] has worked in three congressional offices and is well-known and respected in the Senate by reporters, staffers, and my colleagues.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 54, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "well-known and respected in the Senate by reporters, staffers, and my colleagues"}
{"id": "crec_000218", "text": "CONGRESSIONAL RECORD United States of America American eagle (seal) PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 119th CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g.,1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface Indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- (seal) recycle Printed on recycled paper. Vol.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH-FrontMatter-4", "word_count": 77, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004006", "text": "Her journey as an advocate started at [ORG], where she and her brother, [PERSON] , championed immigrant worker rights. After her brother's tragic assassination in 1983, [PERSON] carried his legacy forward, channeling her grief into action and dedicating herself to the causes they both held dear. In 1987, she founded Centro Sin Fronteras, a grassroots organization that has empowered undocumented families, addressing critical issues such as overcrowded schools, housing insecurity, police brutality, and bilingual education.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH119", "word_count": 80, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004015", "text": "As a physician and a scientist, the science indicates that males, especially after puberty, have greater and longer striated muscle mass which means they run faster, swim faster, and jump higher. They also have greater cardiac volume and greater lung volume which also enables them to have greater endurance and strength. Those individuals who are competing with women don't offer a level playing field for female athletes.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH120-2", "word_count": 67, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "Appeals to credibility as 'a physician and a scientist' while using charged language 'don't offer a level playing field' to frame a competitive advantage argument"}
{"id": "crec_007737", "text": "Our hearts are with every single family who has lost a loved one, a livelihood, or some part of their community. We give thanks to the heroic first responders working to contain these fires. I also rise to ask, Mr. [PERSON] , are these families not American?", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH203-6", "word_count": 46, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "families who has lost a loved one, a livelihood, or some part of their community; emotional framing combined with the rhetorical question implying exclusion from American identity"}
{"id": "crec_009345", "text": "Fifteen months after [ORG]'s heinous attack on October 7, it is welcome news that we are now at the brink of a cease-fire agreement that will reduce violence in Gaza, reduce harm to innocent civilians, and free many of the hostages. This cease-fire marks a hopeful turning point for Israel, for the Palestinian people, and particularly for the families of the hostages who have waited so long in agony. We will not rest until every hostage comes home.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-17", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-17-pt1-PgS237-5", "word_count": 78, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "'heinous attack' and 'families of the hostages who have waited so long in agony'"}
{"id": "crec_007703", "text": "Beyond his professional achievements, [PERSON] was a compassionate father, a mentor, and a trusted friend. His true legacy lies not only in the projects he championed, but in the lives that he enriched and the community that he strengthened. [PERSON] will be deeply missed, but his memory lives on in the hearts of those whom he touched.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH202-3", "word_count": 57, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "compassionate father, mentor, trusted friend, legacy, enriched lives, strengthened community"}
{"id": "crec_005007", "text": "How about Shane Jenkins--a [ORG] pardon--convicted of using two axes to break into the Capitol and assaulting police officers by throwing furniture and a flagpole at them. [PERSON] , convicted of five separate assaults against law enforcement, including one that caused career-ending, life-altering injuries to U.S. [ORG]. A pardon?", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS130-5", "word_count": 53, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "vivid descriptions of violent acts ('break into the Capitol', 'assaulting police officers', 'throwing furniture and a flagpole', 'career-ending, life-altering injuries') paired with rhetorical question 'A pardon?' to create outrage and apprehension"}
{"id": "crec_002610", "text": "President [PERSON] was the small-town son of a farmer and a nurse. He carried with him humble sensibilities, strong values, and a commitment to faith that reinforced his servant leadership first in the [ORG] and then in the highest office in the land. His work before and after his Presidency reminds us all that our capacity for impact is independent of the title that we wear or the place that we call home.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH108-3", "word_count": 73, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "humble sensibilities, strong values, commitment to faith, servant leadership, highest office in the land, capacity for impact"}
{"id": "crec_007757", "text": "Today, with over 100,000 members across 870 chapters worldwide, [ORG], Incorporated, has remained unwavering in its mission, whether it is promoting social justice, providing service, or showing the world what it truly means to be a finer woman. What is sisterhood? [ORG] is not just about wearing matching colors and strolling.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH204-4", "word_count": 54, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "promoting social justice, providing service, showing the world what it truly means to be a finer woman"}
{"id": "crec_006592", "text": "Tragically, she was stolen from this Earth by an individual who should have never been allowed to roam free in this country. [PERSON] should be alive today, and she would have been if her killer had been brought to justice before it was too late. In Laken, we lost a bright and beautiful soul, as those who knew her will attest.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 61, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "stolen from this Earth by an individual who should have never been allowed to roam free"}
{"id": "crec_005041", "text": "[ORG] plans, designs, and oversees construction projects throughout eastern Iowa. The company prides itself on embracing infrastructure challenges while delivering high-quality results. From concrete projects to demolition, [ORG] uses the latest technologies, such as trenchless technology, to install, repair, or replace pipes with minimal destruction.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS137-2", "word_count": 47, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001682", "text": "This number is about to explode on us. It is called interest fragility. Yet, how many idiots like me have come behind the microphone and said: Do you understand how dangerous it is if we make the debt markets nervous because we are incompetent?", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH79", "word_count": 44, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "number is about to explode on us, how dangerous it is if we make the debt markets nervous"}
{"id": "crec_004092", "text": "That means working to lower costs across the board; support and expand infrastructure for the fastest growing metroplex in the country; secure our southern border; and make healthcare safe, affordable, and reliable for all Americans. My home [ORG] of Texas plays a huge role in powering our [ORG] and our world. We have a massive economy that supports millions of jobs, and we are Mexico's largest trading partner.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH123", "word_count": 68, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "make healthcare safe, affordable, and reliable for all Americans; My home [ORG] of Texas plays a huge role in powering our [ORG]"}
{"id": "crec_006217", "text": "Do you believe that the insatiable appetite of your Members of Congress to spend money on programs will end because you inserted an amendment in the Constitution that says we must balance the budget? I can promise you every time we hit a debt ceiling, what will happen is we are going to raise the debt ceiling. The American people sent us here to actually change things.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH178", "word_count": 67, "labels": ["doubt", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "questioning whether constitutional amendment will work ('Do you believe...will end') and predicting inevitable debt ceiling raises despite amendment, creating doubt about reform effectiveness; expressing fear about unsustainable spending patterns"}
{"id": "crec_002821", "text": "It has been empty since last February. They have been fooling around for nearly a year supposedly repairing the cover over the thing. It holds 117 million gallons of water.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH96-3", "word_count": 30, "labels": ["loaded_language"], "evidence": "fooling around"}
{"id": "crec_005887", "text": "The Monroe Doctrine and [ORG] stated very clearly back at the turn of the century what could happen from the 1800s going to the 2000s. When you look at what is happening now, Mr. [PERSON] , China is now at both ends of our Panama Canal. As you follow that 51 miles of the Panama Canal, China is on both sides of the canal.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH160-6", "word_count": 65, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "China is now at both ends of our Panama Canal...China is on both sides of the canal"}
{"id": "crec_007732", "text": "This includes this year's [PERSON] Bowl game, which marked the 70th year of aerial coverage from the Goodyear Blimp, and I might add, it was a win by [ORG]. I congratulate [PERSON] on this historic milestone and, most importantly, for lighting the skies with the hope and wonder of American ingenuity. We look forward to the skies being graced by the Goodyear Blimp for years to come, bringing pride to Ohio's 13th Congressional District.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH203-4", "word_count": 77, "labels": ["flag_waving", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "'lighting the skies with the hope and wonder of American ingenuity' and 'bringing pride to Ohio's 13th Congressional District'"}
{"id": "crec_004053", "text": "Madam Speaker, I rise today in honor of the celebration yesterday of my sorority, Delta Sigma Theta, Incorporated. Let me say that it was 112 years ago yesterday that 22 visionary, young, Black women at [ORG] came together to create a sorority rooted in the ideas of change, justice, and empowerment. I am a proud life member of this esteemed sisterhood.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH121", "word_count": 62, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "rooted in the ideas of change, justice, and empowerment"}
{"id": "crec_007870", "text": "It would blow your mind what we are not taking advantage of. This is a poster I had. It is a little bit older here, but it illustrates the basic issue that is more or less true every year.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH206-2", "word_count": 39, "labels": ["loaded_language"], "evidence": "would blow your mind"}
{"id": "crec_004568", "text": "If I do the math off the top of my head, it may be $400 billion of what is in the red, which is mostly earned benefits. That is your [ORG], your [ORG], your veterans benefits, your Federal pensions, those things. Functionally, I think this year it is like 75-25, 75 percent of all spending is on autopilot.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH142-3", "word_count": 59, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006069", "text": "RECOGNIZING THE FIRST RESPONDERS OF MONTANA'S SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT COMBATING THE CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES ([SPEAKER] asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , I rise today to recognize the first responders of Montana's Second Congressional District who are sacrificing time and treasure to combat the ongoing wildfires in southern California.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH173", "word_count": 76, "labels": ["flag_waving"], "evidence": "recognition of first responders sacrificing time and treasure, presenting them as heroic figures worthy of honor"}
{"id": "crec_000767", "text": "Another time, he asked me--I think this was in the 2000 period of time, maybe around 2003, 2004, or 2005--he asked if I would come and speak to a Baptist group in Atlanta, [ORG], that he was leading. I had that opportunity to be there and to have a private conversation with him and his wife, the former First Lady. [PERSON] answered the call to serve his Nation in many different ways.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS45-6", "word_count": 72, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "answered the call to serve his Nation in many different ways"}
{"id": "crec_001705", "text": "Let's make that a little more understandable. Mr. [PERSON] , some of us with gray hair remember--as Mr. [PERSON] laughs at me. There is this thing called the seventies, eighties, nineties, even the 2000s before the Great Recession, and the mean interest rate on U.S. debt was about 6.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH79", "word_count": 48, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "some of us with gray hair remember--as Mr. [PERSON] laughs at me"}
{"id": "crec_007449", "text": "It was daddy and granddaddy. He adored his daughters, [PERSON] and [PERSON] , and his grandchildren, [PERSON] , Lauren, [PERSON] , and Blake. His love for them was his proudest achievement and his most enduring legacy.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH190-2", "word_count": 33, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008946", "text": "Depositions may be taken prior to or after a hearing as provided in this subsection. (1) Notices for the taking of depositions shall be authorized and issued by the [ORG], with notice to the [ORG] Minority Member of the [ORG]. Written notice of intent to issue a deposition notice shall be provided to the [ORG] Member, or staff officers designated by the [ORG] Member, by the [ORG] or a staff officer designated by the [ORG], immediately upon such authorization, and no deposition notice shall be issued for at least 72 hours, excluding Saturdays and Sundays, from delivery, unless the [ORG] Member waives the 72 hour waiting period or unless the [ORG] certifies in writing to the [ORG] Minority Member of the [ORG] that, in the [ORG]'s opinion, it is necessary to issue a deposition notice immediately.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS218-2", "word_count": 139, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_003919", "text": "We must work toward ending this war and building a positive future for both Palestinians and Israelis.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH115-4", "word_count": 17, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "ending this war and building a positive future"}
{"id": "crec_006312", "text": "A bill to repeal the Corporate Transparency Act; to [ORG]. By [SPEAKER] (for himself and Mrs. [PERSON] ): H.R. 426.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH182-3", "word_count": 23, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004936", "text": "It will not even be what we spend on defense or how we increase the [ORG]'s GDP, though those are important priorities. The test of this Congress will be whether we strengthen America's families and whether we deliver for America's working people. Because in those families lies the hope of this Nation.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS130-5", "word_count": 52, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "strengthen America's families and deliver for America's working people...in those families lies the hope of this Nation"}
{"id": "crec_008811", "text": "We have got to do better at tackling every bit of that, and doing better starts today. We are not only going to do right by [PERSON] and her legacy; we are going to do right by the children of this country, making it safer and more secure. That is exactly what this bill does.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 56, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "doing right by the children of this country, making it safer and more secure"}
{"id": "crec_002874", "text": "Now, our CHIPS and Science Act is bringing manufacturing home, already attracting nearly $450 billion in manufacturing investments to build massive new semiconductor factories, equipping America to lead the industries of future. At the same time, our Inflation Reduction Act is making the most significant investment in fighting climate change in history, not only putting America on track to halve carbon emissions by 2030 and promoting our energy abundance and security, but also creating hundreds of thousands of good-paying clean-energy jobs. I know all too well, Americans still too often struggle to afford life-saving prescription drugs, and sometimes are even forced to choose between medicine and rent.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH98-5", "word_count": 107, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "bringing manufacturing home, lead the industries of future, most significant investment in fighting climate change, good-paying clean-energy jobs"}
{"id": "crec_006245", "text": "We pay for it here by creating money that doesn't exist digitally. We can't even print it fast enough. We get nothing for it.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH178", "word_count": 24, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "creating money that doesn't exist digitally, can't even print it fast enough, get nothing for it"}
{"id": "crec_002858", "text": "We can protect Americans' data, we can protect us from foreign interference on algorithms, but we should not ban [ORG]. I call on others to join me in standing up for free speech and opposing this [ORG] ban.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH98-3", "word_count": 38, "labels": ["false_dichotomy", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "presents protecting data and preventing foreign interference as incompatible with allowing [ORG], and invokes 'free speech' as patriotic rallying point"}
{"id": "crec_009673", "text": "It honors [PERSON] 's life and legacy, a beautiful life and legacy. As her mother [PERSON] and her stepfather [PERSON] have said, she brought warmth to everyone who knew her--that she lit up every room, that she found ways to show kindness and her faith and her love for the Lord. Today, we honor [PERSON] , and we ensure that with this commonsense approach, targeted, making sure that our communities are safe and secure, that no other family has to go through the heartbreak that [PERSON] 's did.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS245-6", "word_count": 86, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "honors [PERSON]'s life and legacy, brought warmth to everyone, lit up every room, find ways to show kindness and faith"}
{"id": "crec_006263", "text": "We can win across the board if we adopt this plan, and I would strongly recommend that we move forward with this plan so that we can deliver for the President and deliver for the American people. [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , I agree with the gentleman from Texas.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH178", "word_count": 47, "labels": ["bandwagon", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "we can win across the board if we adopt this plan"}
{"id": "crec_002561", "text": "They have, in essence, 6,500 [ORG] on salary doing [ORG]'s work. That is absurd. The head of the [ORG], whose salary has been reported, makes $10 million a year.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH105", "word_count": 29, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "describing 6,500 employees as 'absurd' and highlighting $10 million salary to suggest wasteful excess"}
{"id": "crec_001532", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] , I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be considered as read and printed in the Record. [SPEAKER]. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Colorado?", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH74-3", "word_count": 30, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007828", "text": "The Federal land that is not being managed is still the same as it was. You see dead snags. You see brush coming in.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH206-2", "word_count": 24, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006741", "text": "If President [PERSON] moves forward with broad-based universal tariffs, and they are not defeated in this body, American families will suffer. American families will pay the cost. We know it because we have seen it before.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 36, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "American families will suffer. American families will pay the cost."}
{"id": "crec_002654", "text": "By Ms. [PERSON] (for herself, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Texas, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Texas, and Mr. [PERSON] ): [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH109-5", "word_count": 26, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008317", "text": "Pending: [PERSON] (for [ORG]) Amendment No. 8, to include crimes resulting in death or serious bodily injury to the list of offenses that, if committed by an inadmissible alien, require mandatory detention. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS197-5", "word_count": 33, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004011", "text": "Many of my constituents are living paycheck to paycheck, while unelected bureaucrats in Washington continue to waste taxpayer dollars. That is why I am excited to work alongside leaders like [ORG] and [PERSON] who bring a business-minded approach to reforming government operations. The national debt has now surpassed $36 trillion.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH120-2", "word_count": 52, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "'unelected bureaucrats in Washington continue to waste taxpayer dollars' and 'leaders like [ORG] and [PERSON] who bring a business-minded approach'"}
{"id": "crec_008102", "text": "A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to States to support the establishment and operation of grocery stores in underserved communities, and for other purposes; to [ORG]. By [SPEAKER] (for himself, Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Louisiana, Ms. [PERSON] of New York, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] of Kansas, Mr. [PERSON] of Illinois, Mrs. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Pennsylvania, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Texas, Mrs. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Illinois, Mr. [PERSON] of Georgia, Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] of Illinois, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Connecticut, Ms. [PERSON] of Pennsylvania, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mrs. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] of Wisconsin, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Mississippi, Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of New York, and Mr. [PERSON] ): [PERSON]", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH217-3", "word_count": 155, "labels": ["bandwagon"], "evidence": "long list of multiple co-sponsors from diverse states and parties suggesting broad support for the bill"}
{"id": "crec_000819", "text": "I want to talk about that because I want to contrast it to what the outgoing President is doing right now in his final days in office. The Democrat President who is leaving is trying to put in place leftwing, dangerous policies--policies that have been rejected by the American voters and policies that are going to make it more expensive for American voters to live their lives. These policies will make America less safe, less prosperous, and more vulnerable.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 79, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "leftwing, dangerous policies that have been rejected by the American voters; policies will make America less safe, less prosperous, and more vulnerable"}
{"id": "crec_001876", "text": "A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand eligibility for the refundable credit for coverage under a qualified health plan; to [ORG]. By [SPEAKER] (for herself and Mr. [PERSON] ): H.R. 248.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH87-2", "word_count": 41, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001824", "text": "Later, he served two terms in [ORG], from 1998 to 2002. During his time in public service, [ORG] Member [ORG] was well- regarded for the level of communication that he brought to the office and was considered fair and easy to approach. He took pride in listening and keeping in touch with his constituents, holding monthly breakfasts for the public in each community of his district.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH85", "word_count": 69, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001923", "text": "A bill to reauthorize [ORG] [ORG]; to [ORG]. By [SPEAKER] (for himself and Ms. [PERSON] ): H.R. 291.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH87-2", "word_count": 29, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009007", "text": "He traveled the world, inspiring leaders with his trademark positivity and his legendary storytelling abilities. Reverend [PERSON] dedicated much of his life to training and inspiring young people for ministry. As president of [ORG] and [ORG] for over 30 years, he impacted thousands of graduates who are now serving in ministry around the world.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS223", "word_count": 58, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "trademark positivity and legendary storytelling abilities, impacted thousands of graduates"}
{"id": "crec_009843", "text": "(Applause.) Our sovereignty will be reclaimed. Our safety will be restored.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS252-8", "word_count": 11, "labels": ["flag_waving", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "sovereignty will be reclaimed, safety will be restored"}
{"id": "crec_005721", "text": "It seems people in southern California who are supposed to be in charge didn't even know it was empty. This holds approximately 40 acre-feet when it is full, which is 117 million gallons. When full, the Shasta Dam here holds 4\\1/2\\ acre-feet.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH156", "word_count": 42, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001105", "text": "This is a target-rich environment. Literally, you can pull out of this building and look in any direction you want to any number of Agencies and get started there. But the focus that we need to have as a body is not what we do to talk about government waste but what are we going to do to get it done.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 61, "labels": ["loaded_language"], "evidence": "target-rich environment"}
{"id": "crec_002753", "text": ". . To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing [ORG], and all other [ORG] vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any [ORG] or Officer thereof.''", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH112-4", "word_count": 41, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001554", "text": "She taught us all how to cheer on the Iowa Hawkeyes, and most importantly, she bonded a diverse group of young people together with the fundamentals for life, working together to make something beautiful. Mrs. [PERSON] will be greatly missed. She leaves behind a great legacy: her husband, [PERSON] ; her children; [PERSON] and Brandt; and her entire family.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH76-2", "word_count": 58, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "bonded a diverse group of young people together with the fundamentals for life, working together to make something beautiful"}
{"id": "crec_005954", "text": "As we know, Taiwan is an important and strategic ally in the Indo- Pacific region, and a democratic success story, I might add a lowercase democratic success story, but we know that it is the eighth largest trading partner to our country. U.S. exports to Taiwan support hundreds of thousands of American jobs, and cumulative Taiwanese investment in the U.S. totals more than $137 billion. Taiwan also plays a critical role in our technology supply chains as we have been hearing and is certainly a key national security partner.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH160-6", "word_count": 89, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "Taiwan is described as 'democratic success story' and 'critical role in our technology supply chains' and 'key national security partner' - using prestigious descriptors and authority-based framing to establish legitimacy"}
{"id": "crec_004928", "text": "And during the last 4 years, real wages for working people have declined. Here is just one measure of that. [ORG] reports that disposable income--that is income after taxes-- fell almost 10 percent--10 percent--during [PERSON] Presidency.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS130-5", "word_count": 41, "labels": ["repetition", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "fell almost 10 percent--10 percent-- (repetition for emphasis) and 'real wages for working people have declined' (loaded language framing)"}
{"id": "crec_004724", "text": "By [SPEAKER] (for himself, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mrs. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Arizona, and Mr. [PERSON] of West Virginia): H.R. 400. A bill to prohibit contributions to [ORG], and for other purposes; to [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH148", "word_count": 46, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_003989", "text": "The following team members made this victory possible: [PERSON] , [PERSON] , [PERSON] , [PERSON] , [PERSON] , [PERSON] , [PERSON] , [PERSON] , and [PERSON] . Head Coach [PERSON] and Assistant Coach [PERSON] provided their leadership and encouragement. Their success does not just reflect their individual talent but also their commitment to the team.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH119-2", "word_count": 57, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "success reflects...commitment to the team"}
{"id": "crec_000579", "text": "Among the center's successes is the almost whole eradication of Guinea worm disease, a painful and devastating tropical disease whose cases numbered in the millions at the time the [PERSON] Center was beginning its work. Through the first 10 months of 2024, there were just seven reported cases--an incredible legacy for anyone, but just part of President [PERSON] 's. President [PERSON] is also known for his work with [ORG] for Humanity to provide affordable housing for those in need.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgS35-7", "word_count": 78, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "phrases like 'almost whole eradication,' 'incredible legacy,' and 'known for his work' use vague positive language and appeal to authority of the named president's accomplishments"}
{"id": "crec_004335", "text": "[PERSON] tried to rewrite [ORG], and his unconstitutional idea was rejected. Let's vote in favor of reality today. [ORG] clarifies the protections under Title IX and ensures our women can continue to compete in fair and secure environments.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 47, "labels": ["loaded_language", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "characterizing opposition as 'unconstitutional idea' and framing choice as between voting for 'reality' versus implicit unreality"}
{"id": "crec_000456", "text": "The question is on the engrossment and third reading of the bill. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was read the third time. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH53-4", "word_count": 31, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000347", "text": "Instead of taking the mandate of an overwhelming popular vote victory and electoral college victory by this incoming President [PERSON] on the issue of border security, they let it go. They ignore it. In fact, places like San Diego--you know what San Diego just did?", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH53-4", "word_count": 46, "labels": ["bandwagon", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "mandate of an overwhelming popular vote victory and electoral college victory"}
{"id": "crec_004057", "text": "Their history includes ceiling-shattering public servants like [ORG] [PERSON] , who I fondly called [ORG], serving as the highest-ranking [ORG] woman officer during World War II. It includes the [PERSON] , the first Black woman elected to Congress, the first Black woman to seek a major party's nomination for President of these United States and, yes, the only female of the 13 Members who founded [ORG]. It also includes individuals like [PERSON] , the first Black woman to serve on [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH121", "word_count": 92, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "ceiling-shattering public servants, highest-ranking woman officer, first Black woman elected to Congress, first Black woman to seek major party's nomination for President"}
{"id": "crec_006117", "text": "By passing legislation such as Congressman [PERSON] [ORG], Congressman [PERSON] ' [PERSON] , and Congresswoman [PERSON] 's Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act, we address significant lapses in our justice, legal, and educational systems, and we push back against a radical left agenda that leaves our society in moral tatters. Individually, these bills tackle critical issues, and collectively they create a safer, healthier, and more prosperous Nation for our women and girls. That is really important to me and should be to every American.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH175-6", "word_count": 95, "labels": ["loaded_language", "flag_waving", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "radical left agenda that leaves our society in moral tatters; safer, healthier, and more prosperous Nation"}
{"id": "crec_006091", "text": "HUMANITY MUST ALWAYS TAKE PRECEDENCE ([SPEAKER] asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , I rise today to talk about Americans who are hurting, who have been suffering over the last 10 days as a result of the fires that have occurred in Los Angeles and south coast basin.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH175-2", "word_count": 76, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "HUMANITY MUST ALWAYS TAKE PRECEDENCE"}
{"id": "crec_009694", "text": "Why should Florida's attorney general be able to dictate Colorado's need for these workers? Why should any [ORG] attorney general be able to hammer the economies of 49 other States? It doesn't make any sense.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS245-6", "word_count": 35, "labels": ["false_dichotomy", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "presents only two extremes (Florida's AG dictating vs. no standards) and uses charged language like 'hammer the economies' to frame the issue in inflammatory terms"}
{"id": "crec_008468", "text": "Like all of us serving in this body, I came to [ORG] because I wanted to make a positive difference for the American people. This is one of those opportunities. We have the ability to do that right now by getting this bill to the President's desk.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 49, "labels": ["bandwagon", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "Like all of us serving in this body... I came because I wanted to make a positive difference"}
{"id": "crec_006620", "text": "Let's support this. And then you have our commitment to go back and work on that and take a look at that specific legislation that they were trying to introduce by amendment. But please don't use the failure of said amendment to not support this very important legislation.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 48, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "our commitment to go back and work on that; very important legislation"}
{"id": "crec_005986", "text": "A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. Stated for: [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH169", "word_count": 27, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000946", "text": "If we find areas where there are tax regulations that actually don't make sense that actually slow the economy down rather than actually encourage economic development in the country, why don't we fix that? If we find areas of permitting, where permitting actually prevents government growth rather than accelerates the growth of our economy, why don't we go after that? Where there is waste in [ORG], where there are empty Federal buildings, where there are Federal projects that really should be done by the [ORG] or local government, why don't we make those changes?", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 94, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "phrases like 'actually don't make sense,' 'waste,' and 'empty Federal buildings' use vague, emotionally appealing language without specific evidence; 'why don't we fix that?' assumes agreement with unstated premises"}
{"id": "crec_009699", "text": "I know this sounds crazy, but this bill is so broadly drafted that it would compel law enforcement to put a mandatory detention on--you heard it--an 11-year-old immigrant in New York accused of stealing a soda from a gas station. I think most law enforcement agents across the country would tell you that their time would be much better spent tracking down and detaining, for example, a violent criminal who has bludgeoned their neighbor with a hammer. But this bill doesn't distinguish between those two cases.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS245-6", "word_count": 86, "labels": ["false_dichotomy", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "contrasting an 11-year-old accused of stealing a soda with a violent criminal who bludgeoned a neighbor to suggest the bill fails to distinguish between trivial and serious crimes, creating a false choice"}
{"id": "crec_003916", "text": "It is in Israel's security interest to have a stable neighbor and a Palestinian state. Civil society has broken down completely in Gaza and the territory urgently needs a peacekeeping force to help restore order. This force, ideally composed of Arab states, will play a critical role now and in post-war Gaza.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH115-4", "word_count": 52, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "Appeal to security interests as authoritative justification; 'civil society has broken down completely' and 'urgently needs' invoke undefined but valued concepts of order and stability"}
{"id": "crec_009056", "text": "By [SPEAKER] (for himself, Ms. [PERSON] , and Mr. [PERSON] ): [ORG]. A bill to extend the statute of limitations for violations relating to pandemic-era programs to be 10 years; to [ORG]. By [SPEAKER] (for himself, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Florida, Mrs. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mrs. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , and Mr. [PERSON] ): S. 122.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS225", "word_count": 60, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008443", "text": "The only major organizations he has ever led, he has led into debt. [PERSON] is unqualified, he is unprepared, he is unethical, and, most of all, he is unfit. Mr. [PERSON] may talk about how having had dust on his boots makes him worthy of becoming Secretary of [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 50, "labels": ["ad_hominem", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "unqualified, he is unprepared, he is unethical, and, most of all, he is unfit"}
{"id": "crec_002584", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] , I yield back the balance of my time. [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , [PERSON]", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH105", "word_count": 14, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000704", "text": "RECESS [SPEAKER]. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate stand in recess pursuant to the previous order. Thereupon, the Senate, at 12:25 p.m., recessed until 2:15 p.m. and reassembled when called to order by [SPEAKER] (Mrs. Hyde- [PERSON] ).", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgS40", "word_count": 52, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008280", "text": "To make laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH223-5", "word_count": 38, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000364", "text": "Let's be clear, we are talking about people who have been in this country for decades. Many of us in Congress are parents. Imagine your child is with a group of kids grabbing an after-school snack at a 7- Eleven and one of them chooses to just snitch a little candy bar off the shelf.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH53-4", "word_count": 55, "labels": ["false_dichotomy", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "presents immigration enforcement as binary choice (either deportation or acceptance) and invokes parental authority ('Many of us in Congress are parents') to frame sympathy for long-term residents"}
{"id": "crec_007185", "text": "[SPEAKER] (for himself and Mr. [PERSON] ) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment [ORG] proposed by Mr. [PERSON] (for Ms. [PERSON] (for herself and Mr. [PERSON] )) to the bill [ORG], supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. SA 70. [SPEAKER] (for himself and Mr. [PERSON] ) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment [ORG] proposed by Mr. [PERSON] (for Ms. [PERSON] (for herself and Mr. [PERSON] )) to the bill [ORG], supra; which was ordered to lie on the table.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS187-2", "word_count": 88, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006647", "text": "This tragedy could have been avoided if President [PERSON] had been protecting our southern border, if illegal immigrants were being detained and deported. People who break the laws in our country need to be held accountable. That is what [ORG] does.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 44, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "This tragedy could have been avoided if... illegal immigrants were being detained and deported"}
{"id": "crec_000903", "text": "We called ourselves the New World. That was a phrase we often kind of used for the United States and the Americas to contrast it with an old world--mostly nations in Europe--that tended to lock you in a social status based on who your parents were. That was a reality that was pretty common when the English arrived in [ORG] in 1607 or at Plymouth Rock in 1619.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 68, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004250", "text": "This bill ensures that individuals participate in sports according to their biological sex and keeps men out of our daughters' locker rooms and showers. By passing this bill, we honor the legacy of [ORG] and protect the future of women's athletics. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 43, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "flag_waving", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "keeps men out of our daughters' locker rooms and showers"}
{"id": "crec_008870", "text": "They are essential. And here is a big thing: As you know, the help that our offices back home do to work for the people we are honored to represent is vital because there are so many giant [ORG], the VA, IRS, [ORG]--that are giant labyrinths that people don't know how to get through. Our [ORG] can be unwieldy and often unforgiving.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 69, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "giant labyrinths that people don't know how to get through; unwieldy and often unforgiving"}
{"id": "crec_007102", "text": "TRIBUTE TO MAJOR HEATH DRAKE [SPEAKER]. Mr. President, our time is one of the most valuable things that we can give. For MAJ Heath Drake of Leeds, he invests countless hours in his local community.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS183-3", "word_count": 48, "labels": ["flag_waving", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "tribute to military officer with emphasis on community service and valuable time investment"}
{"id": "crec_008891", "text": "Greenland plays an important part in missile-defense and early-warning networks, but the cornerstone of America's missile defense is Alaska. Any missiles launched by Russia, China or North Korea against the U.S. would likely fly over the state. That's why it hosts the vast majority of America's radar systems and ground-based missile interceptors.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 52, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "Emphasis on Greenland's and Alaska's strategic importance in America's defense systems, positioning geographic/military facts as authoritative basis for policy considerations"}
{"id": "crec_004379", "text": "Now she is forced to take classes online after authorities published a 500-page report where they forced her classmates to share whether or not they have seen her naked in the locker room and seen her genitalia. Strangers, adult men, could ask girls as young as 4 years old personal questions about their body. My question is, Republicans say it is about protecting girls, for people listening at home: Is it protecting girls to empower strangers to question your daughter about what is in their pants?", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 86, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "framing as 'strangers, adult men, could ask girls as young as 4 years old personal questions' combined with rhetorical question presenting only two opposing positions without acknowledging middle ground"}
{"id": "crec_000840", "text": "Working with President [PERSON] , we will put our focus on what the American people care about: stopping the chaos at the border, taking the handcuffs off of American energy production, and putting the safety and the security and the future of all Americans first. I yield the floor. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 49, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "stopping the chaos at the border, taking the handcuffs off of American energy production, putting the safety and the security and the future of all Americans first"}
{"id": "crec_006948", "text": "When [ORG] violates the law and puts its users at risk, I will call them out and I will demand accountability. In fact, [ORG] has fined [ORG] for violation of my law, so, obviously, I am concerned. But I am also concerned about what American social media companies do to teenagers.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 54, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "fined [ORG] for violation of my law establishes authority; puts its users at risk uses charged language"}
{"id": "crec_005445", "text": "SA 36. [SPEAKER] (for himself, Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , and Mr. [PERSON] ) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill [ORG], to require the Secretary of [ORG] to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end, add the following: DIVISION B--AMERICAN DREAM AND PROMISE ACT OF 2025 SECTION 1. SHORT [ORG]; [ORG] CONTENTS.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS147-7", "word_count": 114, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008356", "text": "Unfortunately, [ORG], as it exists today, has too many security risks that cannot be ignored. The law passed last year was intended to sever [ORG] from the influence of the [ORG] while keeping the app available for Americans. It is clear that more time is needed to find an American buyer and not disrupt the lives and livelihoods of millions of Americans, of so many influencers who have built up a good network of followers.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 75, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "has too many security risks that cannot be ignored"}
{"id": "crec_004494", "text": "CELEBRATING THE BIRTH OF MARK WALTER [PERSON] ([SPEAKER] asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) [SPEAKER]. Madam Speaker, today, I rise to celebrate the birth of [PERSON] .", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH140-4", "word_count": 54, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007006", "text": "So as we are out here today--by the way, that would change the whole debate. If they had information, we would be having a different debate. If there were proof that they were manipulating, provided by the intelligence community, we would be having a different debate.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 46, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": "If they had information, we would be having a different debate\"}\n```\n\nWait, let me reconsider. \"conditional_reasoning\" is not in the allowed labels list.\n\n```json\n{\"labels\": [\"none\"], \"evidence\": \""}
{"id": "crec_006429", "text": "Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH187-26", "word_count": 16, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000775", "text": "While this bill sounds like a commonsense measure--and it is--Senate Democrats uniformly opposed it last year despite the bill receiving bipartisan support in [ORG]. We will see what they do when the new Senate majority brings it up for a vote. We are also going to be taking a vote to support our ally Israel, something my friends across the aisle seem to struggle with from time to time.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS45-8", "word_count": 72, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "loaded_language", "name_calling"], "evidence": "describing the bill as 'commonsense' (glittering generality), suggesting Democrats 'struggle' to support Israel (loaded language/name-calling implying weakness or disloyalty), and noting 'bipartisan support' (appeal to authority)"}
{"id": "crec_001664", "text": "I am not going to even give you the other chart that shows you how much all of these foreign diplomats and stuff pay into taxes, into the things they buy, the rent, those things in New York City. Who cares? That $12.9 billion gets me 43 hours, so basically a day and three- quarters of borrowing.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH79", "word_count": 57, "labels": ["loaded_language", "doubt"], "evidence": "dismissive 'Who cares?' and characterization of foreign diplomat contributions as negligible compared to borrowing duration"}
{"id": "crec_001848", "text": "You might say, well, of course they have, L.A. is burning to the ground right now. However, it turns out that is not actually what this special session is about. No, no.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH85", "word_count": 32, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "strawman"], "evidence": "'L.A. is burning to the ground right now' - vivid catastrophic imagery used to establish fear, then dismissed as not the actual subject"}
{"id": "crec_005698", "text": "PROSPECT MEDICAL FILING FOR BANKRUPTCY [SPEAKER]. The [PERSON] recognizes the gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. [PERSON] ) for 5 minutes. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH155", "word_count": 33, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001541", "text": "23. Had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 7.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH75", "word_count": 15, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000157", "text": "We were down 1 point, with 5 seconds left on the clock. So Coach [PERSON] calls time-out. We huddle on the sidelines.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-06", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-06-pt1-PgS31-8", "word_count": 22, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006219", "text": "As my friend [PERSON] from Arizona points out every time he comes to the floor of the House, the interest is piling up. It is going up. We are refinancing our debt.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH178", "word_count": 33, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "As my friend [PERSON] from Arizona points out every time he comes to the floor of the House"}
{"id": "crec_007023", "text": "So I agree with [PERSON] . Give it more time. Allow for the process to play out.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 17, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "agreement with named person to support claim"}
{"id": "crec_001045", "text": "And, when you free up your teammates' time because they are not wasting time on all those extra steps, they can do more work--they are more productive--and can focus on things that are going to be more important--for example, more difficult permits. We used this in a variety of ways, and we showed lots of improvement. For example, in our economic assistance line in August of 2014, it was taking about 23 minutes to answer that phone call.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 78, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006052", "text": "Please stop playing games. Let's get the disaster aid to the people who need it, and let's do it now.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH173-2", "word_count": 20, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "use of 'disaster' and 'need it' to create urgency; 'stop playing games' implies obstruction and danger"}
{"id": "crec_001053", "text": "At the end of the day, in the State of Nebraska, we trained over 30,000 of our teammates in the Lean Six Sigma process. There were wipeouts kind of in the introductory one. Over 6,200 of our mid-level managers in the yellow belts, the next level up.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 47, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004421", "text": "Do my colleagues only care about women's sports when it benefits partisan talking points? Apparently so because preventing transgender women and girls, who make up only a tiny fraction of a percent of college athletes, from participating in sports seems to be more important to my colleagues than starting this 119th Congress with legislation that would protect female athletes from assault or harassment. Mr. [PERSON] , we should focus our work on promoting policies that make sports safe, accessible, and fair for everyone.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 82, "labels": ["strawman", "whataboutism"], "evidence": "Characterizing colleagues' position as only caring about women's sports for partisan reasons, then redirecting to assault/harassment legislation as if the two issues are mutually exclusive"}
{"id": "crec_007892", "text": "We need [ORG], which manages or has under its purview 193 million acres nationwide. When they came up with the plan about 3 or 4 years ago that said we want to manage 20 million acres over 10 years, that is 2 million acres a year, and 2 million is about 1 percent of their 193 million. That means it would take 100 years to get over all the lands.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH206-2", "word_count": 72, "labels": ["loaded_language", "doubt"], "evidence": "characterizing a management plan as inadequate by framing 2 million acres annually as taking '100 years to get over all the lands,' using loaded framing of percentages (1 percent) to create doubt about the plan's effectiveness"}
{"id": "crec_006784", "text": "The American people just want to hear the truth. This is not for those hard-working, middle-class families back home--my brothers and sisters, police men and women who fight to keep us safe, the [ORG] who respond when we need them the most, nurses, teachers, electricians, ironworkers, pipefitters. You know, they are all the folks across America who are doing everything they can to put some food on the table, to keep a roof over their heads, to provide for their kids, and maybe save for retirement if they have a little extra.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 92, "labels": ["flag_waving", "glittering_generalities", "bandwagon"], "evidence": "appeals to idealized groups ('hard-working, middle-class families,' 'police men and women,' 'nurses, teachers') and universal values ('put some food on the table,' 'keep a roof over their heads') to create broad emotional appeal and suggest widespread agreement"}
{"id": "crec_009674", "text": "So, ultimately, I have to say no to this amendment, and, therefore, I object. [SPEAKER]. Objection is heard.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS245-6", "word_count": 18, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000375", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] , this bill is going to go a long way to reverse the lawlessness of the [PERSON] -[PERSON] administration. I will tell you a story for a moment. A criminal illegal alien entered the country with known gang tattoos and was allowed through [PERSON] 's porous border.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH53-4", "word_count": 46, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "criminal illegal alien...gang tattoos...porous border - uses emotionally charged language to invoke fear about immigration and border security"}
{"id": "crec_006718", "text": "Right now, that is less than a cup of coffee. Enjoy that every week because that is what [ORG] cares about for those families who are working at the bottom of the ladder trying to move up. Instead of helping move up, he wants to take the programs away from them and give them to these folks who are going to get a $280,000 per- person tax break at the very top.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 72, "labels": ["loaded_language", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "contrasts 'a cup of coffee' against '$280,000 per-person tax break' and frames choice as either helping working families or giving to the wealthy, presenting only two opposing options"}
{"id": "crec_001644", "text": "[ORG] got much more expensive. We are almost terrified to basically say almost every dime of debt from today through the next 30 years is interest and demographics. The political class, the press, the dopamine hits on cable television, this and that, telling true math doesn't make you popular.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH79", "word_count": 49, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "almost terrified to basically say...every dime of debt...is interest and demographics"}
{"id": "crec_008664", "text": "I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 12, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008784", "text": "[SPEAKER]. I will always work with you to talk about how we can help children--always. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 16, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "vague promise to 'help children' without specific details or concrete plans"}
{"id": "crec_005057", "text": "Zambia will have no difficulty absorbing this equipment into its armed forces. The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not alter the basic military balance in the region. The principal contractor will be [ORG], located in Fort Worth, [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS137", "word_count": 42, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_005005", "text": "President [PERSON] also used his pardon power to provide relief for his political loyalists. Who am I referring to? His former campaign manager [PERSON] , his [ORG] Advisor [PERSON] , his former adviser [PERSON] , and at least seven Republican Congressmen who have been convicted of crimes.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS130-5", "word_count": 48, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "characterization of pardons as providing 'relief for his political loyalists' and listing convicted criminals to suggest corruption and abuse of power"}
{"id": "crec_006624", "text": "This self-inflicted disaster will be a major part of President [PERSON] 's ignominious legacy, and it is, in part, why Americans chose to return President [PERSON] to office in November. When the American people voted for a Republican President and [ORG] Congress, they were voting to restore the rule of law at the border. They were demanding that their government fulfill its constitutionally delegated duty to provide for their national security.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 71, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_authority", "bandwagon"], "evidence": "'self-inflicted disaster' and 'ignominious legacy' combined with claims about what 'the American people' were 'voting for' and 'demanding'"}
{"id": "crec_004267", "text": "This bill distracts us from what really matters to our constituents. I thought my colleagues would join me in wanting to continue delivering for people back home by expanding healthcare initiatives, improving economic opportunities, and fostering public safety. Instead, an attack has been launched on a community of marginalized people.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 50, "labels": ["strawman", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "frames the bill as a 'distraction' and presents a false choice between the bill and delivering on healthcare/economic/safety initiatives, while characterizing opposition as an 'attack on marginalized people'"}
{"id": "crec_000434", "text": "It is pretty simple. There should be nothing controversial about this. In fact, I am interested to see how my colleagues on the other side of the aisle who vote against this go back to their districts, Madam Speaker, and say: I don't stand for law and order because I don't want illegal aliens who are here committing theft, rape, murder, or any other offense, to be detained.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH53-4", "word_count": 68, "labels": ["false_dichotomy", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "framing opposition as being against 'law and order' and linking illegal immigrants to serious crimes like 'theft, rape, murder'"}
{"id": "crec_005706", "text": "In the weeks that followed, five officers died from their injuries. The officers who served that day are all heroes who fought for our country and deserve our thanks and praise. Congress passed, and President [PERSON] signed, a law to honor the [ORG] officers who defended our country during the January 6 riots with a plaque here in the Capitol Building that they fought to defend.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH155", "word_count": 67, "labels": ["flag_waving", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "heroes who fought for our country and deserve our thanks and praise"}
{"id": "crec_002573", "text": "Truth be known, the reason I am such good friends with [PERSON] is I lost my daddy years ago, and my dad was my hero. He really was. He and my mama were exceptional people.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH105", "word_count": 36, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001067", "text": "We took in $5 trillion, but we managed to spend $7 trillion. That is pretty simple math for a deficit of some $2 trillion. This last year, we eclipsed a new benchmark.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 32, "labels": ["loaded_language"], "evidence": "managed to spend $7 trillion and eclipsed a new benchmark - loaded language choices that frame spending negatively and suggest waywardness"}
{"id": "crec_007702", "text": "[PERSON] 's life was defined by service, dedication, and an unwavering commitment to the Northern Arapaho Tribe, leaving a legacy that will inspire generations. [PERSON] served 20 years in [ORG], demonstrating the same integrity and devotion that he later brought to the Northern Arapaho Tribe. As the longest serving member of [ORG], his leadership and vision guided the community through significant growth and change.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH202-3", "word_count": 70, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "service, dedication, unwavering commitment, legacy, integrity, devotion, leadership and vision"}
{"id": "crec_002625", "text": "A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH108", "word_count": 9, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002087", "text": "H.R. 28: Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Texas, and Ms. [PERSON] . [PERSON]", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH94-4", "word_count": 18, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004307", "text": "[SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , it is honestly hard to know where even to start with this bill. Maybe let's start with the name.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 22, "labels": ["doubt"], "evidence": "it is honestly hard to know where even to start with this bill"}
{"id": "crec_001633", "text": "My other prediction is, before the spring is over, the United States will cross over to 5 percent interest. If it holds there, I am going to show you how devastating that math absolutely is. The clown show has to come to an end.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH79", "word_count": 44, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "the clown show has to come to an end; devastating that math absolutely is"}
{"id": "crec_004955", "text": "It is coming out of their paycheck every couple of weeks or every month. We ought to be returning real tax relief to them in the same increments. So let's make it advanceable.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS130-5", "word_count": 33, "labels": ["repetition", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "repetition of 'every couple of weeks or every month' emphasizing frequency; 'real tax relief' is vague positive framing without specifics"}
{"id": "crec_007411", "text": "[ORG] FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET [SPEAKER]. Mr. President, I have seven requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS195-2", "word_count": 44, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009604", "text": "PRAYER The Chaplain, Dr. [PERSON] , offered the following prayer: Let us pray. Eternal God, on this [PERSON] and Inauguration Day, we thank You for being our hope for the years to come. You store up blessings for all who honor You.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS245-2", "word_count": 58, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004427", "text": "We need to stand for women and girls. I believe that the constituents in overwhelming majority understand what my colleagues are posturing with and that that is not what we are talking about. We are standing for affirming [ORG], affirming women, affirming girls, and protecting them for their abilities to succeed in the future.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 55, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "standing for women and girls, affirming women, affirming girls, protecting them for their abilities to succeed"}
{"id": "crec_004564", "text": "They want to live here, go to school here, produce their products here, invest here. From an economist's standpoint, the United States has two remarkable, extraordinary privileges: our currency and people want to be with us. In a couple of moments, I am going to show you why that is so important, but back to a baseline.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH142-3", "word_count": 57, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "two remarkable, extraordinary privileges: our currency and people want to be with us"}
{"id": "crec_006605", "text": "Under this bill, [ORG] and Customs Enforcement will be required to detain illegal immigrants who have committed theft-related offenses and issue an immigration detainer request to local law enforcement for illegal aliens who have committed related crimes. The legislation can empower States to hold [ORG] officials accountable when they fail to enforce Federal immigration law. This important legislation is one we should have never had to pass, but because the [PERSON] -[PERSON] administration played politics with our country's borders and immigration policy, Senate Republicans are here today ready to work on behalf of the American people.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 96, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language", "ad_hominem"], "evidence": "detain illegal immigrants, played politics with our country's borders, failure to enforce Federal immigration law"}
{"id": "crec_007162", "text": "12 At the request of Mrs. [PERSON] , the name of the Senator from Colorado (Mr. [PERSON] ) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 12 intended to be proposed to S. 5, a bill to require the Secretary of [ORG] to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes. AMENDMENT NO.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS186-2", "word_count": 62, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006118", "text": "However, as a father of two girls, specifically, I want my girls to have the opportunity to thrive in a society that gives equality to both men and women, that nurtures their growth, and protects their well-being. I do not want to be part of a society that places them at greater risk and reduces their opportunities in this country. Our daughters should not be forced to adhere to radical policies that undermine truth, safety, and reality, policies that have been pushed for the last 4 years by [ORG] administration.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH175-6", "word_count": 91, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "places them at greater risk, radical policies that undermine truth, safety, and reality"}
{"id": "crec_001606", "text": "HONORING A DYNAMIC FATHER-DAUGHTER DUO ([SPEAKER] Carolina asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) [SPEAKER] Carolina. Mr. [PERSON] , all rise.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH78-3", "word_count": 45, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006665", "text": "The Senator from Hawaii is recognized. [ORG] [SPEAKER]. Mr. President, after months of swearing up and down that they were focused on lowering the price of eggs, the price of groceries, the price of gas, the price of insurance--that was what the last election was about, right?", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 48, "labels": ["whataboutism", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "after months of swearing up and down that they were focused on lowering the price of eggs...that was what the last election was about, right?"}
{"id": "crec_007673", "text": "Republicans must begin to work toward bipartisan, constructive solutions to fix our broken immigration system. [SPEAKER] (Mr. [PERSON] ). All time for debate has expired.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-3", "word_count": 24, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007794", "text": "I hope my colleagues on the other side of the aisle can learn from these folks in my district who are providing relief unconditionally to their friends and neighbors. Congress should do the same.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH205", "word_count": 34, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "bandwagon"], "evidence": "positioning local constituents as models for Congress to follow, suggesting their unconditional relief approach should be adopted at the national level"}
{"id": "crec_007865", "text": "Water supply in southern California is a pretty big deal, and it took that long. I am not sure that any repairs have even been started yet, from the photographs and such. Maybe they are doing some preliminaries.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH206-2", "word_count": 38, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004048", "text": "With its expansive green parkways, iconic gaslit street lanterns, and curvilinear streets, the village's charm is matched by its distinction as a national historic landmark, a title that it has proudly held since 1970 in part thanks to the numerous home designs by famous architects such as [PERSON] , [ORG], [PERSON] , [PERSON] , and [PERSON] . We congratulate [PERSON] on this incredible milestone and look forward to celebrating all year long. Honoring [ORG] [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH121-3", "word_count": 79, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "expansive green parkways, iconic gaslit street lanterns, charm, distinction, proudly held"}
{"id": "crec_003561", "text": "TITLE II--ENSURING AN AGRICULTURAL WORKFORCE FOR THE FUTURE Subtitle A--Reforming [ORG]. 1201. Comprehensive and streamlined electronic H-2A platform.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS96-2", "word_count": 23, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009586", "text": "A bill to direct the Administrator of [ORG] to provide grants to air pollution control agencies to implement a cleaner air space program, and for other purposes; to [ORG]. By [SPEAKER] (for herself, Mr. [PERSON] , and Mrs. [PERSON] ): H.R. 567.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgH231", "word_count": 48, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002998", "text": "Many have stated that thanks to [ORG]'s unique culture, it is impossible to develop a similar following on another platform. Users cannot transfer their followers and communities to a new platform. A ban would dismantle a one-of-a-kind informational and cultural ecosystem, silencing millions in the process.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS85-2", "word_count": 46, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "glittering_generalities", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "Many have stated...unique culture...impossible to develop...silencing millions"}
{"id": "crec_006837", "text": "That is the Affordable Care Act. That is millions of people. Yes, just slash it.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 15, "labels": ["loaded_language", "strawman"], "evidence": "\"just slash it\" uses dismissive language to misrepresent complex policy as simple destruction"}
{"id": "crec_004507", "text": "Ms. [PERSON] was also the music director at [ORG] for 47 years of her career, where she taught choral singing and church music. Her service to the academy was impactful. Ms. [PERSON] composed the fight song and the academy's alma mater, which are still sung today.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH141-4", "word_count": 48, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_005752", "text": "President [PERSON] has called for tax cuts for people on [ORG]. I applaud him. We have had tax cuts in our proposal for the last decade.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH157", "word_count": 27, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009775", "text": "EXECUTIVE MESSAGES REFERRED As in executive session [SPEAKER] laid before the Senate messages from the President of the United States submitting sundry nominations which were referred to the appropriate committees. (The messages received today are printed at the end of the Senate proceedings.)", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS252-3", "word_count": 56, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000730", "text": "By [SPEAKER]: [PERSON] . 17. A resolution to constitute the minority party's membership on certain committees for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, or until their successors are chosen; considered and agreed to.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgS42-2", "word_count": 32, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001471", "text": "The gentleman must remain behind the [PERSON] . [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , that is a good lesson.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH67-6", "word_count": 15, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006841", "text": "So we just can't let the ultrawealthy play while leaving hard-working Americans to pay with their healthcare, their financial security, and bearing the brunt of the climate atrocities. We need economic justice. We need climate justice.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 36, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "ultrawealthy play while leaving hard-working Americans to pay with their healthcare, their financial security, and bearing the brunt of the climate atrocities"}
{"id": "crec_007981", "text": "We assume our police force is ready, the fire department is ready, the infrastructure is ready, the water is being stored. I guess we assume that because we assume we have smart people in those positions that are thinking ahead. We are doing our day-to-day jobs in this Republic.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH206-2", "word_count": 49, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "smart people in those positions that are thinking ahead"}
{"id": "crec_002110", "text": "Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article V of the U.S. Constitution.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH94", "word_count": 18, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_005031", "text": "The [ORG] should enhance our ability to investigate and prosecute a wide variety of crimes. The [ORG] provides for a broad range of cooperation in criminal matters. Under the [ORG], the Parties agree to assist each other by, among other things: taking the evidence, testimony, or statements of persons; providing and authenticating documents, records, and articles of evidence; locating or identifying persons or items; serving documents; transferring persons in custody temporarily for testimony or other assistance under the [ORG]; executing requests for searches and seizures; and identifying, tracing, immobilizing, seizing, and forfeiting assets and assisting in related proceedings.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS136-2", "word_count": 98, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001545", "text": "Stated against: [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , due to [ORG] in my district, I was unable to cast my vote today on H.R. 23--Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH75", "word_count": 27, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007497", "text": "In April 2024, an illegal alien was arrested in Indiana for allegedly breaking into a Michigan mobile home park and sexually assaulting two young girls. In May 2024, authorities arrested a 20-year-old illegal alien for allegedly snatching an 11-year-old girl off the street in front of her Lake Worth, Florida, home and sexually assaulting her. According to local officials, the Guatemalan national crossed the [ORG] border in early January 2024, made his way to Florida shortly thereafter, and does not have an immigration court date until 2027.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-3", "word_count": 87, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "Use of 'illegal alien' repeatedly combined with descriptions of violent crimes to create negative association; specific details about sexual assaults designed to provoke emotional reaction"}
{"id": "crec_006216", "text": "I have cosponsored it. I will vote for it. In the odd event we pass it when it has whatever line it is going to have in it in an exception for national security, do you not believe that everything will be a national emergency?", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH178", "word_count": 45, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "Everything will be a national emergency"}
{"id": "crec_002729", "text": "By [SPEAKER]: [ORG]. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing [ORG], and all other [ORG] vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any [ORG] or Officer thereof.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH112-20", "word_count": 77, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution"}
{"id": "crec_006471", "text": "[SPEAKER]. Mr. President, I would like to speak for 2 or 3 minutes. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS159-4", "word_count": 14, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006586", "text": "On Monday, President [PERSON] will be inaugurated. I am looking forward to working with him and seeing even what happens on day one to be able to secure the border. This is something the American people want.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 37, "labels": ["bandwagon"], "evidence": "This is something the American people want"}
{"id": "crec_005757", "text": "That was not the guarantee that they signed up for. There are close to 35 million people in total. This is the only benefit they have, again, attesting to the great vision and leadership of [PERSON] , knowing this is actually the safety net of capitalism.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH157", "word_count": 47, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "attesting to the great vision and leadership of [PERSON]"}
{"id": "crec_003058", "text": "By [SPEAKER] (for himself and Mrs. [PERSON] ): [PERSON] . 23. A resolution recognizing the 4th anniversary of the [PERSON] administration's Secretary of [ORG] announcing [ORG] in Huntsville, Alabama, as the preferred location for [ORG]; to [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS89", "word_count": 47, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006846", "text": "A lot of people in this body seem to want to go back to the good old days of the 1950s when things were whatever they were then. Well, back in the 1950s, more than 30 percent of America's revenue came from our corporate community. Corporations were making a real and significant contribution to America's revenues and enjoying the significant growth that being an American corporation provides you.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 68, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "invoking the 1950s as a reference point for how things 'should be' and characterizing corporate contributions using positive framing ('real and significant contribution')"}
{"id": "crec_003972", "text": "We are deeply grateful for their efforts to feed a hungry world. [PERSON] [SPEAKER]. Madam Speaker, agriculture is the heart of the First District of Kansas.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH118-2", "word_count": 28, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "deeply grateful for their efforts to feed a hungry world"}
{"id": "crec_006747", "text": "But then it died here in the Senate because Republicans didn't want to take the bill up because they wanted to wait to do a bill that would benefit the wealthiest. I urge my colleagues: You made a mistake before in 2017 by going down a path that busted the deficit and made the American voters really mad. Don't go down that path again.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 64, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "Republicans didn't want to take the bill up because they wanted to wait to do a bill that would benefit the wealthiest; Don't go down that path again"}
{"id": "crec_001660", "text": "How many people have you heard come behind these microphones or on conservative talk radio or other things that are saying that we are going to get rid of [ORG]? Great. Then, the conversation moves on to something else because they act like they have covered the debt.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH79", "word_count": 51, "labels": ["strawman", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "characterizing critics as superficially addressing the issue by 'acting like they have covered the debt' without substantive follow-through"}
{"id": "crec_008623", "text": "And to be fair, it is not just [ORG] I am worried about because this bill is an open invitation for [ORG] officials to dictate individual case outcomes regardless of ICE, derail national immigration policy, and even disrupt international relations. Under this bill as written, any [ORG] attorney general could wreck major humanitarian relief pathways like temporary protected status for Venezuelan or Ukrainian nationals. They can seek court orders to deport individuals without signoff from ICE.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 77, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "open invitation for officials to dictate outcomes, wreck major humanitarian relief pathways, deport individuals without signoff"}
{"id": "crec_001279", "text": "A bill to designate the mountain at the Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming, as [PERSON] , and for other purposes; to [ORG]. By [SPEAKER] (for himself and Mr. [PERSON] ): S. 32. A bill to clarify where court may be held for certain district courts in Texas and California; to [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS66", "word_count": 60, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006266", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] , I would remind people that what happened before Christmas was precisely that, trying to cram down a bunch of stuff in a big bill, and it met with resounding failure. Let's not do that. Let's make the 119th Congress be about success, delivering on the President's agenda and on the Republican agenda, the agenda we ran on, and, most importantly, delivering for our kids and grandkids a world in which they can actually live free from worrying about China, free from worrying about debt, and free from worrying about open borders and criminals on the streets.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH178", "word_count": 98, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "free from worrying about China, free from worrying about debt, and free from worrying about open borders and criminals on the streets"}
{"id": "crec_001217", "text": "A determination has been made that the recipient can provide substantially the same degree of protection for the sensitive technology being released as [ORG]. This proposed sale is necessary in furtherance of the U.S. foreign policy and national security objectives outlined in [ORG]. 5.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS63", "word_count": 48, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "determination has been made that the recipient can provide substantially the same degree of protection"}
{"id": "crec_001692", "text": "What happened in Great Britain this summer? What did they do to the gilt? What happened in France a couple weeks ago?", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH79", "word_count": 22, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000981", "text": "In fact, since my fellow Iowans sent me to the Senate 10 years ago to make the porkers squeal, it has been a very, very lonely fight. In this era of political polarization, Democrats and Republicans still come together in agreement over one issue: living high off the hog. When faced with proposals to trim the fat from Washington's budget, Members of Congress from both parties act like [ORG]--it is always too little or too big and never just right.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 80, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "Vivid metaphorical language ('porkers squeal,' 'living high off the hog,' 'trim the fat') combined with portrayal of bipartisan corruption as an ongoing systemic problem that requires urgent action"}
{"id": "crec_005675", "text": "Thanks to his expertise, he has judged over 1,100 horse shows for national breed associations in 14 countries. Dr. [PERSON] has also established and expanded multiple exchange programs around the world, growing the university's global presence and relationships. He has been a stalwart professor at [ORG], and his loss will be felt by the [ORG] community and beyond.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH154", "word_count": 61, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007508", "text": "Of course, its being redundant or unnecessary may not be a sufficient reason to vote against the bill. After all, I cheerfully admit that this body, under the stewardship of our friends, passes a lot of unnecessary and redundant legislation in the House just to send a message, as they say. Perhaps this is what our friends set out to do today, to pass another simple messaging bill.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-3", "word_count": 68, "labels": ["whataboutism"], "evidence": "After all, I cheerfully admit that this body, under the stewardship of our friends, passes a lot of unnecessary and redundant legislation in the House just to send a message"}
{"id": "crec_000139", "text": "PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE [SPEAKER] led the Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-06", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-06-pt1-PgS31-3", "word_count": 55, "labels": ["flag_waving"], "evidence": "pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America"}
{"id": "crec_007493", "text": "[PERSON] recounted how [PERSON] and [PERSON] released into the country the MS-13 gang member who went on to murder and sexually assault her daughter, [PERSON] . The killer later admitted to four additional murders and two additional rapes. [PERSON] told how an illegal alien raped and strangled her daughter, [PERSON] , and then stuffed her body into a drainpipe.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-3", "word_count": 62, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "graphic descriptions of murders, sexual assaults, and graphic disposal of bodies used to evoke fear and outrage about immigration policy"}
{"id": "crec_004189", "text": "In 1972, Congress created [ORG] to protect women's sports and to give women their own playing field in athletics. In worship of their trans idols, radical leftists want to kill [ORG], abandoning women across the country. Parents don't want biological men in locker rooms with their daughters, nor do they believe it is fair that a male could compete with women in female athletics.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 66, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear", "strawman"], "evidence": "radical leftists want to kill [ORG], abandoning women; biological men in locker rooms with their daughters"}
{"id": "crec_001709", "text": "Every second, we are borrowing about $70,000. Do you not think the retired couple, the foreign government, the big business, the rich people who are buying U.S. savings bonds--are you pretending they don't actually care about what we do here and that we are going to make sure they get their money back, or is it all just magic money? Understand what that 6 percent--this is sort of the punch line of what I am trying to communicate here.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH79", "word_count": 79, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "Every second, we are borrowing about $70,000... are you pretending they don't actually care... or is it all just magic money?"}
{"id": "crec_002641", "text": "[ORG]. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary, [ORG], [ORG], transmitting a notification of intent to obligate funds for purposes of [ORG] (NDF) activities; to [ORG]. EC-19.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH109-4", "word_count": 39, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008097", "text": "A bill to amend [ORG] of 2008 to require the Secretary to designate food and food products to be made available under the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other purposes; to [ORG]. By [SPEAKER]: H.R. 480.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH217-3", "word_count": 44, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008433", "text": "One of the tools we are going to be using is something called [ORG]. As [SPEAKER] knows, this is a powerful tool which allows a vote of Congress and a Presidential signature to essentially veto an administrative [ORG] rule. There is a timeframe.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 46, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "As [SPEAKER] knows, this is a powerful tool"}
{"id": "crec_000292", "text": "Thank [PERSON] , the American people have done exactly that. They have given this Congress and this President the tools and mandate to secure our borders and remove every person who has broken into our country by violating our laws. Without this law, a future Democratic President could once again release dangerous illegal aliens back onto our streets to prey on our people and destroy innocent lives like [PERSON] .", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH53-4", "word_count": 69, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "release dangerous illegal aliens back onto our streets to prey on our people and destroy innocent lives"}
{"id": "crec_001327", "text": "That is why I worked with Speaker [PERSON] and leaders at [ORG] to write a law reimbursing these families who were the victims of theft through no fault of their own. Since the law was enacted in 2022, over 20,000 families in my home [ORG] have gotten their benefits back. That is a huge success.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH66-6", "word_count": 61, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "a huge success"}
{"id": "crec_006609", "text": "The cause of these threats to our homeland is clear: President [PERSON] 's failure to secure the southern border. Senate Republicans stand ready to work with President [PERSON] to advance the policies that kept our border secure during his first administration. That is exactly what my colleagues and I will be working to accomplish every day in the coming months because border security is national security.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 65, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "threats to our homeland; equating border security with national security to amplify threat perception"}
{"id": "crec_009336", "text": "That is right. More than half of the Democrats in the [ORG] apparently don't believe we should have to detain these individuals. I think that is out of step with the American people.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-17", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-17-pt1-PgS237-5", "word_count": 34, "labels": ["bandwagon", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "out of step with the American people"}
{"id": "crec_004815", "text": "As we will all see tomorrow for ourselves, confirming Mr. [PERSON] would be a disaster for America's working- and middle-class families. Finally, I would like to say something about President [PERSON] 's nominee to serve as Secretary of [ORG], Mr. [PERSON] . There is a lot--a heck of a lot--in Mr. [PERSON] 's background that should trouble Americans who care about affordable energy and creating good-paying, clean jobs.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS128-2", "word_count": 66, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "would be a disaster for America's working- and middle-class families' and 'should trouble Americans'"}
{"id": "crec_003926", "text": "Last year, she won a challenge promoted by Broadway Evolved, which led to a weeklong Broadway workshop with [PERSON] -nominated actress [PERSON] , but what stands out most is [PERSON] 's humility and heart. Sydney has made our entire community so proud with her talent, her hard work, and her poise throughout the entire competition. She has carried herself with grace and determination, inspiring the next generation of talented artists.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH116-2", "word_count": 68, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "humility and heart, grace and determination, inspiring the next generation"}
{"id": "crec_001423", "text": "I know when I get back to the office, I am going to get texts or contacts from people saying that my [ORG] handler told me to do this, and I will probably get my [ORG] handler in trouble, but I don't even know who the heck he or she is. The truth is, this is right. America should be on the side of the right.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH67-6", "word_count": 66, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "I am going to get texts or contacts from people saying that my [ORG] handler told me to do this, and I will probably get my [ORG] handler in trouble; America should be on the side of the right"}
{"id": "crec_007475", "text": "These are the same folks that refuse to put conditions on aid to foreign governments like Israel that are committing genocide right now, but they want to condition lifesaving aid for fellow Americans who are victims of climate disaster. Think about that for a moment. Tens of thousands of people right here at home have been displaced, many of whom won't get the help they need from greedy insurance companies.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-2", "word_count": 70, "labels": ["whataboutism", "loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "Contrasts aid conditions for Israel with domestic climate aid; uses 'genocide,' 'greedy,' and 'lifesaving aid' as loaded language; invokes fear about displaced people and denied help"}
{"id": "crec_008756", "text": "My colleague from Alabama is here today, and when I propose that we consider certain amendments, I anticipate that she is going to object, although I will try to persuade her otherwise with the logic of my presentation. But I would say that the core point stands that this bill is consequential, it is complicated, and the potential impact on children is dramatic. So let's work to prevent something really awful from happening here in our country because I know that is not the intent of my colleague.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 88, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "'prevent something really awful from happening' and 'potential impact on children is dramatic'"}
{"id": "crec_004504", "text": "It would be unconscionable for this House to place any condition on the necessary assistance that Americans should give to our American people in Los Angeles. I would ask us to search our conscience and for the elected leader of this House to do so also and put aside those requirements.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH141-3", "word_count": 51, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "'unconscionable' and 'search our conscience' to characterize opposition to unconditional aid"}
{"id": "crec_000511", "text": "A resolution providing the sense of [ORG] that the House should not adjourn until the annual appropriation bills within the jurisdiction of all the subcommittees of [ORG] for the current fiscal year are enacted into law; to [ORG]. By [SPEAKER] (for herself and Mr. [PERSON] of Maine): [PERSON] . 20.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH62-3", "word_count": 59, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006072", "text": "PRIDE AND GRATITUDE FOR THE BRAVERY AND DEDICATION OF OUR 911 FIRST RESPONDERS AND FIREFIGHTERS ([SPEAKER] asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.) [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , I rise today filled with immense pride and gratitude for the incredible bravery and dedication of our 911 dispatchers, first responders, and firefighters across California.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH174-2", "word_count": 76, "labels": ["flag_waving", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "PRIDE AND GRATITUDE...bravery and dedication...incredible...across California - appeals to patriotic emotions and uses broadly positive language without specific policy details"}
{"id": "crec_008380", "text": "A new administration will have to clean up the mess their predecessors made of American power and American credibility. It is no secret that the incoming national security team will take a distinctly different approach. The President-elect has expressed repeatedly his intention to reorient American national security decision making around a simple guiding principle: peace through strength.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 57, "labels": ["loaded_language", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "clean up the mess, American power and American credibility, peace through strength"}
{"id": "crec_006748", "text": "Work with us to find a tax bill that will appropriately prioritize the needs of everyday American citizens and small businesses. I yield the floor. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 26, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008350", "text": "We passed the first gun safety law in 30 years. We enshrined marriage equality into law. We confirmed 235 well-qualified and historic judges to lifetime appointments--more judges than any majority has confirmed in decades--and so much more.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 37, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "bandwagon"], "evidence": "well-qualified and historic judges, more judges than any majority has confirmed in decades"}
{"id": "crec_004792", "text": "And if we don't have sufficient conventional energy, we are going to find ourselves in serious difficulties. For starters, insufficient conventional energy production could mean big increases in energy bills for American families. A lack of domestic supply--or the need to rely on expensive energy imports--would be likely to make things like gas and electricity far more expensive.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS127-8", "word_count": 58, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "insufficient conventional energy production could mean big increases in energy bills for American families...far more expensive"}
{"id": "crec_006943", "text": "That is over half of the U.S. population and 65 percent of the United States adult population. It is 50 percent higher than the number of Americans who watch the Super Bowl. Those 170 million Americans will be devastated by a [ORG] ban.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 43, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "170 million Americans will be devastated by a [ORG] ban"}
{"id": "crec_002068", "text": "By [SPEAKER]: H.R. 329. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing [ORG], and all other [ORG] vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any [ORG] or Officer thereof.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH93-43", "word_count": 74, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "invokes Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution to establish legal authority for the legislation"}
{"id": "crec_000560", "text": "Give them an unflinching certainty that You are Sovereign. We pray in Your great Name. Amen.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgS35-2", "word_count": 16, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "unflinching certainty that You are Sovereign"}
{"id": "crec_005732", "text": "These are weaponized to stop a project that could have been helpful in keeping Pacific Palisades from burning due to downed power lines. It probably wouldn't have been the key piece, but that has certainly happened in plenty of other areas around the [ORG] where downed power lines, due to the wind or branches and stuff blowing into them, have caused several fires, including the Camp fire in Paradise I mentioned that killed 85 people, and started a fire called the [PERSON] fire which burned a million acres. Frequently, we have in northern California what we call public safety power shutoffs where people just have their power shut off because the wind might blow hard enough to blow branches into power lines somewhere.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH156", "word_count": 123, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "weaponized to stop a project, killed 85 people, burned a million acres, power shut off because wind might blow"}
{"id": "crec_006277", "text": "x ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \\1\\ Per diem constitutes lodging and meals. \\2\\ If foreign currency is used, enter U.S. dollar equivalent; if U.S. currency is used, enter amount expended. [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH181-2", "word_count": 28, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007330", "text": "(c) Technology Usage.--Technology, such as video conferencing, shall be used to the maximum extent practicable to make [ORG] available in remote locations. Mobile access to Federal databases of aliens, such as [ORG], and live scan technology shall be used, to the maximum extent practicable, to make such resources available to [ORG] and local law enforcement agencies in remote locations. [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS188", "word_count": 63, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008724", "text": "And we had the severe COVID recession in the middle of that. So don't believe anybody that tells you that [PERSON] and Jobs Act caused our deficits. They didn't.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 30, "labels": ["strawman", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "don't believe anybody that tells you that [PERSON] and Jobs Act caused our deficits - sets up and dismisses a simplified version of an argument while positioning the speaker as the authoritative source on what's true"}
{"id": "crec_000009", "text": "[SPEAKER]. Madam President, the certificate of the electoral vote of [ORG] seems to be regular in form and authentic, and it appears therefrom that [PERSON] of the State of Florida received 6 votes for President and [PERSON] of the State of Ohio received 6 votes for Vice President.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-06", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-06-pt1-PgH45-10", "word_count": 54, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006905", "text": "Meanwhile, while working families struggle to put food on the table and pay their bills, the wealthiest people in our country have never, ever had it so good. We are now in the absurd situation, the grossly unjust situation, where the 3 wealthiest people on top own more wealth than the bottom half of American society, some 170 million people. The 3 people on top have more wealth than 170 million on the bottom.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 74, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "working families struggle to put food on the table and pay their bills; absurd situation, grossly unjust situation"}
{"id": "crec_005638", "text": "Her work with organizations like [PERSON] and her creating her own organization because of her passion for organizing food drives, holiday giveaways, and joyful community events embodied her unwavering love for the city of Romulus and our families. She was committed to always lifting up her neighbors, often going above and beyond to bring hope and resources to those in need. Her dedication reminds us all that even the smallest acts of kindness can build stronger, more connected communities.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH153-2", "word_count": 80, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "unwavering love for the city of Romulus and our families; smallest acts of kindness can build stronger, more connected communities"}
{"id": "crec_001260", "text": "A communication from the Assistant Secretary, [ORG], [ORG], transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of [ORG], the certification of a proposed license for the export of firearms abroad controlled under Category I of the U.S. Munitions List to Saudi Arabia in the amount of $1,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 21-065); to [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS65-7", "word_count": 63, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004322", "text": "This bill is unfair to the school districts that can't navigate the threats of lawsuits but also can't afford to lose [ORG] funding, leaving students without sports or school meals. This bill is unfair to the girl athletes who could be subject to genital inspection and subject to humiliation, leaving them with a legacy of trauma rather than the lessons of teamwork and sportsmanship. Finally, this bill is unfair to the American people, who are demanding that we take their call to address the cost of living seriously.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 88, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "genital inspection and subject to humiliation, leaving them with a legacy of trauma"}
{"id": "crec_002842", "text": "THE [ORG] [SPEAKER]. The [ORG] has examined [ORG] proceedings and announces to the House the approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule I, the [ORG] stands approved.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH97-5", "word_count": 46, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004231", "text": "It is called loss of shame. I have 5 daughters and 12 granddaughters. I have stood on the sidelines and watched them pour their hearts and souls into the sports they love.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 32, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000926", "text": "This is just a sample of all the work that is in front of us. But the list of things we can do to empower American workers and taxpayers and businesses and families and farmers goes on and on. I am looking forward to a new administration as we aggressively tackle these issues: expanding access to quality healthcare, especially for our vets and especially in rural America; defending female athletes in women sports from the radical left's agenda and celebrating the accomplishment of female athletes.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 85, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "phrases like 'empower American workers and taxpayers and businesses and families and farmers' and 'radical left's agenda' use vague positive or negative terms without specific details"}
{"id": "crec_006199", "text": "Yes, we are the crazy ones. [ORG] has proposed, put forward, a plan to raise the debt ceiling over $4 trillion over 2 years; fund the border at $86 billion, the request by the incoming administration and border czar [PERSON] ; fund defense modernization at $200 billion plus-up, a separate fund through reconciliation, so we can modernize our defense and do what we need to do to beat China. What we are asking for for that is to reverse some of [PERSON] 's policies, which are all things that the President campaigned on.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH178", "word_count": 95, "labels": ["loaded_language", "name_calling"], "evidence": "Yes, we are the crazy ones"}
{"id": "crec_000370", "text": "Why? Because this is a great boon to those for-profit detention companies who make enormous profits for mandatory detention when there are far more effective and cheaper ways to address the issue. Who pays for all this?", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH53-4", "word_count": 37, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "characterization of 'for-profit detention companies' making 'enormous profits' paired with questioning 'Who pays for all this?' to suggest exploitative financial motives and burden on taxpayers"}
{"id": "crec_007487", "text": "There was no objection. [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , I yield myself such time as I may consume.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-3", "word_count": 16, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_005595", "text": "They shattered windows, smashed down doors, assaulted police officers. It was a violent mob and people died as a result. It was all in an attempt to stop the certification of a legitimate election.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH151-4", "word_count": 34, "labels": ["loaded_language"], "evidence": "shattered windows, smashed down doors, assaulted police officers, violent mob"}
{"id": "crec_008773", "text": "This bill protects children. We are going to continue to fight to expose the detrimental impact of the [PERSON] -[PERSON] open border policies, and we on this side of the aisle look forward to joining with those on the other side of the aisle who are willing to make commonsense, targeted reforms to keep Americans safe. Because of that, I object.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 60, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "framing border policies as 'detrimental' and 'open border' while claiming the bill 'protects children' and emphasizing 'keep Americans safe' creates fear-based messaging; dividing into 'this side' vs 'other side' presents a false choice between accepting these policies or supporting reform"}
{"id": "crec_003930", "text": "His commitment to Buffalo was evident in his efforts to make the city a safer, stronger, and better place for all its residents. He was a proud member of [ORG] 282, [ORG], and the East Coast Retired Firefighters Association. He was a devoted fan of [ORG], the Buffalo Sabres, and [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH116-2", "word_count": 65, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006719", "text": "Look how skewed this is. Working families on the left get nothing. The richest on the right get everything.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 19, "labels": ["false_dichotomy", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "presents only two extreme positions (working families get 'nothing' vs richest get 'everything') with no middle ground, using loaded language ('skewed')"}
{"id": "crec_009253", "text": "SA 82. [SPEAKER] submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill [ORG], supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. SA 83.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS232-2", "word_count": 28, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004040", "text": "Esa tolerancia por las diferencias es uno de los valores fundamentales [ORG], algo que [PERSON] es incapaz de comprender. [PERSON] , [ORG] lo decidiremos pacifica y democraticamente [ORG], asi como el futuro de Venezuela lo deben [PERSON] y democraticamente los venezolanos. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH121-2", "word_count": 51, "labels": ["ad_hominem", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "describing a person as 'incapaz de comprender' (incapable of understanding) while contrasting with organizational values"}
{"id": "crec_004395", "text": "Our organizations are deeply concerned about how H.R. 28 and S. 9 dangerously invite gender policing that threatens all women and girls. [PERSON]", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 23, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "dangerously invite gender policing that threatens all women and girls"}
{"id": "crec_001734", "text": "That is the morality of this place because we do crap economics. It is because we make public policy by our feelings instead of math. The reality of it, Mr. [PERSON] , if you look at the [ORG] projection, now this is 1 year, 1\\1/2\\ years ago, so inflation has trimmed off a bit from their numbers, interest rates are substantially higher, these numbers are going to pop when they redo them because of the higher interest rates.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH79", "word_count": 77, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "use of dismissive language ('do crap economics', 'by our feelings instead of math') combined with citation of institutional projections to establish credibility"}
{"id": "crec_001092", "text": "Nameless, faceless bureaucrats who are accountable to nobody, promulgate rules and regulations that deeply impact everyday Americans every day. The EPA can promulgate a rule that devastates farmers. A farm that has been in a family for generations can be under water just like that, and they don't even know whom to talk to about it.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 56, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "Nameless, faceless bureaucrats...accountable to nobody; farm...can be under water just like that"}
{"id": "crec_008843", "text": "Her father worked in the oil fields and had been commuting to Alaska, Illinois, Chicago-- back and forth. He thought it was time for the family to come together, so they settled in beautiful Eagle River, [ORG], a gorgeous--and I mean gorgeous--patriotic community, mountainous community right outside of Anchorage. [PERSON] went to [PERSON] .", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 54, "labels": ["flag_waving", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "beautiful Eagle River, gorgeous--and I mean gorgeous--patriotic community, mountainous community"}
{"id": "crec_004299", "text": "Your government has become incredibly intrusive. You are in our doctors' offices banning reproductive freedom. You are in our classrooms banning books and telling teachers what they can and cannot say.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 31, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "government described as 'incredibly intrusive' with language suggesting pervasive control ('in our doctors' offices', 'in our classrooms') to provoke concern about loss of autonomy and freedom"}
{"id": "crec_004435", "text": "And we know that when opponents of [ORG], including those who have sought for decades to weaken its protections and undermine its enforcement, now present themselves as the law's champions, that their agenda is not about the rights of women and girls. Targeting and excluding transgender, nonbinary, and intersex students from participation in school programming, including athletics programs, alongside their cisgender peers is harmful to all students and undermines the learning environment for everyone. If schools mark some students effectively as outcasts, they foster an environment where no student is included and safe.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 94, "labels": ["strawman", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "characterizing opponents as hypocrites ('now present themselves as the law's champions') and using emotionally charged terms like 'marked as outcasts' and 'undermines' to frame opposing policies"}
{"id": "crec_002248", "text": "So he was a coach at [ORG]. He has turned that [ORG] program around. They are a tough, tough program and will continue to be.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS69-6", "word_count": 29, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "'tough, tough program' - vague positive characterization repeated for emphasis without specific details"}
{"id": "crec_004591", "text": "We already have the trouble after the inflation cycle how many baby boomers are now living on the street because they can't afford their rent. The math is the math, and the math will win. If we continue current policy and not follow the law, in 9 years, 9.2 percent of the economy will be borrowed in U.S. debt.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH142-3", "word_count": 59, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "trouble after the inflation cycle, baby boomers living on the street, the math will win, 9.2 percent of the economy will be borrowed"}
{"id": "crec_006434", "text": "[ORG], Mr. [PERSON] , and Mr. [PERSON] . H.R. 31: Mr. [PERSON] .", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH187-28", "word_count": 10, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000959", "text": "I am wondering, What is this? I know that [ORG] are both very busy men. So I want to thank them especially for conceiving this idea and dedicating their time and energy and gathering other folks' help to eliminating government waste.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 43, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "dedicating their time and energy to eliminating government waste"}
{"id": "crec_009652", "text": "The challenges that face America are many and great. The Senate must respond with resolve, bipartisanship, and fidelity to the working and middle class of this country. While President [PERSON] and I often disagree, I stand ready to work with him and with anyone, regardless of party, to advance the [ORG]'s well-being.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS245-6", "word_count": 52, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "resolve, bipartisanship, and fidelity to the working and middle class"}
{"id": "crec_008484", "text": "Let that sink in. It is appalling to hear this kind of rhetoric, and it has to stop. These dangerous statements not only create distrust and disdain for our brave men and women in blue--the vast majority of whom are good, hard- working people that we all know in our communities--but it has made their job to protect and serve more difficult and more deadly.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 65, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "appalling rhetoric, dangerous statements, more deadly"}
{"id": "crec_001498", "text": "Instead, keeping to the tradition of this Republican leadership, which oversaw the closest Congress in the history of the United States in the last session, I guess we are going to expect more of the same-- take it or leave it, my way or the highway. This is about a sound bite, I guess, more than it is about trying to achieve peace in the Middle East, trying to get the release of our hostages, or trying to uphold a high standard of human rights. I find this really disappointing.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH67-6", "word_count": 90, "labels": ["false_dichotomy", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "'my way or the highway' presents limited options; 'take it or leave it' presents artificial choice"}
{"id": "crec_007848", "text": "The snail darter was not a distinct species but actually an eastern population of what is known as the stargazing darter. This really raises concerns about how genuine the efforts of the environmental left are, to make claims about species identification being so narrowly specific to a particular area. This is what we and the folks in [ORG] get to suffer with on at least having that pole line able to be helpful and not furthering the fire with a hardened, newer pole line.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH206-2", "word_count": 86, "labels": ["doubt", "ad_hominem"], "evidence": "raises concerns about how genuine the efforts of the environmental left are; characterizes environmental advocates as not credible"}
{"id": "crec_001935", "text": "A bill to prohibit the conditioning of any permit, lease, or other use agreement on the transfer of any water right to the United States by the Secretary of the [ORG] and the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes; to [ORG], and in addition to [ORG], for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. By [SPEAKER]: H.R. 303.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH87-2", "word_count": 85, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009671", "text": "We are a proud nation of immigrants. We are also a nation of laws, and the lawlessness ends today. I could not be more proud of those who are choosing today to support [ORG] because what we have done is we have decided we are going to stop talking and we are going to start achieving results.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS245-6", "word_count": 60, "labels": ["flag_waving", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "'proud nation of immigrants' combined with 'lawlessness ends today' creates binary choice between pride and lawlessness"}
{"id": "crec_001836", "text": "These two opportunities together presented a path back to law and order, sanity and livability in California, especially in our major cities. Of course, we were victorious on both counts. With respect to Prop 36, despite the Governor, the supermajority doing everything they possibly could to stop it from passing, California voters gave it a smashing victory, almost 70 percent of the vote, passing it in each and every one of California's 58 counties.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH85", "word_count": 74, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "path back to law and order, sanity and livability\" and \"despite the Governor, the supermajority doing everything they possibly could to stop it"}
{"id": "crec_008660", "text": "I cannot drive home enough to [ORG]: This is not a game. These are not political roles without consequence. They have real power over whether Americans can get basic information and healthcare.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 34, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "loaded language in 'cannot drive home enough' and 'not a game'; appeal to fear through 'real power' and threat to 'basic information and healthcare'"}
{"id": "crec_006952", "text": "That is coming from our own government. That alone should make us pause. This is in [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 20, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "doubt"], "evidence": "coming from our own government...should make us pause"}
{"id": "crec_006439", "text": "212: Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mrs. [PERSON] , and Mr. [PERSON] . [PERSON] 221: Mrs. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH187-28", "word_count": 17, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001877", "text": "A bill to require [ORG] to install baby changing tables in bathrooms on passenger rail cars; to [ORG]. By [SPEAKER] (for himself, Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of New Jersey, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mrs. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , and Mrs. [PERSON] ): H.R. 249.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH87-2", "word_count": 57, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009909", "text": "Thank you. God bless America. Thank you all.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS252-8", "word_count": 8, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006635", "text": "It is time Washington started acting like it. So this bill is one of many steps we should take to reverse the [PERSON] administration's open border policies. Stop the madness.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 30, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "'open border policies' and 'Stop the madness' uses inflammatory language to characterize immigration policy and frame the situation as chaotic/dangerous"}
{"id": "crec_003019", "text": "LAKEN RILEY ACT [SPEAKER] (Mr. [PERSON] ). [SPEAKER] will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 5) to require the Secretary of [ORG] to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS87", "word_count": 64, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008866", "text": "You know, I am not so sure it was looking like an easy deal, but she left her easy-- not easy--her secure [ORG] job, the first person I hired on my campaign. Organized it. Traveled.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 35, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "describing someone as 'the first person I hired on my campaign' and emphasizing their loyalty and work ('Organized it. Traveled') without substantive details"}
{"id": "crec_000207", "text": "Concurrent resolution extending the life of [ORG]. [PERSON] . [PERSON] .", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-06", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-06-pt1-PgS33", "word_count": 16, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007866", "text": "They say it is supposed to be ready by February, so we will see. They had to draw on three 1-million-gallon water tanks to try to keep the Pacific Palisades hydrant system going. If you had the ability to have that 117-million-gallon source ready, that would have lasted a heck of a lot longer than the few hours the hydrant system did, just based on the 3 million gallons in the tanks there.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH206-2", "word_count": 73, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007743", "text": "Deputy [PERSON] was a proud husband and father of three school-age children. Deputy [PERSON] was shot and killed in the line of duty while working as a member of [ORG] [ORG], serving a warrant on a repeat offender.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH203", "word_count": 45, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008890", "text": "But America is already an Arctic nation thanks to Alaska. The Russians and Chinese know my state is at the forefront of great-power competition. In the past two years, there have been 12 air incursions into the state's air-defense identification zone, including an unprecedented joint Russian-Chinese strategic bomber operation, and large-scale joint Russian-Chinese naval task forces in our waters.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 59, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "enumeration of military incursions and joint Russian-Chinese operations to emphasize threat; framing Alaska as 'at the forefront of great-power competition' to invoke national defense concerns"}
{"id": "crec_006751", "text": "I watched this in slow motion, this disaster for our country economically, when I was getting lobbied by corporations in the same way that you said. They said: We are not globally competitive. We are not globally competitive.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 38, "labels": ["repetition", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "'We are not globally competitive. We are not globally competitive.' - repeated phrase emphasizing corporate argument; 'disaster for our country' - loaded language framing economic situation negatively"}
{"id": "crec_000960", "text": "Like a one-two punch, Congress and [ORG] will identify and address the most flagrant abuses of the [ORG] bureaucracy. [ORG] will provide the ideas from these two men, and Congress will bring the constitutional oversight and legislative authority. We plan to hit the ground running, really, on day one of the [PERSON] administration, to take aim at the worst excesses left over.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 64, "labels": ["loaded_language", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "one-two punch, hit the ground running, take aim at the worst excesses, constitutional oversight"}
{"id": "crec_000256", "text": "IN RECOGNITION OF DR. [PERSON] FRENK ([SPEAKER] asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute.) [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , I rise today to recognize and congratulate [ORG]'s next chancellor, Dr. [PERSON] .", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH52", "word_count": 48, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002824", "text": "It is incompetence at all levels here. What do we have going on? Is there enough water supply?", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH96-3", "word_count": 18, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009321", "text": "So today, I come to the floor to say, as one of its last official acts, [ORG] decided to disregard the wishes of Congress by using its authority under section 5 of [ORG] charter to increase payment limits for specialty crop farmers from $125,000 to $900,000 under the Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops Program. This increase cost American taxpayers over $650 million without a vote of the Congress. Had this been the desire of Congress, it would have been included in the continuing resolution passed just weeks before.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-17", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-17-pt1-PgS237-5", "word_count": 95, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "using its authority under section 5 of [ORG] charter to increase payment limits...without a vote of the Congress"}
{"id": "crec_009800", "text": "Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the 60th Presidential inauguration. Today, President-elect [PERSON] and Vice President-elect [ORG] will take their oaths of office, and we will witness the peaceful transfer of power at the heart of our democracy.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS252-8", "word_count": 37, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_005966", "text": "[SPEAKER]. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this question will be postponed.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH160-6", "word_count": 16, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004176", "text": "That is discriminatory, and it is wrong. My colleagues are apparently so afraid of people who are different than them that they have manufactured false and dangerous presumptions based on outdated stereotypes about transgendered people, especially transgender women and girls. Additionally, there is no way this so-called protection bill could be enforced without opening the door to harassment and privacy violations.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 61, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "afraid of people who are different than them that have manufactured false and dangerous presumptions"}
{"id": "crec_007969", "text": "There are people out there waiting, people waiting to do whatever the construction project is, whatever the clearance project is. It makes you wonder. That is why I am excited about this [ORG] group that [PERSON] and Mr. [PERSON] are working on to say what parts of government are working and what parts aren't.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH206-2", "word_count": 55, "labels": ["doubt", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "There are people out there waiting...It makes you wonder"}
{"id": "crec_000841", "text": "The Democratic whip. Remembering [PERSON] [SPEAKER]. Mr. President, for many Presidents, their legacy is written and sealed by their actions in office--their post-Presidency activities nothing but fodder for the tabloids and a footnote in history books--but not for [PERSON] .", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 41, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "legacy is written and sealed by their actions in office"}
{"id": "crec_006025", "text": "It was an honor to serve alongside her when I was first elected to [ORG] and to continue to hold her leadership as an inspiration as I serve the communities of Minnesota's Fifth District. Her legacy of dedication to inclusive, productive lawmaking and her steadfast commitment to her constituents will be remembered for years to come.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH172-2", "word_count": 58, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "legacy of dedication to inclusive, productive lawmaking and steadfast commitment to constituents"}
{"id": "crec_006701", "text": "To Senator [PERSON] 's point, 8 years ago when this tax cut was first put into place, it was egregious not because of the balance only but also because the whole thing was borrowed. All that money was just put on the American credit card--a credit card that comes due and ends up getting paid by middle-class families one way or the other. This time around, I guess the good news is that they are talking about paying for it, not borrowing, to give a huge tax cut to corporations and to billionaires and millionaires.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 94, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "described tax cut as 'egregious' and invoked imagery of debt 'coming due' and being 'paid by middle-class families,' framing it as a burden on ordinary people"}
{"id": "crec_007175", "text": "[SPEAKER] submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill [ORG], supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. SA 55. [SPEAKER] submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill [ORG], supra; which was ordered to lie on the table.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS187-2", "word_count": 50, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006765", "text": "I heard them say they would pay for themselves. This was a mantra I heard over and over again: It will pay for itself. It will pay for itself.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 29, "labels": ["repetition"], "evidence": "It will pay for itself. It will pay for itself."}
{"id": "crec_003047", "text": "A bill to require agencies to publish an advance notice of proposed rulemaking for major rules; to [ORG] and [ORG]. By [SPEAKER]: S. 78. A bill to require certain agencies to develop plans for internal control in the event of an emergency or crisis, and for other purposes; to [ORG] and [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS88-4", "word_count": 62, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_005622", "text": "I visited the burn sites of the [ORG] and Eaton fires, where I was able to assess the damage firsthand and tried to get a better understanding of what Federal resources would be needed to help communities rebuild. Throughout the week, I was in contact with [ORG], including [ORG] and [ORG], where I was able to advocate for the [ORG] support necessary to keep constituents safe during the emergency. My congressional colleagues and I are focused on making sure our constituents and our communities have what they need to get through and recover from this emergency without any conditions.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH152-3", "word_count": 103, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009349", "text": "We must also do everything we can to deliver immediate and lifesaving relief to civilians in Gaza. For 15 months, they have suffered unimaginable destruction. It will take all parties working together to make sure the Palestinian people can rebuild their lives with dignity, with security, and outside the terrible shadow that [ORG] cast over the Gaza Strip, including using so many innocent civilians as human shields.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-17", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-17-pt1-PgS237-5", "word_count": 67, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "unimaginable destruction, terrible shadow, human shields"}
{"id": "crec_004114", "text": "How about they pass a bill to protect jobs or pass a bill to fight wildfires or lower grocery prices? No, no, no, Republicans are weirdly obsessed with talking about transgender people and using that as an excuse to protect and even empower child predators. I think, Mr. [PERSON] , that we all know the reason why.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH124-8", "word_count": 56, "labels": ["strawman", "loaded_language", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "framing Republican priorities as 'weirdly obsessed with transgender people' and claiming this is 'an excuse to protect and even empower child predators' misrepresents the opposing position; presenting jobs/wildfires/prices versus transgender issues as mutually exclusive choices"}
{"id": "crec_009094", "text": "It sets clear standards and clear expectations for forest management that we currently lack in this country. It provides the tools for the Agencies for the prevention and preparation for the next time, and it requires a lot more openness about the limits and the challenges that we face on these important issues. This is about protection, not punishment.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS227-3", "word_count": 59, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "clear standards and clear expectations, protection, openness"}
{"id": "crec_006383", "text": ". . general Welfare of the United States; .", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH186-24", "word_count": 9, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001343", "text": "Dear Mr. Speaker: Pursuant to the permission granted in Clause 2(h) of Rule II of the Rules of [ORG], I have the honor to transmit a sealed envelope received from [ORG] on January 8, 2025, at 10:40 a.m., said to contain a message from the President regarding taking additional steps with respect to the situation in the Western Balkans. With best wishes, I am, Sincerely, [PERSON] , [PERSON] of the House.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH67-4", "word_count": 78, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006043", "text": "VIRGINIA IS A BORDER STATE (Mr. [PERSON] asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) Mr. [PERSON] . Mr. [PERSON] , I rise today as the Representative of Virginia's Fifth Congressional District.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH172", "word_count": 54, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_003935", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] has earned a spot in [ORG] and received the Teacher of the Year award in 2020 from [ORG] of Savannah. He also won the Savannah Morning News Coach of the Year award several times and across many different sports. Mr. [PERSON] was previously a stellar basketball player during his years at [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH116", "word_count": 64, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002166", "text": "It is not easy. And he helped us lower drug prices for millions of other Americans, because, as you know, as of January 1, there is a cap on how much any senior citizen can pay for all the drugs they use, as well as negotiations that would have been now allowed so that [ORG] can negotiate with the drug companies, and 10 of the most popular drug prices are going way down. Anyone who has worked with [PERSON] would agree on one thing: He possesses a rare gift.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS69-6", "word_count": 89, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "'he helped us lower drug prices for millions of other Americans' and 'He possesses a rare gift'"}
{"id": "crec_005676", "text": "We wish him the very best as he begins this next chapter in his well-earned retirement.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH154", "word_count": 16, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "'very best' and 'well-earned retirement' use vague positive language without substantive content"}
{"id": "crec_007524", "text": "We have strict punishments in place for anyone who commits such crimes, including deportation and inadmissibility for foreign nationals. This bill would only make the immigration laws much harsher on the victims of domestic violence, sexual battery, and rape, which is the opposite of what we should be doing. America, when it lives up to its ideals, as [PERSON] said, will become an asylum to humanity, not an insane asylum, mind you, but a place of refuge for people seeking freedom from religious, political, and economic oppression, and also, I might add, the kind of private gender violence that creates oppression and tyranny in the home.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-3", "word_count": 107, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "when it lives up to its ideals, as [PERSON] said; characterizing the bill as making laws 'much harsher on the victims' and describing domestic violence as 'private gender violence that creates oppression and tyranny'"}
{"id": "crec_001787", "text": "Many of them do talk to me and explain what I am about to tell you. There are people in this country who just don't believe that it is fair and that it is right for persons who are coming into the country to receive what they perceive as benefits that they are not receiving. They talk about this discontentment.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH82", "word_count": 60, "labels": ["loaded_language"], "evidence": "persons who are coming into the country to receive what they perceive as benefits"}
{"id": "crec_000613", "text": "The current President's absence of leadership has made America and the world less safe. In 4 short years, our enemies have been emboldened; they have grown stronger; they are more aggressive; and they are more dangerous. America once worked to deny terrorists a safe haven.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgS37-2", "word_count": 45, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "enemies have been emboldened; they have grown stronger; they are more aggressive; and they are more dangerous"}
{"id": "crec_008723", "text": "We beat [ORG]'s estimate by $1.7 trillion. So if the original score is 1.5 trillion--it was--in 7 years, we actually beat their estimate by 1.7. We paid for that tax cut in 7 years, plus $200 billion.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 37, "labels": ["repetition"], "evidence": "emphasis on the $1.7 trillion figure and '1.5 trillion--it was--' restatement to reinforce the claim"}
{"id": "crec_001524", "text": "CONGRATULATING SHERIFF ROSIE CORDERO-STUTZ AND CLERK JUAN BARQUIN ([SPEAKER] asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , Miami-Dade has a new sheriff in town.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH67", "word_count": 51, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002985", "text": "The American people deserve an Attorney General who will protect their fundamental rights, demonstrate independence and integrity, and remain faithful to the Constitution, the country, and the rule of law. I yield the floor. ([SPEAKER] assumed the [ORG].)", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS85-2", "word_count": 38, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "protect their fundamental rights, demonstrate independence and integrity, remain faithful to the Constitution"}
{"id": "crec_001609", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] , I rise to congratulate this dynamic father-daughter duo for making history.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH78-3", "word_count": 13, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "dynamic father-daughter duo for making history"}
{"id": "crec_008620", "text": "It will end up punishing legal immigrants and diverting resources from detaining true threats to public safety. First off, let's talk about how extremely broad the language of this bill is. Under this bill, you don't have to be found guilty of a felony to be detained and deported.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 49, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "\"true threats to public safety\" and \"extremely broad\" language used to create concern about the bill's scope and consequences"}
{"id": "crec_002485", "text": "In the opinion of the [ORG], two-thirds being in the affirmative, the ayes have it. [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , on that I demand the yeas and nays.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH101", "word_count": 26, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007427", "text": "Madam President, I now ask for a second reading, and in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule [ORG], I object to my own request. [SPEAKER]. Objection having been heard, the bill will receive its second reading on the next legislative day.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS196", "word_count": 48, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001234", "text": "4. A determination has been made that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia can provide substantially the same degree of protection for the sensitive technology being released as [ORG]. This sale is necessary in furtherance of the U.S. foreign policy and national security objectives outlined in [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS64", "word_count": 50, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "A determination has been made that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia can provide substantially the same degree of protection"}
{"id": "crec_001446", "text": "Their absolute blind obsession in pursuing Prime Minister [PERSON] notwithstanding [ORG]' unspeakable atrocities reveals the [ORG]'s true loyalties. Their actions signal a dangerous complicity with terrorist groups, like [ORG], as well as others I might add. The [ORG]'s ignorance of reality disqualifies them from passing judgment on those defending themselves against pure evil.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH67-6", "word_count": 54, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear", "ad_hominem"], "evidence": "'absolute blind obsession', 'unspeakable atrocities', 'terrorist groups', 'pure evil'"}
{"id": "crec_002183", "text": "She was murdered by an illegal immigrant. All she was doing was out taking a jog. That illegal immigrant was in America because of [PERSON] and the Democrats' open border policies.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS69-6", "word_count": 32, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "murdered by an illegal immigrant...open border policies - emotionally charged framing that links immigration to violent crime and presents a simplistic cause-effect narrative"}
{"id": "crec_008760", "text": "This is an obliteration of everything we understand about due process. A child arrested but never charged because there was, in fact, in the end, no evidence--no conviction because since there is no evidence, there is no trial--is still sitting in prison without recourse, in an ICE prison. This is not the America I know, and I don't believe this is the America my colleagues across the aisle want.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 69, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "obliteration of everything we understand about due process; child sitting in prison without recourse"}
{"id": "crec_007889", "text": "This effect we are talking about is important to all Americans, especially if you want to keep the food products that you are used to coming and if you want to have the air quality not affect the East Coast from giant fires. It is also just the idea of why we would have our fellow Americans suffering from this needlessly because of a lack of leadership that is coming, in this case, from Sacramento, as they kowtow much more to the environmental groups to keep their records at 100 percent rather than doing forest management and brush management, which I showed you here, and kowtowing to where they found a variety of vetch that is indistinguishable from the vetch that grows everywhere else. I face that in my home county, too.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH206-2", "word_count": 132, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "if you want to keep the food products that you are used to coming and if you want to have the air quality not affect the East Coast from giant fires"}
{"id": "crec_008376", "text": "On Monday, the President was optimistic about the prospects of defeating Iran's terror proxies and restoring credible deterrence under which Israel and its neighbors could live in peace. But absent entirely was any recognition that it was Israel, not the United States, that has created this geopolitical opportunity. And no recognition that Israel has done so in spite of the administration's best efforts to restrain a sovereign ally's self- defense.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 70, "labels": ["strawman", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "characterizing the administration's diplomatic efforts as 'restraining' Israel's self-defense and implying the President failed to credit Israel while claiming Israel acted 'in spite of' US efforts"}
{"id": "crec_009612", "text": "The Senator from Iowa. [SPEAKER]. Mr. President, I ask to speak in morning business for 3 minutes.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS245-6", "word_count": 17, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002572", "text": "He is correct that we did sponsor a bill to raise the speed limit. I think I asked for 85, knowing we would take 70, in the house. In the week prior to that, I had actually brought [ORG] to the house floor, and I think I could have probably passed communism and gotten 100 miles an hour if I wanted to that week because that was the most popular I had ever been in the legislature.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH105", "word_count": 78, "labels": ["loaded_language", "repetition"], "evidence": "Use of 'communism' as an extreme rhetorical comparison; repeated emphasis on personal popularity ('most popular I had ever been')"}
{"id": "crec_004495", "text": "[PERSON] is the son of my deputy chief of staff, [PERSON] , and his wonderful wife, [PERSON] . Since my very first day in office, [PERSON] has been by my side, working to help address the healthcare issues that matter most to my communities in south central and western Pennsylvania. The birth of a child offers both a time to reflect and an important time to look forward.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH140-4", "word_count": 68, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000743", "text": "By [SPEAKER]: S. 26. A bill to exclude locality adjustments from average pay for purposes of computing the amount of retirement annuities of new employees; to [ORG] and [ORG]. By [SPEAKER]: S. 27.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgS42", "word_count": 38, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006191", "text": "I would wager that if I looked at the campaign materials or the speeches of every single Republican in [ORG] and the Senate, they all ran on cutting spending and balancing budgets. The question before this body is going to be: Will they do it? I need to clear the record because my name has been invoked, and that of a number of my friends, for standing for things that are not true.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH178", "word_count": 76, "labels": ["repetition", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "repeated emphasis on Republicans' campaign promises about 'cutting spending and balancing budgets' combined with invoking personal credibility ('my name has been invoked') to establish authority on the truthfulness of their positions"}
{"id": "crec_009379", "text": "So I ask help from the majority leader and the floor leader. If we have a dispute on legal interpretation, let's bring those lawyers together and understand if they are ships passing in the night or is there a misunderstanding that we can correct or clarify. With that appeal for additional amendments by unanimous consent, which I will continue to negotiate for, I thank you, Mr. President.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-17", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-17-pt1-PgS237-5", "word_count": 67, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_003558", "text": "[ORG]. 1128. Correction of social security records; conforming amendments.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS96-2", "word_count": 9, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009418", "text": "There is no scenario under God's green Earth that New York taxpayers will ever accept another unfair [ORG] cap like [ORG] proposes. New York families, from Long Island to the [PERSON] Valley and across the [ORG], have suffered long enough at the hands of broken Republican tax policies. I will do everything I can, first, to remove the entire [ORG] cap tax and, second, to never let a new proposal that for the first time imposes the [ORG] cap on businesses small and large to be put into effect.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-17", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-17-pt1-PgS237-5", "word_count": 92, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "unfair cap, suffered long enough, broken Republican tax policies"}
{"id": "crec_003929", "text": "As commissioner, he led with compassion and integrity, always putting the needs of others first, and setting a standard of excellence for those who followed in his footsteps. Throughout his decades of service to [ORG], [PERSON] dedicated himself to protecting the safety and well-being of the community he loved, the City of Good Neighbors. [PERSON] 's work extended far beyond the firehouse.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH116-2", "word_count": 64, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "led with compassion and integrity, always putting the needs of others first, setting a standard of excellence"}
{"id": "crec_002555", "text": "There was no objection. [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , I yield myself such time as I may consume.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH105", "word_count": 16, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000325", "text": "This legislation could have prevented her death. Her murderer was in our country illegally and was a known criminal. He had abused a child in New York City and was flown to Athens, Georgia, a sanctuary city, all of this on the taxpayers' dime, where he was once again cited for shoplifting.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH53-4", "word_count": 52, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "murderer was in our country illegally...was a known criminal...abused a child...on the taxpayers' dime"}
{"id": "crec_003964", "text": "Madam Speaker, last week in the [ORG], 6.8 inches of snow closed Federal office buildings. Nearly 1,300 miles away in Kansas, blizzards brought more than 18 inches of snowfall to parts of the Big First District. Farmers, ranchers, and [ORG] producers in the Big First didn't have the luxury of closing down for the week.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH118-2", "word_count": 56, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "Juxtaposing Federal office closures with farmers/ranchers who 'didn't have the luxury of closing down,' implying institutional weakness and framing rural workers as inherently more resilient/worthy"}
{"id": "crec_006433", "text": "24: Mr. [PERSON] of Maryland. H.R. 30: Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH187-28", "word_count": 14, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007928", "text": "Here you have [PERSON] saying: What the heck? Pointing the way here. You have [PERSON] , empty-handed, saying: Well, I don't know, man.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH206-2", "word_count": 22, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009102", "text": "105. Wildland fire performance metrics. TITLE II--FOREST MANAGEMENT Sec.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS227-3", "word_count": 9, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009627", "text": "Since then, she has reintroduced the bill with each new congressional session. We haven't forgotten [PERSON] , and it is long past time for Congress to pass this legislation that we have named after Sarah-- [PERSON] 's [PERSON] . I urge my colleagues to pass [ORG] as amended with [PERSON] 's [PERSON] included.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS245-6", "word_count": 53, "labels": ["flag_waving"], "evidence": "naming legislation after a person and invoking their memory to motivate legislative action"}
{"id": "crec_005683", "text": "H.R. 28, under the guise of protecting fairness in sports and safety in schools, risks undermining the rights and dignity of girls and young women. Let me be clear: This bill threatens the very foundation of [ORG], the landmark legislation that, for over 50 years, has protected millions from gender-based discrimination in education.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH155-3", "word_count": 54, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "risks undermining the rights and dignity of girls and young women; threatens the very foundation"}
{"id": "crec_000021", "text": "Madam President, the certificate of the electoral vote of [ORG] seems to be regular in form and authentic, and it appears therefrom that [PERSON] of the State of Florida received 8 votes for President and [PERSON] of the State of Ohio received 8 votes for Vice President. Senator [PERSON] .", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-06", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-06-pt1-PgH45-10", "word_count": 55, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001689", "text": "It is hard to see 12 zeros in your head, but it is just a trillion. We are probably going to borrow $2-\\1/ 3\\ trillion this year. We have these debates and discussions about we are going to have reconciliation.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH79", "word_count": 40, "labels": ["loaded_language"], "evidence": "describing large numbers as 'hard to see' and 'just a trillion' to downplay or normalize massive federal borrowing"}
{"id": "crec_000779", "text": "The Senate will also be working to get President [PERSON] 's team in place. Beginning next week, Senate committees will hold hearings on the President's nominees. We will work to ensure each nominee has a fair process without unnecessary delays or obstruction, and we will confirm those nominees swiftly so [ORG] administration can hit the ground running.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS45-8", "word_count": 57, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007504", "text": "Our immigration laws today will get you kicked out, deported from the country if you commit rape, other sex offenses, domestic violence, or, indeed, any other crime of violence. That is the law today. You are convicted, you are deported, you are out.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-3", "word_count": 43, "labels": ["loaded_language"], "evidence": "repeated emphatic phrasing 'you are deported, you are out' with stark, emotionally charged examples (rape, sex offenses) to frame immigration enforcement in the starkest possible terms"}
{"id": "crec_001864", "text": "Again, we don't yet know exactly what caused the set of fires that are still ongoing, but we do know that this city has been as bad as any in terms of letting homelessness proliferate, allowing encampments to go unchecked, and, thereby, creating more dangerous conditions for its residents because of the risk of fire. Finally, Mr. [PERSON] , I will point out that California has an insurance crisis that has been growing and growing and growing, year after year after year, and our [ORG]'s political leaders have simply allowed it to happen. They have done not nearly enough to mitigate the risk of fire that is the underlying cause of the increased rates.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH85", "word_count": 113, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "describing homelessness and encampments as 'creating more dangerous conditions' and 'risk of fire,' combined with repetition of 'growing and growing and growing' to amplify crisis narrative"}
{"id": "crec_002646", "text": "By [SPEAKER]: H.R. 334. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to establish technical and procedural standards for artificial or prerecorded voice systems created through generative artificial intelligence, and for other purposes; to [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH109-5", "word_count": 41, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001695", "text": "Small movements in interest rates start to consume everything in this government. Here is an example. I told you the 20-year yesterday went over 5 percent.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH79", "word_count": 26, "labels": ["loaded_language"], "evidence": "small movements in interest rates start to consume everything"}
{"id": "crec_000850", "text": "119th Congress [SPEAKER]. Mr. President, with the new session of the Senate and a new majority in the House and the Senate--actually, the House had the majority but the Senate has a new majority--and President [PERSON] in [ORG], one of the first things that Members of the Senate had to do is to choose which committees to serve on. I have been proud to serve on [ORG], and [ORG] in previous Congresses.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 78, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008753", "text": "Here in the Senate, Democrats and Republicans worked together back in 2013 to pass just such a bill--an enormous investment in border security 12 years ago, approved in this body by Democrats and Republicans together. That bill never got a hearing in [ORG]. So I hope we will, in fact, try to resurrect the spirit that inspired us 12 years ago in this coming year for comprehensive reform.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 71, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "bandwagon"], "evidence": "Democrats and Republicans worked together back in 2013 to pass just such a bill; approved in this body by Democrats and Republicans together"}
{"id": "crec_002975", "text": "It would require Federal courts to prioritize these cases to the greatest extent possible. This would rob Federal judges of the ability to control their courtrooms and grind their dockets to a halt. These standing provisions would also undermine the supremacy of [ORG] over immigration and border security, which is established by our Constitution.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS85-2", "word_count": 56, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "would grind their dockets to a halt; rob Federal judges of the ability to control their courtrooms"}
{"id": "crec_008508", "text": "China wasn't imposing its will in the South China Sea or across the world. China was contained, and its influence was diminishing. Under President [PERSON] , the Abraham Accords were signed, bringing peace to the Middle East.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 36, "labels": ["false_dichotomy", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "contrasting 'China was contained' with current implied threat, and characterizing Abraham Accords as bringing 'peace to the Middle East' without nuance"}
{"id": "crec_008381", "text": "And he would be right to do so. His administration's work must begin with restoring American hard power and bolstering our deterrent. The world they will inherit is more dangerous and more hostile to U.S. security interests than the one he left to President [PERSON] 4 years ago.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 48, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "world is more dangerous and more hostile to U.S. security interests"}
{"id": "crec_002290", "text": "We are proud of all of our universities, the private ones and the public ones. They stand out in so many ways. But this is [ORG]'s day.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS69-6", "word_count": 27, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "proud of all of our universities...They stand out in so many ways"}
{"id": "crec_001040", "text": "So the private sector figures out how to do a better job of providing services while reducing their expenses. We can do the same thing in government. In the private sector, you have competition that is going to drive inefficient businesses out.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 42, "labels": ["false_dichotomy", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "assumes private sector methods automatically apply to government without acknowledging fundamental differences; treats private sector success as inherent authority that government should follow"}
{"id": "crec_008110", "text": "By [SPEAKER] (for himself, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , and Mr. [PERSON] ): H.R. 492. A bill to prohibit the establishment of schedule F of the excepted service, and for other purposes; to [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH217-3", "word_count": 38, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000620", "text": "President [PERSON] and Senate Republicans will act for Americans' safety. The Senate is going to work to confirm President [PERSON] 's strong nominees through a fair and speedy process. It is important for the President to have his national security team in place as quickly as possible.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgS37-2", "word_count": 46, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "President's authority invoked for 'safety' and 'national security team' framed as urgent national interest"}
{"id": "crec_008331", "text": "LAKEN RILEY ACT Cabinet Nominations [SPEAKER]. Mr. President, the [ORG] confirmation process is well underway here in [ORG]. [ORG] hearings began this week with [ORG] Secretary nominee [PERSON] in [ORG] on Tuesday.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 51, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007666", "text": "That is why this bill is imperative. It is to ensure that criminal aliens who endanger families and communities can be removed from the United States. The [PERSON] -[PERSON] administration's war on women must come to an end, and this bill is one step toward that.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-3", "word_count": 45, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "criminal aliens who endanger families and communities; war on women"}
{"id": "crec_004129", "text": "38 Resolved, That the following named Members be, and are hereby, elected to the following standing committees of [ORG]: Ms. [PERSON] (to rank immediately after Mr. [PERSON] ). [ORG] and [ORG]: Mr. [PERSON] of South Carolina, Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Pennsylvania, Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mrs. [PERSON] , Mrs. [PERSON] of Illinois, Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of California, Mrs. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of North Carolina, Mr. [PERSON] . Committee on Homeland Security: Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Louisiana, Mr.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH125-4", "word_count": 99, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_005934", "text": "That is simply unacceptable. This bill is critical to reaffirming our commitment to economic growth, national security, and the U.S.-Taiwan partnership. Mr. [PERSON] , I urge my colleagues in Congress to support this vital legislation to do just that.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH160-6", "word_count": 38, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "phrases like 'critical,' 'vital legislation,' and 'commitment to economic growth, national security' are vague positive terms; appeal to authority through urging colleagues in Congress to support"}
{"id": "crec_007879", "text": "Instead, as I mentioned, it comes down to fish in the delta. It comes down to the delta smelt, which so many of you have probably heard of around the country. Why do you even know about that, Mr. [PERSON] ?", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH206-2", "word_count": 40, "labels": ["loaded_language", "doubt"], "evidence": "The rhetorical framing 'Why do you even know about that?' casts doubt on the relevance/legitimacy of the delta smelt issue, while 'fish in the delta' and repeated emphasis uses loaded language to characterize environmental concerns dismissively."}
{"id": "crec_004032", "text": "We need action. We need compassion. We need clemency.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH120", "word_count": 9, "labels": ["repetition", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "We need action. We need compassion. We need clemency - repeated parallel structure using abstract positive concepts"}
{"id": "crec_006082", "text": "I don't expect the coarse subjects of my concern will hear nor even comprehend the [ORG] verse I wish to enter into the Record--Matthew 25:31-46. Some day may these prevaricators face a reckoning in which the Lord of all lords will judge: Truly I tell you, whatsoever you do for the least of my brethren, that you do unto me. So be it.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH174-5", "word_count": 63, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "invocation of Matthew 25:31-46 and 'Lord of all lords will judge' as ultimate authority; calling opponents 'coarse' and 'prevaricators'"}
{"id": "crec_006154", "text": "We do have their backs on this violence, as well as the previous legislation mentioned, on women and girls in sports having a safe place to play and enjoy and excel without men somehow interfering on those fields, in those locker rooms. It is common sense. I can't believe we are here at this point.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH175-6", "word_count": 55, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "men somehow interfering on those fields, in those locker rooms"}
{"id": "crec_000623", "text": "Our national security depends on confirming them. The New Orleans attack proves it. To my colleagues, I would remind each and every one of them that the Senate's power of advice and consent is no excuse to delay and deny or to try to search and destroy.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgS37-2", "word_count": 47, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "national security depends on confirming them' and 'The New Orleans attack proves it"}
{"id": "crec_006987", "text": "And, of course, [ORG] has no free rights in America. Those belong to American citizens. We need to make sure we take a step against this.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 29, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "characterizing [ORG] as having 'no free rights' and framing it as a threat requiring Americans to 'take a step against this'"}
{"id": "crec_002496", "text": "However, because of [ORG]'s problematic interpretation of section 403 of the Stafford Act, once power is restored, even with temporary measures, electric utilities are deemed ineligible for reimbursement for permanent work and mitigation efforts. As a result, electric utilities are treated differently from all other critical infrastructure, even though building mitigation into our power systems reduces the costs of future disasters. [PERSON]", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH103", "word_count": 62, "labels": ["loaded_language", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "electric utilities are treated differently from all other critical infrastructure"}
{"id": "crec_009020", "text": "[[ORG] PLACED ON THE CALENDAR The following bill was read the second time, and placed on the calendar: S. 6. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS224-6", "word_count": 70, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009777", "text": "[PERSON] , of Florida, to be Secretary of [ORG]. By [SPEAKER] for [ORG] and [ORG]. * [PERSON] , of Virginia, to be Director of [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS252-4", "word_count": 35, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002868", "text": "And we took steps to promote competition across industries, boosting transparency and lowering costs for consumers. Our approach worked. Inflation is down significantly from its peak and is now close to pre-pandemic levels.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH98-5", "word_count": 33, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "'took steps to promote competition', 'boosting transparency and lowering costs' - vague positive framing without specific details"}
{"id": "crec_005764", "text": "He is arguing that 60,000 valid votes should be thrown out. Four years after January 6, we are once again reminded about how fragile our democracy truly is. A judicial candidate does not accept the results of an election, so he is trying to silence voters in the pursuit of power.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH158-10", "word_count": 51, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "phrases like 'fragile our democracy,' 'silence voters,' and 'pursuit of power' use emotionally charged language and invoke fear about democratic institutions being threatened"}
{"id": "crec_007563", "text": "Maryland: [ORG], [ORG], The Human Trafficking Prevention Project, [ORG]. Massachusetts: [ORG] Michigan: [ORG] and Sexual Violence, SafeHouse Center. Minnesota: Violence Free Minnesota, [PERSON] .", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-3", "word_count": 41, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001289", "text": "ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS S. 5 At the request of Mrs. [PERSON] , the names of the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. [PERSON] ), the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. [PERSON] ), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. [PERSON] ), the Senator from Nebraska (Mrs. [PERSON] ), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. [PERSON] ), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. [PERSON] ), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. [PERSON] ), the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. [PERSON] ), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. [PERSON] ), the Senator from Utah (Mr. [PERSON] ), the Senator from Mississippi (Mrs. [PERSON] ), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. [PERSON] ), the Senator from Texas (Mr. [PERSON] ), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. [PERSON] ), the Senator from Florida (Mr. [PERSON] ), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. [PERSON] ), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. [PERSON] ), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. [PERSON] ), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. [PERSON] ) and the Senator from Arizona (Mr. [PERSON] ) were added as cosponsors of S. 5, a bill to require the Secretary of [ORG] to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes. S. 29 At the request of Mr. [PERSON] of Florida, the name of the Senator from Alabama (Mrs. [PERSON] ) was added as a cosponsor of S. 29, a bill to make daylight saving time permanent, and for other purposes. [ORG]", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS67", "word_count": 225, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002800", "text": "[[ORG]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- House of Representatives The House met at noon and was called to order by [SPEAKER] (Mr. [PERSON] ).", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH95", "word_count": 31, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000894", "text": "A recent study conducted by scholars at [ORG] pulled crime data from the United States going back 150 years, and during that 150-year period, they were able to reach a uniform conclusion that immigrants during this 150-year period have always been incarcerated at lower rates than native-born Americans. Another recent study commissioned by [ORG], within the [ORG], looked at all crimes committed in Texas from 2012 to 2018 and found that undocumented immigrants--the earlier statistics I have been giving are about immigrants generally, but this study in Texas found that undocumented immigrants are arrested at less than half of the rate of native-born U.S. citizens for violent crimes and drug crimes and at less than a quarter of the rate of native-born citizens for property crimes. Immigration is a plus for the American economy.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 139, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "A recent study conducted by scholars at [ORG]...another recent study commissioned by [ORG]"}
{"id": "crec_007812", "text": "There is a separation, I guess, in how we approach our response to changing climate. One approach is to invest billions, as California has done, in mitigation, that is reducing CO2, and the other is to recognize it is going to stay this way for a very long time. It was said by members of the climate commission at [ORG] that if we stopped all CO2 production today, our climate would not improve for between 30 and 40 years.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH206-2", "word_count": 81, "labels": ["false_dichotomy", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "presents only two approaches (mitigation vs acceptance) while ignoring other options; cites 'members of the climate commission' to support claims about climate lag time"}
{"id": "crec_007604", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] , I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. [PERSON] ). [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , I rise in strong support of H.R.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-3", "word_count": 23, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001611", "text": "This week kicks off a celebration of 100 years of hard work, innovation, and industry leadership by this iconic company. In 1925, [ORG] and [ORG] came together to form what is now known as [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH78-4", "word_count": 42, "labels": ["flag_waving", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "celebration of 100 years of hard work, innovation, and industry leadership; iconic company"}
{"id": "crec_001639", "text": "Then, they send nasty letters and those things into your district and complain about you. We don't have a choice. Let's walk through.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH79", "word_count": 23, "labels": ["loaded_language"], "evidence": "nasty letters and those things"}
{"id": "crec_000548", "text": "12: Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , and Mr. [PERSON] . [PERSON] . 15: Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Arizona, Mr. [PERSON] , and Mr. [PERSON] of Maryland.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH63-27", "word_count": 28, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009073", "text": "A bill to require covered platforms to remove nonconsensual intimate visual depictions, and for other purposes; to [ORG], and [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS225", "word_count": 24, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008425", "text": "One of the consequences is that Americans have been suffering under high prices for energy under President [PERSON] 's Presidency. Electricity prices have risen more than 30 percent. We know that these high prices are the direct result of President [PERSON] 's policies, which put climate activists in the front seat, while working families are left behind.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 55, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "Americans have been suffering under high prices; climate activists in the front seat, while working families are left behind"}
{"id": "crec_007762", "text": "THANKING OREGON FIREFIGHTERS FOR THEIR HEROIC SERVICE ([SPEAKER] asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.) [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , I rise today to thank the heroic firefighters from Oregon who are on the front lines fighting wildfires in California.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH204-6", "word_count": 63, "labels": ["flag_waving"], "evidence": "thanking...heroic firefighters...heroic service"}
{"id": "crec_000768", "text": "We remember him as a naval officer, his call to serve in public service as our President of the United States, and his call to serve those in need after leaving [ORG]. 1 [PERSON] says: Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God's grace in its various forms. The light of the Lord shone through President [PERSON] 's life of service.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS45-6", "word_count": 73, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "invocation of religious authority through biblical quote and reference to 'light of the Lord' to validate the subject's character"}
{"id": "crec_006682", "text": "It goes to this tax cut. I am not exaggerating. This is not a rhetorical flourish.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 16, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_005600", "text": "The President-elect has said he wants to pardon the rioters. These are folks who have been convicted in a court of law. In a dark twist on accountability, the President-elect is threatening retribution against Democrats and Republicans who served on the committee that investigated January 6.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH151-4", "word_count": 46, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "describes pardon as 'dark twist on accountability' and characterizes presidential action as 'threatening retribution'"}
{"id": "crec_000673", "text": "If they played by the rules, that would be one thing. But China is famous for not honoring intellectual property laws and stealing all the technology they can. And they are using their economic power, which is synonymous with their military power because they have something called civilian- military fusion laws, which said if the private sector creates a new innovative product, they have to share it with [ORG] and [ORG] in China.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgS38", "word_count": 78, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "characterizing China as 'famous for not honoring' laws and 'stealing all the technology they can'; framing civilian-military fusion as a threat by emphasizing forced sharing with military organizations"}
{"id": "crec_001227", "text": "The following [ORG] items will also be included: [PERSON] 54 MOD 0 LWT spare parts; [ORG] Recoverable Exercise Torpedoes (REXTORP); handling shapes and containers; training; publications; support and test equipment; [ORG] and contractor engineering, technical, and logistics support services; and other related elements of logistics and program support. The estimated total program cost is $78.5 million. This proposed sale will support the foreign policy goals and national security objectives of the United States by improving the security of a partner country that is a force for political stability and economic progress in the Gulf region.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS64", "word_count": 97, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "support the foreign policy goals and national security objectives of the United States by improving the security of a partner country that is a force for political stability and economic progress"}
{"id": "crec_006532", "text": "He deployed overseas to Iraq, to Afghanistan, and to Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. He is a decorated veteran. He has earned two [PERSON] .", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 24, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "decorated veteran, earned two [PERSON]"}
{"id": "crec_002843", "text": "PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE [SPEAKER]. Will the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. [PERSON] ) come forward and lead the House in the Pledge of Allegiance. Mr. [PERSON] led the Pledge of Allegiance as follows: I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH97-6", "word_count": 75, "labels": ["flag_waving"], "evidence": "pledge of allegiance to the flag emphasizing national symbols and unity"}
{"id": "crec_000509", "text": "A resolution condemning Turkey for its illegal occupation of Cyprus and encouraging President [PERSON] to make the resolution of the Cyprus problem a top foreign policy priority; to [ORG]. By [SPEAKER] (for herself, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , and Ms. [PERSON] ): [PERSON] . 18.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH62-3", "word_count": 47, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001962", "text": "By [SPEAKER] (for herself, Mrs. [PERSON] , and Ms. [PERSON] ): H.R. 329. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the availability of penalty-free distributions to unemployed individuals from retirement plans; to [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH87-2", "word_count": 42, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004518", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] has also served as an educator and drove a school bus. He is known for mentoring his former students. He has been featured in [ORG] North Carolina.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH141", "word_count": 34, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006054", "text": "Gerri had a fierce determination to better her community not just with her words but with her actions, as well. She was a resident of North Myrtle Beach for nearly 22 years, where she was active in her community, including the Horry County Republican Women's Club. She was a true pillar of the South Carolina conservative movement.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH173-3", "word_count": 57, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "fierce determination to better her community, true pillar of the South Carolina conservative movement"}
{"id": "crec_006546", "text": "[ORG] is actually bipartisan legislation. It is a lifesaving bill. It is a lifesaving bill that is going to lock up illegal immigrants and then deport them.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 30, "labels": ["loaded_language", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "calling the bill 'lifesaving' twice without substantiation, combined with emotionally charged framing of immigration enforcement"}
{"id": "crec_006427", "text": "By [SPEAKER]: H.R. 469. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing [ORG], and all other [ORG] vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any [ORG] or Officer thereof.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH187-25", "word_count": 74, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 18"}
{"id": "crec_003664", "text": "1122. RULEMAKING; FEES. (a) Rulemaking.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall publish in [ORG], an interim final rule implementing this title.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS96-2", "word_count": 33, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007728", "text": "The inclusion of a collegiate rodeo team in the inaugural parade is a historic first and a unique representation of our culture and the way of life as Montanans. I am thrilled that these talented ropers and riders will get the chance to experience all that our [ORG] has to offer during such an exciting time for our country. This effort would not have been possible without the collective support of the [ORG], the [ORG] community, university leadership, namely [ORG] Coaches [PERSON] and [PERSON] , and [ORG] President [PERSON] .", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH203-3", "word_count": 93, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "historic first, unique representation of our culture and the way of life as Montanans, exciting time for our country"}
{"id": "crec_000122", "text": "H.R. 23: Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , and Mr. [PERSON] . [PERSON]", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-06", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-06-pt1-PgH50-4", "word_count": 13, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001076", "text": "I am committed to addressing this crisis and to reforming [ORG] to operate with the efficiency and accountability that Americans deserve. To address this spending crisis, we need a plan, and we need accountability. We have some simple reforms that we can make on day one that slash the spending and disrupt the unaccounted-for blank check spending that we are seeing out of [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 68, "labels": ["loaded_language", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "crisis, spending crisis, unaccounted-for blank check spending, slash the spending - emotionally charged language paired with vague promises of efficiency and accountability without specific details"}
{"id": "crec_006675", "text": "We are not here because we are shocked that Republicans want to cut taxes for the ultrawealthy. They do that like clockwork every time they win the House and the Senate and the Presidency. We are here because nothing can distract us from the reality of what is about to happen.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 51, "labels": ["repetition", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "repetition of 'we are here because' structure; loaded language in 'ultrawealthy' and 'nothing can distract us' framing that assumes harmful intent"}
{"id": "crec_008517", "text": "And the Democrats didn't just push woke ideology on adults; they forced it on children in their classrooms and on social media. They have supported biological men competing in women's sports. They are perfectly OK with men sharing locker rooms and showering with girls.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 44, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear", "strawman"], "evidence": "forced it on children; perfectly OK with men sharing locker rooms and showering with girls"}
{"id": "crec_009900", "text": "And we love it so much. We are one people, one family, and one glorious Nation under God. So to every parent who dreams for their child and every child who dreams for their future, I am with you.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS252-8", "word_count": 39, "labels": ["flag_waving", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "one people, one family, and one glorious Nation under God"}
{"id": "crec_009328", "text": "That is why the Republican majorities in the House and the Senate have made it our first order of business to take up [ORG]. This bill is a small but critical step for resolving the [PERSON] border crisis--the first of many, I might add. [ORG] is not a complicated bill.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-17", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-17-pt1-PgS237-5", "word_count": 56, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "framing as 'first order of business' and 'critical step' elevates importance; Republican majorities invoked as authority for the bill's priority"}
{"id": "crec_003976", "text": "I thank her again for being such an integral part of our team.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH118-2", "word_count": 13, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007518", "text": "Secretary of [ORG] nominee [PERSON] has been credibly accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a conference in 2017 and entered into a major private financial settlement over the charges, and there are people planning to vote for this legislation today who also support his nomination. [ORG] Secretary nominee [PERSON] and her husband were recently sued for failing to act on credible allegations of sexual abuse within [ORG] organization. Finally, of course, the President-elect's initial pick for Attorney General, [PERSON] , faces numerous allegations of sex trafficking a minor and statutory rape.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-3", "word_count": 97, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "credibly accused of sexually assaulting, sex trafficking a minor and statutory rape, and repeated enumeration of serious allegations designed to provoke outrage and concern"}
{"id": "crec_000562", "text": "[SPEAKER]. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for 3 minutes in morning business. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgS35-3", "word_count": 16, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000451", "text": "I would also remind the gentleman what [PERSON] said in the United States v. Texas. That is where [ORG] ruled the States currently don't have standing to sue to enforce these laws. What he actually says was, the ruling was, it would require a change in law: elevating de facto injuries to the status of legally cognizable injuries redressable by a [ORG] court.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH53-4", "word_count": 66, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "invokes Supreme Court ruling and legal authority (United States v. Texas) to support argument about standing to sue"}
{"id": "crec_003112", "text": "SA 7. [SPEAKER] submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill [ORG], to require the Secretary of [ORG] to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: Beginning on page 3, strike line 3 and all that follows through page 8, line 9. SA 8.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS92-2", "word_count": 71, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001379", "text": "Families are unable to make ends meet because they are being ripped off by billionaire corporations that don't care about anything but the bottom line. There are over 40 million hungry people in this country who don't know where their next meal is going to come from. There are 40 million hungry people in the richest country on Earth.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH67-6", "word_count": 59, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear", "repetition"], "evidence": "ripped off by billionaire corporations, 40 million hungry people repeated twice for emphasis, emotional language framing economic struggle as exploitation and crisis"}
{"id": "crec_000197", "text": "I mention January 6 to warn this generation and future generations of the immense dangers that arise when election denialism is tolerated and excused and propagated. We can never ever again allow the level of unhinged election denialism to happen, not from Republicans, not from Democrats, not from anyone. We are setting an example today.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-06", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-06-pt1-PgS32-4", "word_count": 55, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "warn this generation and future generations of the immense dangers; We can never ever again allow; setting an example"}
{"id": "crec_009429", "text": "MEASURES REFERRED The following bill was read the first and the second times by unanimous consent, and referred as indicated: H.R. 30. An act to amend [ORG] to provide that aliens who have been convicted of or who have committed sex offenses or domestic violence are inadmissible and deportable; to [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-17", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-17-pt1-PgS242-4", "word_count": 72, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000144", "text": "Today, I want to offer my warmest congratulations to President [PERSON] and Vice President-elect [ORG]. They scored a tremendous victory this last November. Republicans improved our margins in nearly 90 percent of counties in the United States and grew support with nearly every demographic group.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-06", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-06-pt1-PgS31-7", "word_count": 45, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "warmest congratulations, tremendous victory, improved margins in nearly 90 percent of counties"}
{"id": "crec_004095", "text": "In Congress, I am committed to rising above the division and coming up with bipartisan solutions to solve our [ORG]'s biggest problems. I will work with anyone, Democrat or Republican, who is willing to come together, put partisanship aside, and to make life better for the people that we all serve. I want my constituents to know how grateful I am to have this opportunity, and I wake up every day with the mission and the purpose to serve them in this [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH123", "word_count": 83, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "rising above the division and coming up with bipartisan solutions"}
{"id": "crec_004078", "text": "In fact, most recently, as ranking Democrat on [ORG] and Related Agencies Subcommittee, I was flown on an extensive tour over Los Angeles by a [ORG] helicopter to evaluate freshwater challenges in that drought-prone region. As the granddaughter of a forester, experience led me to question how such densely developed communities with housing perched on forested ascending hillsides could be evacuated in the event of emergency. My stomach became queasy at the thought, and my premonition is now being affirmed.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH123-2", "word_count": 88, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "ranking Democrat on [ORG] and Related Agencies Subcommittee, I was flown on an extensive tour"}
{"id": "crec_004781", "text": "PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE [SPEAKER] led the Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS127-3", "word_count": 55, "labels": ["flag_waving"], "evidence": "pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America"}
{"id": "crec_002512", "text": "The yeas and nays were ordered. [SPEAKER]. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this motion will be postponed.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH103", "word_count": 22, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004018", "text": "I am excited to see such a strong presence of Iowans in our [ORG]. From local leaders to activists to business owners, students, and veterans, Iowans of all walks of life are coming together to witness this historic event. It is a testament to the pride and dedication we have in our [ORG] and our country.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH120-2", "word_count": 57, "labels": ["flag_waving", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "pride and dedication we have in our [ORG] and our country; historic event; Iowans of all walks of life coming together"}
{"id": "crec_002145", "text": "Well, this bill will be a fine place to start. We should allow debate and amendments on the bill. This is an important issue.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS69-6", "word_count": 24, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001054", "text": "We trained 248 executive green belts. Those are the upper level executives--again, more training. Then we trained nine black belts.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 20, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_003562", "text": "Subtitle B--Preservation and Construction of Farm Worker Housing Sec. 1220. Short title.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS96-2", "word_count": 12, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007956", "text": "Competence is important. Having the fire systems ready at the go, and if it isn't ready enough, if it isn't big enough, then we talk about: Well, how do we make them better? How do we make them bigger.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH206-2", "word_count": 39, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007012", "text": "They may believe it, but they don't have the evidence to present to this body because the intelligence community has not provided it. Otherwise, again, as I am saying, we would have a very different debate. And this is a very important issue because [ORG] just had a hearing--it is unbelievable that it is 9 months later--on the constitutionality of your ban.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 64, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "intelligence community has not provided it; unbelievable that it is 9 months later"}
{"id": "crec_007887", "text": "The Canadian ones were not that far from here. This one came all the way from California. Our water supply would help L.A. and others to be able to have a better chance of fighting fires by keeping all their reservoirs full.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH206-2", "word_count": 42, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "framing water supply contribution as helping distant authorities (L.A.) with vague positive outcome of 'better chance of fighting fires'"}
{"id": "crec_009689", "text": "For this reason, in 2022, I urged the [PERSON] administration never to lift title 42 without a plan and without the resources to execute it. They were unprepared for what was to come, and they were too slow to act. It is clear to almost everybody today that our system isn't built for today's conditions.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS245-6", "word_count": 55, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "I urged the [PERSON] administration...They were unprepared...too slow to act"}
{"id": "crec_003145", "text": "[ORG]. 1302. Mandatory electronic verification for the agricultural industry.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS92-2", "word_count": 9, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006604", "text": "The American people saw beyond the [PERSON] -[PERSON] administration's false claims that the border was secure and last November gave a very clear and compelling mandate: Secure the border. Secure the border. Already, the new Republican Senate majority is taking a first step to protect the American people against the consequences of [ORG] policies by working to pass [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 64, "labels": ["repetition", "appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "repetition of 'Secure the border' and framing immigration as requiring protection 'against the consequences' of prior policies"}
{"id": "crec_002369", "text": "By [SPEAKER] (for herself, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mrs. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , and Mr. [PERSON] ): S. 53. A bill to require the Secretary of [ORG] to fingerprint noncitizen minors entering the United States who are suspected of being victims of human trafficking, to require the Secretary to publicly disclose the number of such minors who are fingerprinted by [ORG] ([ORG]) officials and the number of child traffickers who are apprehended by [ORG], to impose criminal penalties on noncitizen adults who use unrelated minors to gain entry into the United States, and for other purposes; to [ORG]. By [SPEAKER] (for himself and Mr. [PERSON] ): S. 54.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS78-2", "word_count": 120, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006249", "text": "Let's have some reasonable cuts. Let's increase the debt ceiling as necessary, but only as necessary. We are not even asking for dollar for dollar on the debt ceiling.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH178", "word_count": 29, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001970", "text": "A resolution electing Members to certain standing committees of [ORG]; considered and agreed to. By [SPEAKER]: [PERSON] . 22.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH87-2", "word_count": 22, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009157", "text": "Recruitment and retention of wildland firefighters has been a national issue for many years. (15) Wildland firefighters put their lives on the line to keep the people of the United States safe, and some pay the ultimate sacrifice to do so. Between January 1, 2019, and January 1, 2025, 98 wildland firefighters have lost their lives fighting fires.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS227-3", "word_count": 58, "labels": ["flag_waving"], "evidence": "Wildland firefighters put their lives on the line to keep the people of the United States safe, and some pay the ultimate sacrifice"}
{"id": "crec_007129", "text": "In particular, under the amended order, the United States may still sanction any person determined to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have directly or indirectly engaged in, or attempted to engage in actions or policies that further threaten the peace, security, stability, or territorial integrity of Syria or the commission of serious human rights abuse. I am enclosing a copy of the Executive Order I have issued. [PERSON] , Jr.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS184-2", "word_count": 74, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001299", "text": "THE [ORG] [SPEAKER]. The [ORG] has examined [ORG] proceedings and announces to the House the approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule I, the [ORG] stands approved.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH65-4", "word_count": 46, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008529", "text": "We also need to get behind President [PERSON] on passing one reconciliation bill that will secure our border, reignite our energy independence, and cut taxes so the American economy can boom again. On the global stage, the Senate needs to get behind President [PERSON] pressuring NATO, all the NATO countries, to pay their fair share. No more military handouts for European countries and no more lighting taxpayer dollars on fire on behalf of Ukraine.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 74, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "loaded_language", "bandwagon"], "evidence": "'get behind President [PERSON]' and 'lighting taxpayer dollars on fire' combined with appeal to support the president's agenda"}
{"id": "crec_002129", "text": "New administrations typically take a few weeks to name their first nominees, but President [PERSON] has shown he wants to get to work quickly in executing the mandate he has received from the American people, and he deserves to have his team in place in order to help him do that. That is going to require some work from the Senate, and we are ready to get to it. The Senate will provide each of the President's nominees with a fair process.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS69-6", "word_count": 82, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "bandwagon"], "evidence": "President has received a mandate from the American people; Senate will provide fair process"}
{"id": "crec_009659", "text": "The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. [SPEAKER]. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS245-6", "word_count": 26, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001310", "text": "----------------------------------------------------------------------- House of Representatives The House met at 9:30 a.m. and was called to order by [SPEAKER] (Mr. [PERSON] ).", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH65", "word_count": 32, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002544", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] , by ensuring that the [ORG] continues to use [ORG] for its space needs, H.R. 189 is going to help reduce costs and protect taxpayers against wasteful spending. Mr. [PERSON] , I thank the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia (Ms. [PERSON] ) for her work on this bill.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH104", "word_count": 48, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "reduce costs and protect taxpayers against wasteful spending"}
{"id": "crec_007931", "text": "This is what goes on. Governor [PERSON] is not doing much to help these water projects move along with any kind of speed. He feigned it a little bit on the [PERSON] one year saying: Well, we are going to make the lawsuits end--end the lawsuits faster on it.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH206-2", "word_count": 49, "labels": ["ad_hominem", "doubt"], "evidence": "'feigned it a little bit' - questioning the governor's sincerity and suggesting deceptive behavior"}
{"id": "crec_004140", "text": "[PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] of Florida, Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mrs. [PERSON] , Mrs. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] of Pennsylvania, Mr. [PERSON] . (3) Committee on energy and commerce.--Mr. [PERSON] , to rank immediately after Mr. [PERSON] of Louisiana.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH125-6", "word_count": 48, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_003035", "text": "For decades, American infrastructure has been neglected. But our Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is finally modernizing the nation's roads, bridges, ports, airports, transit systems, and more; removing every lead pipe in America, so every child can drink clean water; and providing affordable high-speed internet for every American, no matter where they live. And it's making sure these projects are done with American products and American workers, creating hundreds of thousands of good-paying new jobs, many of them union jobs.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS88-2", "word_count": 78, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "sweeping positive claims ('finally modernizing,' 'every child,' 'every American') combined with emphasis on 'American products and American workers' and 'good-paying jobs'"}
{"id": "crec_006189", "text": "Last time I checked, the American people did not send us to Washington and they did not give us the majority in [ORG] House of Representatives, the people's House, to rack up more deficits. With all due respect to my Republican colleagues, we are currently on track to do just that. We are projected to have a $2 trillion-deficit next year.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH178", "word_count": 63, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "calling House 'the people's House' and invoking what 'American people did not send us to do' appeals to authority of popular will; 'rack up' is loaded language for deficit spending"}
{"id": "crec_009378", "text": "Realize we should care about all those children left without a parent at their house, but that is both citizen and noncitizen children. So let's not pretend this flaw only affects folks who are undocumented; it affects our citizen children as well. But, again, we should care about both sets of children thriving.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-17", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-17-pt1-PgS237-5", "word_count": 53, "labels": ["strawman"], "evidence": "characterizes concern for undocumented children as 'pretending' the problem only affects them, when the original point wasn't that it exclusively affects noncitizens"}
{"id": "crec_004634", "text": "Should they be part of the first generation that is poor? They don't have to be. There is a way the math works.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH142-3", "word_count": 23, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004409", "text": "Tragically, H.R. 28 uses [ORG], which is intended to prevent discrimination, to in fact discriminate. This is not what parents and families want.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 24, "labels": ["loaded_language", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "Uses 'Tragically' and claims the law 'discriminate[s]' while asserting what 'parents and families want' without evidence, presenting a false choice between the organization's stated purpose and alleged discrimination"}
{"id": "crec_006177", "text": "I am grateful for the work my Republican colleagues have done to push these bills forward. We are wasting no time to get some of the sensible legislation that we were able to get passed and went nowhere in the Senate in the last Congress, and we want to give the Senate an opportunity to vote on this again. I sincerely believe there will be Democrats who see the sensible approach with this.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH175-6", "word_count": 73, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "bandwagon"], "evidence": "'sensible legislation' and 'sensible approach' used repeatedly without defining specifics; appeal to common sense and potential bipartisan agreement"}
{"id": "crec_005898", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] , I rise today in strong support of [ORG]. In today's global economy, it is customary for the United States to enter into tax treaties with like-minded allies to lessen potential double-tax burdens and encourage cross-border investment. The United States currently has tax agreements with over 60 foreign tax jurisdictions.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH160-6", "word_count": 58, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "like-minded allies"}
{"id": "crec_004550", "text": "Huh? It is a whole made up term now. The law is the law.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH142-3", "word_count": 14, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007072", "text": "The Senator from Delaware. Amendment No. 23 [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 8, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007519", "text": "There are civil adjudications of sexual abuse going to the very top of the new administration. The law, as it stands today and as we have had it for decades, provides for waivers to protect the immigration status of victims of domestic violence who are charged with fighting back against their abuser. While the proposed bill would retain waivers for victims in the deportability context, it would not allow for waivers or exceptions in the inadmissibility context.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-3", "word_count": 77, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "civil adjudications of sexual abuse going to the very top of the new administration"}
{"id": "crec_001790", "text": "Raising the minimum wage would create that rising tide that would raise the wages above the minimum wage. The minimum wage has an impact not only on those who are receiving it but also others who are workers. It has an impact on the working class.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH82", "word_count": 46, "labels": ["repetition", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "repeated emphasis on 'minimum wage' and 'impact' combined with vague promise of 'rising tide that would raise' wages without specific mechanisms"}
{"id": "crec_004870", "text": "The Senator from Texas. cabinet nominations [SPEAKER]. Madam President, last week, I had a chance to lay out some of my top priorities for the new Congress as Republicans take the helm.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS130-5", "word_count": 32, "labels": ["flag_waving"], "evidence": "Republicans take the helm"}
{"id": "crec_007813", "text": "During this period of time, we are going to see a repeat of what we are seeing in southern California unless we do something about it. What is that something? Well, the first thing to do is recognize that the money you put into mitigation is not going to be available for adaptation.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH206-2", "word_count": 53, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "repeat of what we are seeing in southern California unless we do something; money into mitigation is not going to be available for adaptation"}
{"id": "crec_008787", "text": "A second amendment that I have creates some of the flexibility that exists in current law that doesn't exist under this bill. It requires [ORG] to employ what is referred to as the best interest standard for the child. This is a standard that is used in virtually every single [ORG] in the foster care and child service industry.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 59, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "bandwagon"], "evidence": "standard that is used in virtually every single [ORG] in the foster care and child service industry"}
{"id": "crec_004136", "text": "[SPEAKER]. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Nebraska? There was no objection.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH125-5", "word_count": 16, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002711", "text": "8, cl. 18: to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing [ORG], and all other [ORG] vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any [ORG] or Officer thereof.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH111-4", "word_count": 42, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009183", "text": "103. Transparency in hazardous fuels reduction activity reporting. [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS227-4", "word_count": 9, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000316", "text": "I trust that my friends agree that those who commit horrific, violent crimes like these must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. This bill fails to take any meaningful action to improve our broken immigration system and to prevent crimes like this from occurring again, whether the undocumented aliens entered under a Democratic administration, as they have, or a Republican administration, as they have. We are asked to vote on a bill that fails to address any of the real issues at stake, and we are foreclosed from offering any amendments to improve this sloppy and political product.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH53-4", "word_count": 101, "labels": ["bandwagon", "appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "'those who commit horrific, violent crimes like these must be prosecuted' and 'prevent crimes like this from occurring again'"}
{"id": "crec_002447", "text": "[SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , in closing, [PERSON] 152 is a good government bill that will help improve disaster recovery efforts.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH100", "word_count": 19, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_003996", "text": "[PERSON] and [PERSON] also ran for the [PERSON] County boys team, and [PERSON] , [PERSON] , and [PERSON] were members of the post-season championship team. The team is led by Coach [PERSON] , who was named [ORG] of the Year for both girls and boys. According to [PERSON] , the guys simply outperformed what we thought they would do.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH119-2", "word_count": 66, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000979", "text": "[ORG], every cent being spent will now be scrutinized. All regulations must be justified and continually rejustified using data and outcomes, not just ideology. And the government works for the people, not the other way around.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 36, "labels": ["flag_waving", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "the government works for the people, not the other way around"}
{"id": "crec_000176", "text": "[[ORG]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Senate The Senate met at 12 noon and was called to order by [SPEAKER] (Mr. [PERSON] ).", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-06", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-06-pt1-PgS31", "word_count": 30, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006133", "text": "[SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , North Dakota, like Utah, definitely hits above its weight, and the gentlewoman from North Dakota's presence is key on all of these particular issues. Mr. [PERSON] , I yield to the gentlewoman from Indiana (Mrs. [PERSON] ), our [ORG] secretary.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH175-6", "word_count": 41, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006674", "text": "That is going to illustrate in three dimensions that all of this talk about lowering costs was a lie. I am here with my Senate Democratic colleagues, including members of [ORG], led by Senator [PERSON] on the Democratic side, who will be on the forefront of this particular fight. We are not here because we are surprised that Republicans are going to raise and not lower costs because we know that was the plan all along.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 79, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "calling previous statements 'a lie' and asserting Republicans had a plan to raise costs 'all along' uses charged language and suggests intentional deception to undermine trust"}
{"id": "crec_009479", "text": "Pursuant to [PERSON] . 43, and without objection, Members will now proceed to the rotunda to attend the inaugural ceremonies for the President and Vice President of the United States. Thereupon, at 10 o'clock and 6 minutes a.m., the Members of the House, preceded by [ORG] and [SPEAKER], proceeded to the rotunda of the Capitol.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgH225-8", "word_count": 58, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008602", "text": "How many times do people talk about clean drinking water and sanitation? It is so critical to public health and so critical to development. Sometimes, we are looking for a big solution, a complex solution, when a simple solution is the first thing that is needed.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 46, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "repetition"], "evidence": "repetition of 'critical' and use of vague, appealing concepts like 'clean drinking water,' 'public health,' 'development,' and 'simple solution' without specific policy details"}
{"id": "crec_006516", "text": "Imagine, that is what he said, not enough people are using hydrocarbons. That is the crisis in the world. Can you believe it?", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS160-3", "word_count": 23, "labels": ["strawman", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "misrepresenting someone's position as 'not enough people are using hydrocarbons' and framing it with 'Can you believe it?' to express incredulity and dismiss the actual argument"}
{"id": "crec_009860", "text": "We set records, and I will not forget it. I have heard your voices in the campaign, and I look forward to working with you in the years to come. Today is [PERSON] , and in his honor--this will be a great honor--but, in his honor, we will strive together to make his dream a reality.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS252-8", "word_count": 58, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "strive together to make his dream a reality"}
{"id": "crec_002650", "text": "By [SPEAKER] (for himself, Mr. [PERSON] , and Mr. [PERSON] ): [ORG]. A bill to amend [ORG] to increase surface water and groundwater storage, and for other purposes; to [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH109-5", "word_count": 38, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007537", "text": "It is common practice for the police to arrest both parties in that situation when responding to a domestic violence incident. The police write a report, describing how the victim hit her abuser in self- defense. Under this bill, that is an admission constituting the elements of domestic violence, and this woman is now inadmissible and subject to deportation.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-3", "word_count": 59, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "woman is now inadmissible and subject to deportation"}
{"id": "crec_004422", "text": "This bill does not do that. I emphasize that my colleagues still have not explained how enforcement is going to happen without serious and risky invasions of privacy and the inquiry of intensely personal information. Mr. [PERSON] , I urge my colleagues to show some compassion, show some humanity, and please reject this partisan bill that will harm our [ORG]'s youth.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 60, "labels": ["loaded_language", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "show some compassion, show some humanity\"}\n```\n\nWait, I need to correct this - \"appeal_to_emotion\" is not in my allowed labels list.\n\n```json\n{\"labels\": [\"loaded_language\", \"false_dichotomy\"], \"evidence\": \"show some compassion, show some humanity, and please reject this partisan bill"}
{"id": "crec_004113", "text": "As a parent, I find this terrifying and downright sick. Let me be clear, every kid should be able to play sports, and this bill is just a mean, cruel bullying tactic. My Republican colleagues are obsessed with passing a bill to protect predators.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH124-8", "word_count": 44, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language", "name_calling"], "evidence": "'terrifying and downright sick' and 'protect predators'"}
{"id": "crec_009644", "text": "Recognition of the Minority Leader The Democratic leader is recognized. [ORG] [SPEAKER]. Mr. President, a few hours ago, beneath the dome of the U.S. Capitol, with the eyes of the world upon us, the United States carried out, yet again, a peaceful transfer of power.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS245-6", "word_count": 47, "labels": ["flag_waving", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "beneath the dome of the U.S. Capitol, with the eyes of the world upon us, the United States carried out, yet again, a peaceful transfer of power"}
{"id": "crec_002693", "text": "By [SPEAKER]: [PERSON] . 32. A resolution congratulating [ORG] [PERSON] football team for winning the 2024 [ORG] title; to [ORG] and [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH109-5", "word_count": 37, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007460", "text": "The typically out-of-control [ORG] has decided to pull back on some really overreaching truck and train regulations. CARB, as it is known, an unelected body appointed by Governor [PERSON] , has decided to withdraw a Clean Air Act waiver to the EPA for both [ORG] and In-Use Locomotive Regulation rules. [ORG] and locomotive rules were unrealistic from the start.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH190-5", "word_count": 68, "labels": ["loaded_language", "ad_hominem"], "evidence": "typically out-of-control [ORG] and unelected body appointed by Governor"}
{"id": "crec_002115", "text": "PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE [SPEAKER] led the Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS69-3", "word_count": 55, "labels": ["flag_waving"], "evidence": "pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America"}
{"id": "crec_006925", "text": "And what would we use that revenue for? Well, it would be used to provide nearly 20,000 scholarships each and every year for American students pursuing advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering, math, and other fields vital to the competitiveness of our Nation. If the Members of this body truly believe we need H-1B visas in order to compensate for a shortage of skilled American professionals, this amendment will attract tens of thousands of America's best and brightest young people into those fields.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 83, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "phrases like 'America's best and brightest young people' and 'vital to the competitiveness of our Nation' use vague, emotionally appealing language to promote nationalistic sentiment without specific details"}
{"id": "crec_000091", "text": "By [SPEAKER] (for himself, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , and Mr. [PERSON] of Louisiana): H.R. 215. A bill to amend title V of the Social Security Act to require assurances that certain family planning service projects and programs will provide pamphlets containing the contact information of adoption centers; to [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-06", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-06-pt1-PgH49-4", "word_count": 54, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007543", "text": "This bill makes it more likely that we harm the very people we want to protect. [SPEAKER]. The time of the gentlewoman has expired.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-3", "word_count": 24, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "makes it more likely that we harm the very people we want to protect"}
{"id": "crec_003141", "text": "Subtitle B--Preservation and Construction of Farm Worker Housing Sec. 1220. Short title.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS92-2", "word_count": 12, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004023", "text": "That is exploitation. That is egregious, but it is exactly what this Republican bill does. It allows adults--not medical professionals, just random adults--to demand to inspect our child's genitals without parental consent.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH120", "word_count": 32, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "describes bill as allowing 'random adults' to 'inspect our child's genitals' using charged language like 'exploitation' and 'egregious'"}
{"id": "crec_007950", "text": "Yes, 97 percent of this particular forest that we are supposed to manage has burned over this period of time. That is worse than an F grade. It is astounding that the citizens are putting up with this.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH206-2", "word_count": 38, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "97 percent...has burned...worse than an F grade...astounding that citizens are putting up with this"}
{"id": "crec_003495", "text": "[SPEAKER] submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill [ORG], supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. SA 6. [SPEAKER] submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill [ORG], supra; which was ordered to lie on the table.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS92", "word_count": 50, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004513", "text": "1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, within 90 days prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in [ORG] and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date. In accordance with this provision, I have sent to [ORG] for publication the enclosed notice stating that the national emergency with respect to the situation in the West Bank declared in Executive Order 14115 of February 1, 2024, is to continue in effect beyond February 1, 2025. The situation in the West Bank--in particular high levels of extremist settler violence, forced displacement of people and villages, and property destruction--has reached intolerable levels and constitutes a serious threat to the peace, security, and stability of the West Bank and Gaza, Israel, and the broader Middle East region.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH141-6", "word_count": 147, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "intolerable levels, serious threat to peace, security, and stability, extremist settler violence, forced displacement"}
{"id": "crec_002907", "text": "It should pass. Mr. [PERSON] , I yield back the balance of my time. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH99-4", "word_count": 14, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004663", "text": "Any text based or private messaging function in the software platform used to facilitate the participation of a remote witness must be disabled unless it is used to provide technical support to the witness, which may be excluded from the public video stream and will not be considered a committee record. Only witnesses approved for remote participation may have participatory access on the software platform. Committees may only utilize a software platform certified by the Chief Administrative Officer.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH146", "word_count": 78, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002329", "text": "Kentuckians from all across the [ORG] travel to Paducah each year, the cherished home of [ORG] and other famed attractions like the Paducah Riverfront, [ORG], [ORG], [ORG], and [ORG], the county's oldest museum. It is no surprise that, every year, more and more families decide to call McCracken County home. With the leadership of Judge Executive [PERSON] , [ORG], and other dedicated Kentuckians, this vibrant community will continue to succeed in our [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS76-5", "word_count": 96, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "bandwagon"], "evidence": "cherished home, vibrant community, dedicated Kentuckians, continue to succeed"}
{"id": "crec_006642", "text": "Then, after [PERSON] became President, in just the first 6 months of 2021, Nebraska law enforcement took 151,000 pills off our streets--from 46 to 151,000. While I was Governor, after [PERSON] became President, we saw that our law enforcement started confiscating twice as much methamphetamine, 3 times as much fentanyl, and 10 times as much cocaine because of our open southern border and the cartels taking advantage of it. And just like all around the country, our young people paid the price as well.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 84, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "dramatic statistics (46 to 151,000 pills) combined with 'our young people paid the price' to emotionally amplify drug crisis severity and create alarm"}
{"id": "crec_001939", "text": "A bill to amend [ORG] to add additional protections against harmful practices within the credit repair organization industry, and for other purposes; to [ORG]. By Mrs. [PERSON] (for herself, Mr. [PERSON] of Illinois, and Ms. [PERSON] of Illinois): H.R. 307.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH87-2", "word_count": 48, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004342", "text": "While there are real problems impacting women's sports, including sexual violence, lack of equal resources, and pay inequality, this bill does nothing to address them. Mr. [PERSON] , I urge all of my colleagues to focus on addressing the pressing issues facing everyday Americans and to reject this hateful legislation. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 50, "labels": ["strawman", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "characterizes bill as 'hateful legislation' while acknowledging real problems exist but claims bill 'does nothing to address them'—misrepresents the bill's actual provisions; 'hateful' is loaded language without substantiation"}
{"id": "crec_001573", "text": "In the aftermath of the Watergate scandal and [PERSON] disgracing of [ORG], the country seemed cynical about government and all institutions of power. Along came [PERSON] , the Democratic governor of Georgia who was allergic to lobbyists, disdainful of Washington's powerful social networks and adamant that government could be a force for good. His idealistic aims didn't always produce results, and [PERSON] , who died Dec. 29 at 100 years old, had to learn the hard way that in Washington, massaging people could be as important as having the facts on your side.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH76-5", "word_count": 95, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "'government could be a force for good' and 'idealistic aims' present optimistic abstractions without specific policy details"}
{"id": "crec_000291", "text": "I said at the time that, today, the name on the bill is [PERSON] . Tomorrow, it will be another victim of these policies, another son, daughter, or loved one. It won't stop until this administration is stopped, and that can only be done by the American people.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH53-4", "word_count": 48, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "another victim of these policies, another son, daughter, or loved one. It won't stop until this administration is stopped"}
{"id": "crec_004470", "text": "[SPEAKER] will redesignate the motion. [SPEAKER] redesignated the motion. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH139", "word_count": 10, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006060", "text": "He is a shining example of why Ohio's 13th Congressional District is known as the birthplace of champions.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH173-4", "word_count": 18, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "shining example of why Ohio's 13th Congressional District is known as the birthplace of champions"}
{"id": "crec_008825", "text": "So I ask for my Republican colleagues to consider providing an opportunity because they--it takes 100 percent. Every single Senator has to agree to hear an amendment. We used to have the Senate code.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 34, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "repetition"], "evidence": "references established Senate procedure ('We used to have the Senate code') and repeats 'every single' to emphasize unanimous requirement"}
{"id": "crec_008115", "text": "By [SPEAKER]: H.R. 497. A bill to amend title [ORG] to provide clarification with respect to the liability of third party payers for medical assistance paid under the [ORG] program, and for other purposes; to [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH217-3", "word_count": 46, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007680", "text": "The yeas and nays were ordered. [SPEAKER]. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the [ORG] will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of passage.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-3", "word_count": 33, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001193", "text": "3. [ORG] (BIT) Reprogramming Equipment ([ORG]) is used to interface with weapon systems to initiate and report [ORG] results and upload and download flight software. [ORG] supports multiple munitions platforms with a range of applications that perform preflight checks, periodic maintenance checks, loading of [ORG] data, loading of munitions mission planning data, loading of [ORG] cryptographic keys, and declassification of munitions memory.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS62", "word_count": 70, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002730", "text": "By [SPEAKER]: [PERSON] 358. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing [ORG], and all other [ORG] vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any [ORG] or Officer thereof.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH112-21", "word_count": 77, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper"}
{"id": "crec_006156", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] , I thank the gentleman from California. Again, we continue to pray that the best outcomes possible will continue to happen for California. Mr. [PERSON] , my next speaker from Montana (Mr.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH175-6", "word_count": 32, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_003477", "text": "(2) Electronic forms.--All forms designated or established by the Secretary that are necessary to implement this title and the amendments made by this title-- (A) shall be made available in paper or electronic formats; and (B) shall be designed in such a manner to facilitate electronic completion, storage, and transmittal.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS92-2", "word_count": 50, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000911", "text": "We also passed legislation, Strengthening VA Cybersecurity Act. I was so pleased that that got signed into law to make certain that the identities and the healthcare information, the benefit information of our veterans, is going to be protected. In Tennessee, we have a big military presence.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 47, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "Strengthening VA Cybersecurity Act to protect veterans' identities and healthcare information; emphasis on Tennessee's military presence"}
{"id": "crec_002768", "text": "210: Mr. [PERSON] of Texas, Ms. [PERSON] , and Ms. [PERSON] . [PERSON] 211: Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Texas, and Ms. [PERSON] .", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH112-41", "word_count": 21, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004312", "text": "This bill is sloppy, vague, and prejudiced. [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , I yield 1\\1/2\\ minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. [PERSON] ).", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 21, "labels": ["loaded_language"], "evidence": "sloppy, vague, and prejudiced"}
{"id": "crec_003009", "text": "[SPEAKER]. I ask for the yeas and nays. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS85-2", "word_count": 9, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007916", "text": "We don't really have to resort to [ORG] ways of doing that either because we have so much supply that comes, even in the lighter years, from the other areas if we just save it, distribute it, and wisely use it. We can still do the environmental things we need to do. The delta doesn't need nearly the amount of water flowing through it to flush the salt.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH206-2", "word_count": 69, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "we can still do the environmental things we need to do"}
{"id": "crec_009764", "text": "I urge you all to join me in voting for [PERSON] . (Applause.) [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS251-2", "word_count": 14, "labels": ["bandwagon"], "evidence": "urge you all to join me in voting"}
{"id": "crec_006000", "text": "14, and [PERSON] on Roll Call No. 15. personal explanation Mrs. [PERSON] . Mr. [PERSON] , due to a death in the family, I needed to attend to the funeral proceedings and was unable to vote on the House floor.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH170", "word_count": 38, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006309", "text": "A bill to amend title 11 of the United States Code to modify the dischargeability of debts for certain educational payments and loans; to [ORG]. By [SPEAKER] (for himself and Mr. [PERSON] ): H.R. 424.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH182-3", "word_count": 38, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006594", "text": "It will ensure that other illegal immigrants who are not dissimilar to her killer are detained for their crimes before they get a chance to commit another and maybe a more serious offense. Anyone who has entered the United States illegally and then committed a crime should and will face detention and deportation. It sounds like common sense to me.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 60, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "linking illegal immigrants to a killer and suggesting detention prevents 'more serious' future crimes"}
{"id": "crec_007157", "text": "S. 84 At the request of Ms. [PERSON] , the names of the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. [PERSON] ) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. [PERSON] ) were added as cosponsors of S. 84, a bill to require [ORG] and Customs Enforcement to take into custody certain aliens who have been charged in the United States with a crime that resulted in the death or serious bodily injury of another person, and for other purposes. S. 89 At the request of Mr. [PERSON] , the name of the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. [PERSON] ) was added as a cosponsor of [ORG], a bill to reform restrictions on the importation of firearms and ammunition. S. RES.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS186-2", "word_count": 113, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008186", "text": "[PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Illinois, Ms. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] of New York, and Ms. [PERSON] ): [PERSON] . 51. A resolution honoring [ORG], on reaching the historic milestone of 105 years of scholarship, service, sisterhood, and finer womanhood; to [ORG] and [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH217-3", "word_count": 48, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_003025", "text": "Unemployment was high and the risk of long-term damage was real. My Administration responded with a new economic playbook to rebuild our economy from the middle out and bottom up, not the top down. Since then, we've made historic investments in our nation and in the industries of the future.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS88-2", "word_count": 50, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "historic investments in our nation and in the industries of the future"}
{"id": "crec_008650", "text": "First, the baby can't stop coughing--not even to eat, not even to breathe. Then come seizures and strokes, then a breathing tube and a ventilator, and finally a machine to take over failing heart and lung function, and then they die. That is horrific.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 44, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "graphic progression of medical deterioration ('can't stop coughing,' 'seizures,' 'strokes,' 'die') combined with emotionally charged language ('horrific')"}
{"id": "crec_006980", "text": "Even so, that sale would have to pass legal review and guarantee that China retains no residual influence at the company or through its algorithm, no residual influence whatsoever. But one way or the other, communist China will no longer exert this massive influence over our Nation and our kids. I will now yield to Senator [PERSON] .", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 57, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "communist China will no longer exert this massive influence over our Nation and our kids"}
{"id": "crec_009788", "text": "60 intended to be proposed to S. 5, a bill to require the Secretary of [ORG] to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS252-6", "word_count": 36, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001885", "text": "A bill to prohibit the sale of petroleum products from [ORG] to certain entities, and for other purposes; to [ORG]. By [SPEAKER]: [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH87-2", "word_count": 32, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_005999", "text": "33. personal explanation [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , I missed the following votes, but had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 13, [PERSON] on Roll Call No.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH170", "word_count": 31, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001652", "text": "For an entire year's borrowing, for the entire year, it would cover 6.4 hours. Yay, we made a big impact. We covered 6.4 hours of an entire year's worth of borrowing.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH79", "word_count": 31, "labels": ["loaded_language"], "evidence": "sarcastic tone with 'Yay, we made a big impact' to mock the ineffectiveness of a measure"}
{"id": "crec_009421", "text": "[SPEAKER]. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-17", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-17-pt1-PgS237-5", "word_count": 17, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006247", "text": "It is just debt and interest payments that we are paying for things that we bought in the past. All that we are saying is, look, if you have a better plan than we do, [PERSON] bless it. Let's see it, and let's see the real cuts.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH178", "word_count": 47, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "if you have a better plan than we do, [PERSON] bless it. Let's see it, and let's see the real cuts - frames the speaker's plan as the only viable option and appeals to authority"}
{"id": "crec_008491", "text": "The Senator from Massachusetts. Nomination of [PERSON] [SPEAKER]. Mr. President, I rise today to urge my colleagues to reject [PERSON] as the next Secretary of [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 29, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004797", "text": "I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS127-8", "word_count": 12, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_005982", "text": "TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY SALARY TRANSPARENCY ACT [SPEAKER]. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 144) to provide that [ORG] and Sunset Act of 1995 does not apply to certain reports required to be submitted by [ORG], and for other purposes on which the yeas and nays were ordered.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH169", "word_count": 85, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001101", "text": "Under a de novo standard of review, courts will weigh the merits of the arguments without deference--without deference standards--to either side, placing American citizens and businesses, either caught on the wrong side of regulatory enforcement action or challenging the validity in the first place, on equal footing in a court with that [ORG]. This is a critical effort, which will strip power away from the unelected bureaucrats and put the power back in the hands of Americans. I look forward to working hand in hand with the [PERSON] administration, [PERSON] , [PERSON] , and my colleagues in the DOGE Caucus to finally reform and dismantle the administrative state, shrink the size of [ORG], reinstitute fiscal sanity here in Washington, and stop these Agencies from burdening American citizens with onerous regulatory schemes.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 133, "labels": ["flag_waving", "appeal_to_authority", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "put the power back in the hands of Americans; strip power away from the unelected bureaucrats; reinstitute fiscal sanity"}
{"id": "crec_006669", "text": "People are still paying too much. Yet the first order of business is not to do anything about that. It is not to do anything about that.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 27, "labels": ["repetition", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "It is not to do anything about that. It is not to do anything about that."}
{"id": "crec_006129", "text": "My experience as a kid would have been completely different if I had been forced to compete against biological males. Let's let our kids be kids. Let's let our daughters dream big, train hard, and compete on a level playing field.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH175-6", "word_count": 41, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "forced to compete against biological males; let our daughters dream big on a level playing field"}
{"id": "crec_000125", "text": "H.R. 33: Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Nebraska, Mr. [PERSON] of California, Mr. [PERSON] of Pennsylvania, Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Oklahoma, Ms. [PERSON] of Wisconsin, Mrs. [PERSON] of West Virginia, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mrs. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Utah, Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Ohio, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Florida, and Mr. [PERSON] . [PERSON]", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-06", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-06-pt1-PgH50-4", "word_count": 90, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004526", "text": "The Kingdom of Thailand is a party to the [ORG] on the Non- Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and has concluded a Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement and Additional Protocol thereto with [ORG]. The Kingdom of Thailand was also among the early sponsors of and is [ORG] to the [ORG] on [ORG]. A more detailed discussion of the Kingdom of Thailand's domestic civil nuclear activities and its nuclear nonproliferation policies and practices is provided in the NPAS and its classified annex.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH142-2", "word_count": 89, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008619", "text": "It will throw our immigration system into absolute chaos by undermining any President's authority to shape Federal policy. It will cost tens of billions of dollars. And here is the kicker.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 31, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "throw our immigration system into absolute chaos, cost tens of billions of dollars"}
{"id": "crec_004903", "text": "And if we enact it into law in the coming days, it will no doubt save American lives, and it will save families from the heartbreak and tragedy that [PERSON] family has had to endure. Now, I want to be clear, this bill does not attempt to fix every single thing in our immigration and border security system. We all know that there are plenty.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS130-5", "word_count": 66, "labels": ["loaded_language"], "evidence": "save American lives, and it will save families from the heartbreak and tragedy\"\n}\n```\n\nWait, I need to correct this - \"appeal_to_emotion\" is not in my allowed labels list.\n\n```json\n{\n  \"labels\": [\"loaded_language\"],\n  \"evidence\": \"'heartbreak and tragedy' used to evoke emotional response to the bill"}
{"id": "crec_000708", "text": "She is a dedicated public servant who has spent her career striving to make Arkansas better. [PERSON] 's expertise has been widely recognized, including her selection as president of [ORG] [ORG] Officials and appointment to [ORG] in October 2020, on which she served as president in 2023. Director [PERSON] has served ARDOT and our [ORG] with incredible devotion and skill.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgS41-2", "word_count": 76, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "dedicated public servant, striving to make Arkansas better, expertise widely recognized, incredible devotion and skill"}
{"id": "crec_004885", "text": "Back in 2015, the Senator from Michigan, Senator [PERSON] , said: [W]hen a President wins an election, they have the right to have their team. That is exactly how we should understand this process. President [PERSON] was elected, and he has a right to his team.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS130-5", "word_count": 45, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "repetition"], "evidence": "President was elected, and he has a right to his team / when a President wins an election, they have the right to have their team"}
{"id": "crec_008763", "text": "Children would still be subject to potential detention that exists under the current law at the discretion--in fact, under current law, they can be detained with discretion even just for an arrest, before they have been charged or convicted, but there is discretion involved. I know of no case in which there has been permanent, mandatory imprisonment of a child who has only been arrested and never charged and never convicted in the entire history of the United States of America, and we are about to change that. That is wrong.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 91, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "framing as an imminent, unprecedented change ('we are about to change that') that would establish 'permanent, mandatory imprisonment of a child' who hasn't been convicted, presenting only two extreme positions without acknowledging moderate alternatives or existing safeguards"}
{"id": "crec_008387", "text": "Nominees whose professional experience is commensurate with the responsibilities of the office and who have demonstrated in detail their command of relevant policy will certainly have my vote. I intend to support a large slate of nominees who satisfy these conditions. In particular, I will vote to confirm nominees to senior national security roles whose record and experience will make them immediate assets, not liabilities, in the pursuit of peace through strength.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 72, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "'peace through strength' and 'immediate assets' are vague positive phrases used to frame support without substantive policy detail"}
{"id": "crec_007091", "text": "Madam President, I ask consent that the mandatory quorum call be waived. [SPEAKER]. Without objection, it is so ordered.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 19, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004583", "text": "Madam Speaker, I am having a sort of personal crisis of confidence because I do this every week. My math is good. We do our best.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH142-3", "word_count": 26, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000412", "text": "Madam Speaker, I yield an additional 1 minute to the gentleman from New Jersey. [SPEAKER]. Madam Speaker, this individual then took a rock and bashed her head in until she was unrecognizable.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH53-4", "word_count": 32, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "bashed her head in until she was unrecognizable"}
{"id": "crec_007632", "text": "They have no right to be here. Some of my colleagues across the aisle claim that the definition of domestic violence in this bill is too broad. They are wrong.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-3", "word_count": 30, "labels": ["ad_hominem", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "dismissing colleagues' substantive argument about bill definition as simply 'wrong' without addressing the claim; presenting only two positions (their view vs. mine) without acknowledging middle ground"}
{"id": "crec_006897", "text": "So I would urge our colleagues on the other side of the aisle to heed their own words when it comes to confirming President [PERSON] 's [ORG]. My colleagues on the other side of the aisle like to talk a big talk about defending democracy, but I would like to see them put these commitments into practice by ending the undemocratic obstructionist tactics that they are using to deny this President his team. I yield the floor.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 76, "labels": ["whataboutism", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "'heed their own words' and 'talk a big talk about defending democracy' while accusing opponents of 'undemocratic obstructionist tactics'"}
{"id": "crec_007990", "text": "We don't even have a package put together quite yet as we still have to assess all the damages postfire. We are doing everything we can to help during the fire with what people need, but postfire, you then have to assess that. That takes a little bit of time, and we need accountability.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH206-2", "word_count": 54, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009055", "text": "A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to discontinue the collection by [ORG] of firearm transaction records of discontinued firearms businesses, to require the destruction of such already collected records, and for other purposes; to [ORG]. By [SPEAKER] (for himself and Mr. [PERSON] ): S. 120. A bill to amend the [PERSON] Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to establish a pilot program for the construction of temporary disaster assistance housing, and for other purposes; to [ORG] and [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS225", "word_count": 93, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004083", "text": "California's population is projected to reach 60 million people by 2050, and that is six times its population in 1950. Freshwater is running out. Challenges to life on a changing continent and world are daunting, and we must all ask tough questions about how to build and rebuild places that are livable and survivable.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH123-2", "word_count": 54, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "Freshwater is running out. Challenges to life on a changing continent and world are daunting"}
{"id": "crec_002220", "text": "We all know that the result of the last election was a mandate for the President to carry out his agenda. In that agenda was the deportation of people who illegally enter our country. Everybody knows you can't come to the United States without our permission.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS69-6", "word_count": 46, "labels": ["bandwagon", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "'We all know' and 'Everybody knows' appeal to consensus; 'illegally enter' and framing of deportation as mandate uses loaded language to frame the issue"}
{"id": "crec_001066", "text": "We have a deficit each year. So in this last fiscal year, [ORG] took in $5 trillion, but we spent $7 trillion. Let me say it again.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 29, "labels": ["repetition"], "evidence": "Let me say it again."}
{"id": "crec_002707", "text": "8, cl. 1: to provide for the common defense and general welfare. Article I, Sec.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH111-4", "word_count": 15, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008403", "text": "Since 2005, America has been responsible for 66 percent of emission reduction among developed countries. We do it better than anyone else in the world. We have reduced more emissions than the next six countries combined.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 36, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "We do it better than anyone else in the world; America has been responsible for 66 percent of emission reduction"}
{"id": "crec_009166", "text": "By [SPEAKER] (for himself, Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , and Mr. [PERSON] ): S. 140. A bill to address the forest health crisis on [ORG] and public lands, and for other purposes; to [ORG]. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS227-4", "word_count": 57, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007911", "text": "You guys have a lot of money and the know-how. Well, a group called [PERSON] tried for 20 years in southern California, I think in Huntington Beach, one of the beach towns. They fought and fought and fought to work through a process and to get permits.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH206-2", "word_count": 47, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000788", "text": "[SPEAKER]. Mr. President, in order to place the bill on the calendar under provisions rule [ORG], I would object to further proceeding. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-2", "word_count": 23, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002189", "text": "The House has already passed this exact version of [ORG] this past week, and that vote was overwhelmingly bipartisan. The Senate now has an opportunity to make a real difference--a difference to protect American citizens from illegal-immigrant criminals. There are some Democratic Senators who say that they support [ORG] but they want to weaken it.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS69-6", "word_count": 61, "labels": ["bandwagon", "loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "overwhelming bipartisan support establishes bandwagon; 'illegal-immigrant criminals' uses loaded language; framing as protection from criminals appeals to fear"}
{"id": "crec_009584", "text": "A bill to repeal the [ORG] from [ORG]; to [ORG]. By [SPEAKER]: H.R. 565.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgH231", "word_count": 24, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_005363", "text": "SA 48. [SPEAKER] submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill [ORG], supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. SA 49.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS141", "word_count": 28, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004933", "text": "The numbers are higher, once again, for working-class families. Here is what I would say. There is something fundamentally wrong with an economy when the working people who power that economy cannot afford to have children that they want.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS130-5", "word_count": 39, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "Something fundamentally wrong with an economy; working people cannot afford to have children"}
{"id": "crec_002187", "text": "Last Congress, Republicans tried to bring up [ORG]. The Democrats blocked us. They wouldn't even let us debate it.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS69-6", "word_count": 22, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "whataboutism"], "evidence": "Democrats blocked us and wouldn't let us debate - suggests obstruction and unfair treatment"}
{"id": "crec_000628", "text": "Without a military focused on lethality, we can't be strong. If these actions are taken, peace and safety, security and strength are not just possible, they will be coming very soon. I yield the floor.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgS37-2", "word_count": 35, "labels": ["false_dichotomy", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "Without a military focused on lethality, we can't be strong"}
{"id": "crec_004203", "text": "28 is a women's rights bill to protect [ORG], which was constructed to protect women's rights. This first came on my radar while I was a member of [ORG]. I had a lesbian couple shopping in my store, and they asked me to step aside to talk to me for a minute.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 55, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000255", "text": "[SPEAKER] (Mrs. [PERSON] -[PERSON] ). The time of the gentleman has expired.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH52-6", "word_count": 10, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007780", "text": "[[ORG]] RECOGNIZING OREGON FIRE STRIKE TEAMS ([SPEAKER] asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.) [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , I rise today to recognize the Oregon fire strike teams who have deployed to southern California to help contain the ongoing wildfires.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH205-4", "word_count": 63, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004120", "text": "MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATION URGED FOR CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES ([SPEAKER] asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , my heart goes out to all the Angelenos who have been affected by the wildfires in Los Angeles County.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH125-2", "word_count": 62, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "'MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATION' and 'my heart goes out to all the Angelenos who have been affected by the wildfires'"}
{"id": "crec_004192", "text": "It is a sad day in our country when radical leftists are willing to erase the rights that women have fought decades to obtain, all to elevate biological males to the top of women's platforms. An overwhelming majority of Americans believe that men don't belong in women's sports and that we must allow common sense to prevail. This bill would deliver upon the mandate the American people gave Congress to restore the integrity of women's sports, just as [ORG] intended.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 81, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_authority", "bandwagon"], "evidence": "radical leftists...erase the rights...overwhelming majority of Americans believe...common sense to prevail"}
{"id": "crec_001766", "text": "It would have been the legislation that we need to help close the wage gap. This wage gap is something that has to be dealt with because, from 1967 to today's date, that wage gap has increased exponentially. Currently, the median income for a CEO is about $16 million.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH82", "word_count": 49, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "wage gap has increased exponentially; contrast between CEO median income of $16 million and implied worker wages"}
{"id": "crec_007853", "text": "Nothing is being held back from getting through the emergency timeline here. We are going to get the fire out, and we are going to get the people who are displaced in at least a fairly comfortable situation until the slog that goes through rebuilding happens. We have lived it right up in Paradise, California.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH206-2", "word_count": 55, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "Nothing is being held back from getting through the emergency timeline here. We are going to get the people who are displaced in at least a fairly comfortable situation"}
{"id": "crec_001625", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] , one of the things I am going to try to do today is basically sell two ideas. One is--and I want to be honest and careful in this because my goal is not to be sarcastic, not to be a jerk, but walk through the scale--just the scale--of the borrowing, the debt problem of our demographics, what is really going on. Mr. [PERSON] , I am going to walk through just a couple of examples of solutions we get from our wonderful, brilliant constituents and sort of explain there are probably things we should do, but they are tiny rounding errors.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH79", "word_count": 102, "labels": ["loaded_language", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "'wonderful, brilliant constituents' used to create positive bias while dismissing their proposed solutions as 'tiny rounding errors'"}
{"id": "crec_008065", "text": "APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE [SPEAKER]. The [ORG] announces the Speaker's appointment, pursuant to clause 11 of rule X, clause 11 of rule I, and the order of [ORG], of the following Members of the House to [ORG]: Mr. [PERSON] , Arkansas, Chairman Mr. [PERSON] , Mississippi Mr. [PERSON] , Illinois Mr. [PERSON] , Pennsylvania Mr. [PERSON] , Georgia Mr. [PERSON] , Arkansas Mr. [PERSON] , Texas Mr. [PERSON] , Texas Mr. [PERSON] , Pennsylvania Mrs. [PERSON] , Missouri Mr. [PERSON] , Virginia Mr. [PERSON] , Florida Ms. [PERSON] , New York Mr. [PERSON] , Texas", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH216-4", "word_count": 110, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008050", "text": "It has 7 engines, and it can carry 45 metric tons to low Earth orbit. According to a report from [ORG], in the flight that left at, I believe, 2:03 a.m. this morning, the first stage burned for more than 3 minutes before the second stage separated at an altitude of 70 kilometers. Then the report states the upper stage's two engines appeared to perform flawlessly, pushing what is called the Blue Ring Pathfinder payload toward orbit.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH215", "word_count": 78, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001804", "text": "We passed the PRO Act; I was proud to break the tie. We passed the Equality Act; I was proud to break the tie. All of these various pieces of legislation could have been passed but for two reasons.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH82", "word_count": 39, "labels": ["repetition", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "Repeated use of 'I was proud to break the tie' emphasizes personal accomplishment; 'All of these various pieces of legislation' uses vague language without specifics"}
{"id": "crec_004868", "text": "LEGISLATIVE SESSION LAKEN RILEY ACT--Resumed [SPEAKER]. Under the previous order, the Senate will resume consideration of S. 5, which [SPEAKER] will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 5) to require the Secretary of [ORG] to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS130-5", "word_count": 73, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002889", "text": "[SPEAKER]. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. [PERSON] ) and the gentlewoman from Oregon (Ms. [PERSON] ) each will control 20 minutes. The [PERSON] recognizes the gentleman from Missouri.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH99-4", "word_count": 30, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009347", "text": "Among the hostages are many New Yorkers: Omer, [PERSON] , Sagui, [PERSON] , [PERSON] , Gad, and Judi. Getting to know the families of the hostages, hearing them share stories about their loved ones in captivity, about their hopes and their fears and frustrations and their perseverance will be something I will remember forever. Today, I promise them this: We will keep working to make sure every hostage comes home.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-17", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-17-pt1-PgS237-5", "word_count": 67, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "emphasis on 'fears and frustrations' of families combined with emotional narratives designed to evoke sympathy and concern about hostages in captivity"}
{"id": "crec_001842", "text": "One sting operation resulted in 110 arrests of people who will now finally face consequences because crime is once again illegal in California. Keep in mind, the law has only been in effect now for a few weeks. There was even an example where there was dash cam footage of a suspect who had been arrested and then was surprised to learn that stealing was once again a felony in California and expressed dismay about these new laws.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH85", "word_count": 78, "labels": ["loaded_language", "strawman"], "evidence": "'crime is once again illegal in California' and 'stealing was once again a felony' misrepresent the actual legal situation, implying previous lawlessness that didn't exist"}
{"id": "crec_002400", "text": "STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS By [SPEAKER] (for himself, Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , and Mr. [PERSON] ): S. 42. A bill to establish [ORG] and to transfer unobligated amounts from the Coronavirus State and local fiscal recovery funds to such Fund to construct and maintain physical barriers along the southern border; to [ORG]. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS80-3", "word_count": 78, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007615", "text": "The definition for domestic violence under Federal criminal law focuses on physical force. This broader [ORG]-based definition sweeps in a wider range of behaviors that domestic violence organizations say will implicate survivors who have used violence in self-defense or who were accused by their abusers and were either unable to defend themselves or pled guilty to avoid having to go through the court process. This bill would also make it less likely that immigrant communities will report incidents of domestic violence.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-3", "word_count": 81, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "sweeps in a wider range of behaviors...will implicate survivors...would also make it less likely that immigrant communities will report incidents"}
{"id": "crec_001231", "text": "[PERSON] [ORG]: 1. The [PERSON] 54 MOD 0 Lightweight Torpedo is a conventional torpedo that can be launched from surface ships, rotary, and fixed wing aircraft. It is an upgrade from the [PERSON] 46 torpedo and has modernized sonar and guidance and control systems.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS64", "word_count": 47, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008838", "text": "So we are thinking about them. In Alaska, I always like to give an update. The [ORG] is actually coming back.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 21, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006486", "text": "Soon after graduating from college in 2016, [PERSON] was killed by a drunk driver who was in the country illegally. The driver was arrested, but he posted bond and fled shortly after the crash that took [PERSON] life. The [PERSON] family didn't get justice.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS159-7", "word_count": 45, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "drunk driver who was in the country illegally; fled shortly after; didn't get justice"}
{"id": "crec_001377", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] , I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. [PERSON] , first of all, let me thank the gentleman from Florida for his opening and congratulate him on his new chairmanship. I hope that there will be occasions where we can work together on issues that will advance the cause of human rights and promote stability in the world, but unfortunately, today is not one of those occasions.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH67-6", "word_count": 70, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002623", "text": "[SPEAKER] (during the reading). Mr. [PERSON] , I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be considered as read and printed in the Record. [SPEAKER] (Mr. [PERSON] ).", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH108", "word_count": 25, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001646", "text": "These are not meant to be snarky. They are basically a thought experiment of what you hear Members walking behind these microphones and saying that things are great, wonderful, maybe we should do them, but they have tiny effects on the survival of this Republic. Let's walk through and explain what I am talking about.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH79", "word_count": 55, "labels": ["loaded_language"], "evidence": "survival of this Republic"}
{"id": "crec_008333", "text": "I hope Democrats will provide a level of cooperation that will allow us to quickly fill these positions so these nominees can begin their work for the American people. One of the nominees being considered this week is a familiar face to us in the Senate. Yesterday, our longtime colleague Senator [PERSON] found himself on the other side of the dais in [ORG] for his hearing to be Secretary of [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 74, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000204", "text": "Mr. President, I now ask for a second reading, and in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule [ORG], I object to my own request. [SPEAKER]. Objection is heard.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-06", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-06-pt1-PgS32", "word_count": 35, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002203", "text": "[PERSON] shared her love for [PERSON] with everyone she encountered. [PERSON] 's passion for sharing her faith through acts of kindness were felt by everyone she met. [PERSON] was selfless, hard-working, and made those around her feel special.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS69-6", "word_count": 37, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "selfless, hard-working, and made those around her feel special"}
{"id": "crec_000923", "text": "That created the strongest economy in decades, and it truly spurred new investment in Tennessee and across the country. It also means slashing this out-of-control spending and making certain that we rein in this lawless bureaucracy that makes life worse for so many Tennesseans and Americans. President [PERSON] is tackling this problem.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 52, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_authority", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "'strongest economy in decades', 'out-of-control spending', 'lawless bureaucracy', 'President [PERSON] is tackling this problem'"}
{"id": "crec_000311", "text": "We should be working together on comprehensive, meaningful reform. My colleague from California invites us to believe that the only crimes committed by undocumented aliens are those who entered during the [PERSON] administration. Well, in fact, if you look at it, hundreds of thousands, 500,000 crossed the [ORG] border in the first [ORG] administration, and over 1.1 million people who crossed during the first 4 years of his administration were eventually released from custody.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH53-4", "word_count": 74, "labels": ["strawman", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "characterizing colleague's position as believing 'only crimes committed by undocumented aliens are those who entered during' a specific administration, then presenting contrasting statistics to refute this oversimplified version of their argument"}
{"id": "crec_000404", "text": "Words will never replace her life. In life, we have all gone through tragedies sometimes, so we often say: My God, why did this happen? Why did this car accident happen?", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH53-4", "word_count": 31, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008662", "text": "It is not a slogan. It is a fact. If you cannot accept that fact; if you cannot be honest with the American people about it; if, when parents look to you, worried about their newborn, wanting to do what is best for their baby, trusting your advice as a public health leader, if you cannot tell them the same truth that centuries of science and experience tell us, which is that vaccines are safe and effective and lifesaving, then you have absolutely no business leading [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 93, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "\"centuries of science and experience tell us\" combined with emotional framing of parents and newborns to establish authority and trustworthiness of the vaccine position"}
{"id": "crec_000706", "text": "She then returned after graduating from [ORG] in 1997 to begin working as a civil engineer. In March of 2020, she became [ORG]'s first female director. Facing the [ORG] pandemic and an emergency closing of [ORG] I-40 Mississippi River Bridge in 2021, as well as other major endeavors, her steady hand and trusted leadership made the transformation of our [ORG]'s transportation network possible.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgS41-2", "word_count": 69, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "steady hand and trusted leadership made the transformation...possible"}
{"id": "crec_008647", "text": "If confirmed, [ORG], Jr., would have tremendous power to undermine vaccines. He could influence FDA's approval of medicine and drugs. He could directly appoint people to CDC's vaccine board, which influences vaccine coverage and costs.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 35, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "would have tremendous power to undermine vaccines; could directly appoint people to CDC's vaccine board"}
{"id": "crec_002479", "text": "It ensures the public can track recovery efforts in real time and understand how resources are being allocated. This helps communities, local governments, and organizations involved in recovery make more informed decisions. The bill also mandates that [ORG] provide detailed, easy-to-access data, such as the extent of the damage, the areas affected, and the estimated cost of recovery.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH101", "word_count": 58, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004615", "text": "I hope the staff, the voters, others start to really think this through and start demanding, saying, I need intellectual robustness, if that is a word. Learn your math. Learn the opportunity, but also learn to think like an economist.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH142-3", "word_count": 40, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "intellectual robustness, learn your math, think like an economist"}
{"id": "crec_000534", "text": "H.R. 23: Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Texas, Mr. [PERSON] of Texas, and Mr. [PERSON] of Tennessee.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH63-27", "word_count": 23, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007696", "text": "Throughout his 37-year career in [ORG] and [ORG], Colonel [PERSON] left behind a legacy of courage, sacrifice, and commitment to our [ORG]. Colonel [PERSON] enlisted in [ORG] in 1940, and in 1944 became an ace where he went on to fly numerous World War II missions, defending fellow pilots, and surviving capture from adversary forces. He displayed immense courage and perseverance during a mission that earned him [ORG], [ORG] third- highest military decoration for valor in combat.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191", "word_count": 90, "labels": ["flag_waving"], "evidence": "legacy of courage, sacrifice, and commitment to our [ORG]...defending fellow pilots...earned him [ORG] third-highest military decoration for valor"}
{"id": "crec_000195", "text": "We decided this despite the worries of some that the Capitol was not yet safe--and we did. We were not going to let the rioters interfere with our democracy. It was a historic moment of bipartisanship, where both sides united in the protection of our democracy.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-06", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-06-pt1-PgS32-4", "word_count": 46, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "flag_waving", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "worries...Capitol was not yet safe; rioters interfere with our democracy; historic moment of bipartisanship...protection of our democracy"}
{"id": "crec_006436", "text": "H.R. 51: Mr. [PERSON] of Texas, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , and Ms. [PERSON] . [PERSON]", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH187-28", "word_count": 14, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000855", "text": "But we got that budget passed before President [PERSON] even took office because, as a resolution between the House and the Senate, it doesn't require a Presidential signature. It is already January 8. We have 12 days until President [PERSON] puts his hand on the Bible and is sworn into his second term of office, and we don't have any time to waste.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 63, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "reference to Presidential swearing-in and Bible, combined with urgency framing of 'we don't have any time to waste' to emphasize authority and create pressure"}
{"id": "crec_002841", "text": "In the time that we have, may we steward Your gifts with integrity and in accordance with Your divine counsel. Let us then be quick to listen and slow to speak, rejoicing in the privilege we have to serve You again this day. Unto You we offer our prayers and do so calling on the strength of Your name.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH97-4", "word_count": 59, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_005863", "text": "The bill shall be debatable for 1 hour, equally divided and controlled by the majority leader and the minority leader, or their respective designees. The gentleman from Missouri (Mr. [PERSON] ) and the gentlewoman from California (Ms. [PERSON] ) each will control 30 minutes. The [PERSON] recognizes the gentleman from Missouri.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH160-6", "word_count": 49, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_003266", "text": "1129. DISCLOSURES AND [ORG]. (a) In General.--The Secretary may not disclose or use information provided in an application for certified agricultural worker status or adjustment of status under this title (including information provided during administrative or judicial review) for the purpose of immigration enforcement.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS92-2", "word_count": 44, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004939", "text": "This is the time to stand up and be counted. Rhetoric on the campaign trail is cheap. Delivering actual solutions, delivering actual results here in this body, that is the acid test, and that is where we are today.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS130-5", "word_count": 39, "labels": ["loaded_language"], "evidence": "acid test - metaphorical language that frames the moment as a critical evaluation"}
{"id": "crec_004480", "text": "12. personal explanation [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , I was not recorded because I was absent due to a prior family engagement. Had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH139", "word_count": 33, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004362", "text": ". on your campus in this way. Why didn't you protect us?''", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 12, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "''Why didn't you protect us?'' - emotionally charged language implying danger and failure to protect"}
{"id": "crec_006198", "text": "What we are going to talk about, we are told, is to extend the tax cuts and then sit around and try to figure out how to cut other mandatory spending without regard to whether or not that will be deficit reducing. I think it is really important for the American people to understand this: There are games being played in Washington right now to put pressure on people to box them in, to box Members of this body in. Right now, conservatives in [ORG] are often maligned on the pages of publications as being the rightwing guys because oddly enough we believe in freedom, balanced budgets, and securing the border.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH178", "word_count": 114, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear", "strawman"], "evidence": "conservatives 'maligned' for believing in 'freedom'; 'games being played' and 'pressure on people to box them in'; characterizing criticism as unfair attack on basic values"}
{"id": "crec_002324", "text": "This year, on their bicentennial anniversary, the people of McCracken County will pay tribute to two centuries of rich history and cultural heritage, and today, I am proud to join them as they mark this impressive milestone. The county was named in tribute to Captain [PERSON] , a brave Kentuckian who made the ultimate sacrifice in the Battle of the River Raisin during the War of 1812. Like much of the rest of the [PERSON] , McCracken County was blessed with fertile land and grew, thanks to its easy access to Kentucky's inland waterways.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS76-5", "word_count": 93, "labels": ["flag_waving", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "tribute to two centuries of rich history and cultural heritage, brave Kentuckian, ultimate sacrifice, blessed with fertile land"}
{"id": "crec_004368", "text": "[SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , I reserve the balance of my time. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 11, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002190", "text": "Well, to be clear, Senate Republicans are not weakening this lifesaving legislation. We will not allow that to happen. We must ensure that what happened to [PERSON] does not ever happen again.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS69-6", "word_count": 33, "labels": ["loaded_language", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "'lifesaving legislation' and 'what happened to [PERSON] does not ever happen again' use emotionally charged language to frame the issue as morally urgent"}
{"id": "crec_002929", "text": "Nominations [SPEAKER]. Mr. President, this week, the American people will see for the first time what kind of [PERSON] administration they are going to get in the coming years: one that will fight for working people or one that will fight for the swamp? Over the next 4 days, over a dozen of the President-elect's nominees will testify in committee and make their case to the country.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS83-8", "word_count": 67, "labels": ["false_dichotomy", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "one that will fight for working people or one that will fight for the swamp"}
{"id": "crec_001398", "text": "I have met with people in my district who have been deeply impacted by this horrific tragedy, including too many who are justifiably afraid about the rise of anti-Semitism in this country and around the world. The overwhelming majority of this Congress, Mr. [PERSON] , has voted to support basically unlimited military assistance and offensive weapons to Mr. [PERSON] , but even if someone approves of that military assistance, they should vote against this bill. I have long considered myself a friend of Israel.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH67-6", "word_count": 82, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "deeply impacted by this horrific tragedy and justifiably afraid about the rise of anti-Semitism"}
{"id": "crec_001938", "text": "A bill to authorize the Secretary of [ORG] to carry out a grant program to assist local educational agencies with ensuring that each elementary and secondary school has at least one registered nurse on staff; to [ORG] and [ORG], and in addition to [ORG], for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. By Ms. [PERSON] (for herself and Mrs. [PERSON] ): H.R. 306.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH87-2", "word_count": 89, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006268", "text": "EXPENDITURE REPORTS CONCERNING OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL Reports concerning the foreign currencies and U.S. dollars utilized for [ORG] during the fourth quarter of 2024, pursuant to Public Law 95-384, are as follows: REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL, [ORG], EXPENDED BETWEEN [ORG]. 12 AND [ORG]. 15, 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date Per diem \\1\\ Transportation Other purposes Total ---------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar Name of Member or employee Country Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent or Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent [PERSON] Departure currency or U.S. currency U.S. currency currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency \\2\\ currency currency -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\\2\\-----------------------------------------------------\\2\\-----------------------\\2\\---- Hon. [PERSON] .................. 12/12 12/15 Luxembourg............. ........... 1,140.66 ........... (\\3\\) ........... ........... ........... [PERSON] . [PERSON] ..................... 12/12 12/15 Luxembourg............. ........... 1,140.66 ........... (\\3\\) ........... ........... ........... [PERSON] .", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH181-2", "word_count": 146, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001464", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] . Mr. [PERSON] , I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. [PERSON] , two things to the gentleman who just spoke: The reason why my colleagues are not here is because the Republicans scheduled this debate during President [PERSON] 's funeral, which I find to be incredibly disappointing given President [PERSON] 's stature in this country and his commitment to human rights.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH67-6", "word_count": 62, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "President [PERSON]'s stature in this country and his commitment to human rights"}
{"id": "crec_005933", "text": "Today's bipartisan bill equips us to expand cross-border investment, safeguard critical supply chains, and push back against China's growing influence. Without this legislation, we will risk alienating Taiwan, one of our strongest partners in [ORG]. We also risk ceding more power to China in the Taiwan Strait and isolating ourselves further on the global economic stage.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH160-6", "word_count": 58, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "risk alienating Taiwan, risk ceding more power to China, isolating ourselves further"}
{"id": "crec_008565", "text": "For when one part of our [ORG] is hurting--literally on fire--we all come together. First responders from all across our great State and so many others rushed to Southern California. A woman I met at [ORG] at the Pacoima evacuation site, so grateful, despite everything, for the assistance that she was receiving, for the dignity with which she was treated by these [ORG] workers--she told me she plans to set up a $10-a-month donation from her monthly [ORG] disability check.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 84, "labels": ["flag_waving", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "our great State, we all come together, dignity"}
{"id": "crec_000879", "text": "They have figured it out, and we can figure it out here, too, for the American people and for [ORG]. I think it is only fair that [ORG], which holds the purse strings for [ORG] as a whole, should have to do the same thing that families all across Texas, all across Tennessee, and all across the country are having to do on a regular basis. It doesn't seem fair to me to have the folks back home have to make these tough choices while the Congress has been spending away under Democratic majority control and with President [PERSON] in the White House.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 109, "labels": ["false_dichotomy", "bandwagon"], "evidence": "comparison forcing choice between families making 'tough choices' versus Congress 'spending away,' implying only one approach is acceptable; appeals to what families 'all across' multiple states are doing"}
{"id": "crec_000267", "text": "[SPEAKER] read the title of the bill. [SPEAKER] (Mr. [PERSON] ). Pursuant to House Resolution 5, the bill is considered read.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH53-4", "word_count": 20, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008777", "text": "It turns out they didn't put anything into their pocket. Nothing was in there, but they have been arrested. Now ICE is required to indefinitely imprison that child--that child in Alabama who was going to be a great, outstanding member of their school and of their community--sentencing that child, with no charge, no conviction, no crime, to prison.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 58, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "indefinitely imprison that child...sentencing that child, with no charge, no conviction, no crime, to prison"}
{"id": "crec_007618", "text": "The time of the gentleman has expired. [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , I yield the gentleman from New York an additional 15 seconds to conclude.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-3", "word_count": 23, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007909", "text": "It works in some places, but it is really expensive. It consumes a lot of power. It consumes an amazing amount of power, the electricity to separate the salt from the water.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH206-2", "word_count": 32, "labels": ["repetition", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "repeated emphasis on power consumption ('expensive,' 'a lot of power,' 'an amazing amount of power') and use of 'amazing' as loaded descriptor to amplify concern"}
{"id": "crec_005341", "text": "SA 19. [SPEAKER] submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill [ORG], supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. SA 20.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS141", "word_count": 28, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000265", "text": "The college's board of trustees awarded him professor emeritus status in 2010 for his decades of dedicated service, and he received several other remarkable awards. Dr. [PERSON] will always be remembered as an outstanding coach, an outstanding mentor, and a friend to all.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH53-3", "word_count": 43, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "outstanding coach, an outstanding mentor, and a friend to all"}
{"id": "crec_008688", "text": "They have been made whole. They have been able to maintain their standard of living. Well, I think the same thing would be true for [ORG], for Americans living within America, you know, looking at different benefits [ORG] bestows on Americans as it extracts our hard-earned tax dollars.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 52, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "'extracts our hard-earned tax dollars'"}
{"id": "crec_008345", "text": "I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. [SPEAKER]. Without objection, it is so ordered.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 20, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001389", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] , 85 percent of the people there have been forcibly displaced, often repeatedly. Last September, a group of physicians estimated 62,000 had died of starvation. Hospitals, schools, mosques, churches, and libraries have all been destroyed.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH67-6", "word_count": 36, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "85 percent forcibly displaced, 62,000 died of starvation, hospitals/schools/mosques/churches/libraries destroyed"}
{"id": "crec_006354", "text": "A bill to require the Secretary of [ORG] to obtain the consent of affected [ORG] and local governments before making an expenditure from [ORG] for a nuclear waste repository, and for other purposes; to [ORG]. By [SPEAKER]: H.R. 467.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH182-3", "word_count": 47, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007024", "text": "Allow for [ORG] to make a decision. Allow for potential buyers to step forth. Allow for the users of [ORG], the 7 million businesses that use it for their own families-- allow for the families in the fire zone in L.A. to continue to use it to build community, to run their small businesses, and not cut it off on Sunday.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 63, "labels": ["loaded_language"], "evidence": "families in the fire zone in L.A.\" }\n```\n\nWait, let me reconsider - \"appeal_to_emotion\" is not in my allowed labels.\n\n```json\n{\"labels\": [\"loaded_language\", \"bandwagon\"], \"evidence\": \"the 7 million businesses that use it for their own families"}
{"id": "crec_009686", "text": "In the end, after months of going through the legislative wringer, as I mentioned, we got 68 votes over here in the Senate. If it had been given a chance--read Speaker [PERSON] 's book; he will tell you this. If it had gone to the floor, it would have gotten a majority vote on the floor of the Senate.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS245-6", "word_count": 58, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "read Speaker [PERSON]'s book; he will tell you this"}
{"id": "crec_005639", "text": "Her legacy lives on in the countless lives she has touched. We are forever grateful for her service. I thank her family for sharing her with all of us and allowing us to honor her.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH153-2", "word_count": 35, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "countless lives she has touched, legacy lives on, forever grateful, honor"}
{"id": "crec_008973", "text": "F. Action on confirmation. A mark-up on a nomination shall not occur on the same day that the hearing on the nominee is held. In order to assist the [ORG] in reaching a recommendation on confirmation, the staff may make an oral presentation to the Committee at the mark-up, factually summarizing the nominee's background and the steps taken during the pre-hearing inquiry.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS218-2", "word_count": 62, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008832", "text": "I am going to talk in detail about all she has done for our [ORG]. Her name is [PERSON] . And she has worked for me in Alaska going on 15 years.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 32, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004467", "text": "The result of the vote was announced as above recorded. A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH138-4", "word_count": 19, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_005085", "text": "H.R. 192. An act to amend title 49, United States Code, to require [ORG] to include information on base pay and bonus compensation of certain [ORG] executives, and for other purposes; to [ORG], and [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS139-2", "word_count": 39, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000293", "text": "This bill would stop them. Mr. [PERSON] , I reserve the balance of my time. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH53-4", "word_count": 15, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006078", "text": "[PERSON] embodied all the values of decency and honesty, and his public service legacy is a model we desperately need. May his memory be for a blessing.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH174-3", "word_count": 28, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "'embodied all the values of decency and honesty' and 'model we desperately need'"}
{"id": "crec_006003", "text": "ELECTING MEMBERS TO CERTAIN STANDING COMMITTEES OF [ORG] [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , by direction of [ORG], I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. [SPEAKER] read the resolution, as follows: [PERSON] .", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH171-2", "word_count": 52, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_003052", "text": "ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS S. 9 At the request of Mr. [PERSON] , the names of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. [PERSON] ) and the Senator from Missouri (Mr. [PERSON] ) were added as cosponsors of S. 9, a bill to provide that for purposes of determining compliance with title [ORG] of 1972 in athletics, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth. S. 21 At the request of Ms. [PERSON] , the name of the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. [PERSON] ) was added as a cosponsor of [ORG], a bill to require each [ORG] department to establish policies and collect information regarding teleworking employees of [ORG], and for other purposes. S. 23 At the request of Ms. [PERSON] , the name of the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. [PERSON] ) was added as a cosponsor of S. 23, a bill to require the head of each Executive agency to relocate 30 percent of the employees assigned to the headquarters of the [ORG] agency to duty stations outside the Washington metropolitan area, and for other purposes.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS89-2", "word_count": 194, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002420", "text": "FEDERAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE COORDINATION ACT [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 152) to amend [ORG] of 2018 to develop a study regarding streamlining and consolidating information collection and preliminary damage assessments, and for other purposes.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH100", "word_count": 60, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006649", "text": "This is just common sense that we need to enforce our laws. To me, it is common sense that we need to protect our borders. And thank goodness, starting in a few days, we will have a President who understands the safety of the American people is the priority, and President [PERSON] will secure our borders.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 56, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "invoking incoming President's authority on border security and repeated use of 'common sense' as vague positive framing"}
{"id": "crec_002435", "text": "152, [ORG]. This legislation amends [ORG] to help Federal agencies streamline and consolidate information collection and preliminary damage assessments following disasters. After a major disaster, there is no time to wait for bureaucracy.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH100", "word_count": 42, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "After a major disaster, there is no time to wait for bureaucracy"}
{"id": "crec_008021", "text": "Far too many of our citizens do not see their existence as having been due to or under the direction of God. We are not yet indivisible, and nowhere in our own lifetime can it be said that we have practiced liberty and justice for all of our people. The genius that our Founding Fathers bequeathed to us was to have been, if realized, a form of government based on opportunity but measured against the promise of America.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH213", "word_count": 78, "labels": ["flag_waving", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "invocation of 'Founding Fathers,' 'liberty and justice for all,' and 'promise of America' to appeal to patriotic ideals and national identity"}
{"id": "crec_007443", "text": "I am truly appalled that some in Congress are seeking to impose political conditions on aid for wildfire victims in their time of need. It is cruel, and it is just not right. What is more, I am here to remind all of my colleagues that California contributes far more in Federal tax revenue than it receives back in spending.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH189-7", "word_count": 60, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "describing aid conditions as 'cruel' and 'just not right' uses emotionally charged language; framing disaster victims as being denied help triggers fear and sympathy"}
{"id": "crec_009796", "text": "Former Vice Presidents, the Honorable [PERSON] , accompanied by Mrs. [PERSON] , and [ORG] entered the Great Rotunda. The 42nd President of the United States [PERSON] , accompanied by the Honorable [PERSON] , entered the Great Rotunda. The 43rd President of the United States, the Honorable [PERSON] , accompanied by Mrs. [PERSON] , entered the Great Rotunda.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS252-8", "word_count": 63, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009938", "text": "LEGISLATIVE SESSION MORNING BUSINESS [SPEAKER]. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate resume legislative session and be in a period of morning business with Senators permitted to speak therein up to 10 minutes each. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS252", "word_count": 50, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007159", "text": "22 At the request of Mrs. [PERSON] , the names of the Senator from Mississippi (Mrs. [PERSON] ) and the Senator from Texas (Mr. [PERSON] ) were added as cosponsors of [ORG]. 22, a resolution concerning [ORG] policy for eligibility in women's sports. AMENDMENT NO.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS186-2", "word_count": 47, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_005793", "text": "U.S.-MOROCCO PARTNERSHIP IS ESSENTIAL ([SPEAKER] Carolina asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) [SPEAKER] Carolina. Mr. [PERSON] , the rule of gun axis of invasion continues murderous conduct.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH159-4", "word_count": 52, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "gun axis of invasion continues murderous conduct"}
{"id": "crec_005094", "text": "MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE At 12:03 p.m., a message from [ORG], delivered by Mrs. [PERSON] , one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has passed the following bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate: H.R. 152. An act to amend the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 to develop a study regarding streamlining and consolidating information collection and preliminary damage assessments, and for other purposes.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS139", "word_count": 85, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004049", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] , I rise today to honor the life of [PERSON] who passed away in December of 2024. [PERSON] was a public servant, educator, attorney, and an advocate for immigrants and indigenous peoples. He served our community with passion and dedication.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH121-3", "word_count": 42, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004633", "text": "My wife is my age. We were blessed. We got to adopt a couple of kids.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH142-3", "word_count": 16, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000049", "text": "Madam President, the certificate of the electoral vote of [ORG] seems to be regular in form and authentic, and it appears therefrom that [PERSON] of the State of Florida received 3 votes for President and [PERSON] of the State of Ohio received 3 votes for Vice President. The VICE PRESIDENT.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-06", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-06-pt1-PgH45-10", "word_count": 56, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006526", "text": "LEGISLATIVE SESSION LAKEN RILEY ACT--Resumed [SPEAKER]. Under the previous order, the Senate will resume consideration of S. 5, which [SPEAKER] will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 5) to require the Secretary of [ORG] to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 73, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004996", "text": "To my knowledge, unless I missed it, he went through his whole speech without mentioning those five words. They are critical to this whole issue. I would like to clarify the record on [PERSON] 's recent clemency efforts.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS130-5", "word_count": 37, "labels": ["doubt"], "evidence": "unless I missed it"}
{"id": "crec_007748", "text": "Each day that I walk through these doors, I carry their stories with me. For those patients and every family who calls Oregon home, I am committed to doing the hard work of bringing people together to deliver results for our community. My job is to be your voice in Congress.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH204-2", "word_count": 51, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "carrying stories, doing hard work, bringing people together, being your voice - abstract positive language without specific policy details; emphasis on Oregon home and community commitment"}
{"id": "crec_000198", "text": "Even though the elections did not go the Democrats' way, I want to be very clear: On this January 6, our side will not engage in election denialism. We Democrats accept the will of the people. We accept the results even when we don't like them because our loyalties lie with the Constitution and with the rule of law.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-06", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-06-pt1-PgS32-4", "word_count": 59, "labels": ["flag_waving", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "our loyalties lie with the Constitution and with the rule of law"}
{"id": "crec_009308", "text": "ORDERS FOR FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2025 [SPEAKER]. I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned until 9:30 a.m. on Friday, January 17; that following the prayer and pledge, the [ORG] of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be deemed expired, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, and the Senate resume consideration of Calendar No. 1, S. 5; further, that at 10 a.m. the Senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Calendar No.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS235-2", "word_count": 105, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007836", "text": "In the designation, it did acknowledge the risk of wildfire and the need to manage it. But what happens? Lawsuits, litigation, and the hands-off approach happens; as a result, the fire that started in that area is what fed into and consumed part of Altadena in southern California.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH206-2", "word_count": 48, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "Lawsuits, litigation, and the hands-off approach happens; as a result, the fire that started in that area is what fed into and consumed part of Altadena"}
{"id": "crec_005090", "text": "By [SPEAKER] (for himself, Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Florida, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , and Mr. [PERSON] ): S. 89. A bill to reform restrictions on the importation of firearms and ammunition; to [ORG]. By [SPEAKER] (for himself and Mr. [PERSON] ): S. 90.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS139-3", "word_count": 60, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_005804", "text": "Our district has a legacy of strong leadership, and I thank and congratulate Dr. [PERSON] for his service to our district. Today, I honor the kind and hardworking men and women from Texas' great 26th Congressional District who entrusted me to serve on their behalf. I am honored to call it my home, and I am honored to be their Representative in Washington.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH159-6", "word_count": 63, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "legacy of strong leadership, kind and hardworking men and women, great 26th Congressional District, honored to serve"}
{"id": "crec_002280", "text": "They were, basically, the junior varsity until 2008, when they became eligible for the playoffs. And in 2010, they got to the quarter finals. So we got these ten championships, but let's not forget, they--and one of the other times, one of the other 4 years that they didn't win the national championships, they were in the quarter finals.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS69-6", "word_count": 59, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "they got to the quarter finals...they were in the quarter finals - vague achievement claims without clarifying competitive context"}
{"id": "crec_000643", "text": "Democrats will not hesitate to fight back if Republicans use their new majorities to hurt working families of America. If [PERSON] and Republicans use their new majorities to push the same old GOP policies of tax cuts for billionaires, cuts to healthcare, cuts to [ORG] and [ORG], trickle-down economics, Democrats will fight back. If Republicans use their new majority to push policies that make life even more expensive for families, we will stand opposed.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgS37", "word_count": 76, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "repetition"], "evidence": "Repeated invocation of Republicans 'hurting working families' and making 'life even more expensive' paired with warnings of Democratic opposition creates fear about policy consequences"}
{"id": "crec_005760", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] convinced him, no, this is the right thing to do. What they did is they extended the solvency of [ORG] to its current position. It is not as long as it should have been, but, nonetheless, it is an action that went in the right direction.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH157", "word_count": 49, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "Mr. [PERSON] convinced him, no, this is the right thing to do"}
{"id": "crec_006342", "text": "A bill to direct the Secretary of [ORG] to establish an authority to issue permits to certain members of [ORG] who seek to carry concealed firearms while on military installations; to [ORG]. By [SPEAKER]: H.R. 455.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH182-3", "word_count": 42, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007331", "text": "16. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. (a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated to [ORG], for fiscal year 2025 and for each subsequent fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary to carry out sections 4 through 15 of this Act.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS188", "word_count": 44, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004411", "text": "H.R. 28 is harmful and cruel. It targets innocent kids who want to live their lives in peace and play sports on a team with their friends and classmates.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 29, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "characterizes H.R. 28 as 'harmful and cruel' and describes affected children as 'innocent kids' to evoke emotional opposition"}
{"id": "crec_005672", "text": "They should be incredibly proud of their hard work and dedication that brought them this victory. I also congratulate the parents, coaches, and faculty who gave their time and talent to this team. They couldn't have done it without them.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH154", "word_count": 40, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "incredibly proud of their hard work and dedication"}
{"id": "crec_005751", "text": "Certainly, Congress is neglecting its responsibility. We can point fingers every way, but the bottom line is Congress needs to act. Congress needs to vote.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH157", "word_count": 25, "labels": ["loaded_language", "repetition"], "evidence": "Congress needs to act. Congress needs to vote."}
{"id": "crec_000663", "text": "Another way that we will keep our citizens safe is by ensuring that Second Amendment rights are safeguarded. The [PERSON] administration will end President [PERSON] 's assault on the Second Amendment--the right to keep and bear arms--as well as the [PERSON] administration's bad-faith interpretations of Second Amendment-related legislation. I look forward to leading my Senate colleagues in reintroducing my Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act and working with the [PERSON] administration and our cosponsors here in the Senate to get this legislation across the finish line.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgS38", "word_count": 83, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "characterizing previous administration's actions as an 'assault on the Second Amendment' and 'bad-faith interpretations' uses loaded language; positioning oneself as leading Senate colleagues appeals to authority and leadership."}
{"id": "crec_002347", "text": "As executive director, [PERSON] has also greenlit transitional justice projects in Peru, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. She supervised work with partners worldwide to abolish the death penalty. More than two-thirds of countries in the world have now abolished the death penalty in law or in practice.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS77-3", "word_count": 46, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "More than two-thirds of countries in the world have now abolished the death penalty in law or in practice"}
{"id": "crec_009413", "text": "That is good [PERSON] very good news--because it was precisely [PERSON] and congressional Republicans who created the [ORG] cap to begin with. These harmful policies double tax hard-working New Yorkers. They have hurt so many middle-class families--teachers, firefighters, police officers, construction workers--particularly in higher cost areas like Long Island and the [PERSON] Valley of New York.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-17", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-17-pt1-PgS237-5", "word_count": 57, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "harmful policies, double tax hard-working, hurt so many middle-class families"}
{"id": "crec_001649", "text": "Back in December, we did send out some things, and we got members of our communities to throw back ideas. One of the favorite ones was to get rid of congressional salaries. Okay.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH79", "word_count": 33, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009255", "text": "SA 85. [SPEAKER] submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill [ORG], supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. SA 86.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS232-2", "word_count": 28, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_005021", "text": "Senator [PERSON] also mentioned a few of President [PERSON] 's pardons of [ORG] fraudsters or political allies or others. I haven't reviewed every one of those cases. I am not prepared today to say whether I would support them or not.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS130-5", "word_count": 40, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002553", "text": "The [ORG] recognizes the gentleman from Missouri. General Leave [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material in the Record on H.R.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH105", "word_count": 41, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001626", "text": "People don't understand. Annually, I think we expect to borrow about $7 billion a day. I think, so far this fiscal year, we are borrowing about $10 billion a day.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH79", "word_count": 30, "labels": ["loaded_language"], "evidence": "characterizing borrowing amounts with dramatic framing ('$10 billion a day') to emphasize scale and suggest crisis without context"}
{"id": "crec_008348", "text": "The economy was reeling. Our democracy was under assault. But President [PERSON] , with good help from Senate Democrats, got right to work, and together, I am proud that we achieved one of the most ambitious legislative agendas in decades.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 39, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "President [PERSON] with good help from Senate Democrats achieved one of the most ambitious legislative agendas in decades"}
{"id": "crec_000843", "text": "On that score, he succeeded. Leaving office at 56 years of age and passing away at the end of last month at 100, President [PERSON] had the longest post-Presidency in our [ORG]'s history, and he certainly made it count. The same faith, empathy, and desire to help others that motivated him to run for office compelled him to continue improving the world after he left office.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 67, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "faith, empathy, and desire to help others that motivated him... to continue improving the world"}
{"id": "crec_007177", "text": "[SPEAKER] submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill [ORG], supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. SA 58. [SPEAKER] submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill [ORG], supra; which was ordered to lie on the table.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS187-2", "word_count": 50, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004284", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] , here we are today. Republicans, who have voted consistently against [ORG], who have taken away the rights of all women to choose and have control over their own body, who as women are bleeding out in parking lots across the country, standing there allowing us to die, now want to pretend today that they care about women. Why?", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 64, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language", "strawman"], "evidence": "women are bleeding out in parking lots across the country, standing there allowing us to die"}
{"id": "crec_004464", "text": "POST-DISASTER ASSISTANCE ONLINE ACCOUNTABILITY ACT [SPEAKER]. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 153) to provide for an online repository for certain reporting requirements for recipients of [ORG] disaster assistance, and for other purposes, on which the yeas and nays were ordered.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH138-4", "word_count": 73, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_003042", "text": "INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS The following bills and joint resolutions were introduced, read the first and second times by unanimous consent, and referred as indicated: By [SPEAKER] (for himself, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Florida, and Mrs. [PERSON] ): S. 70. A bill to require the imposition of sanctions with respect to Ansarallah and its officials, agents, or affiliates for acts of international terrorism; to [ORG]. By [SPEAKER] (for himself and Mrs. [PERSON] ): S. 71.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS88-4", "word_count": 99, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002580", "text": "There is no such thing as too much transparency, and I hope our friends in the media cover this. The TVA Salary Transparency Act requires [ORG] to report to Congress on the salaries of employees making more than $123,000 annually or the highest pay rate available for Federal employees. Specifically, [ORG] must report on those employees' names, salaries, and job responsibilities.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH105", "word_count": 61, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "There is no such thing as too much transparency"}
{"id": "crec_003898", "text": "(2) Electronic forms.--All forms designated or established by the Secretary that are necessary to implement this title and the amendments made by this title-- (A) shall be made available in paper or electronic formats; and (B) shall be designed in such a manner to facilitate electronic completion, storage, and transmittal.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS96-2", "word_count": 50, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009539", "text": "Such report shall show the amount and purpose of such expenditure and the budget to which such expenditure is attributed. A copy of such monthly report shall be available in the [ORG] office for review by members of the [ORG]. RULE XVI.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgH226", "word_count": 42, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000802", "text": "In 2022, Democrats led a bipartisan effort to bring manufacturing back to our shores, to make America the world leader in microchip production once again, to plant the seeds for good-paying tech jobs at America's heartland. That is putting workers first. In 2023, we even led a bipartisan effort to fix our immigration system with the strongest--the strongest--border security bill in over a decade.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 64, "labels": ["flag_waving", "repetition"], "evidence": "emphasis on 'America,' 'American,' bringing manufacturing 'back to our shores,' 'America's heartland,' and the repeated superlative 'the strongest--the strongest' border security"}
{"id": "crec_006049", "text": "There is even talk about attaching disaster aid to an increase in the debt ceiling. Mr. [PERSON] , this could be your [ORG]. Never in our [ORG]'s history has [ORG] placed such politically driven conditions on disaster aid to its own citizens.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH173-2", "word_count": 43, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "disaster aid being used as political leverage described as unprecedented; emotionally charged framing of 'politically driven conditions' as unthinkable"}
{"id": "crec_003120", "text": "The Secretary of [ORG] shall ensure that the appropriate amount of border security technology is piloted, tested, and deployed along the northern and southern borders of the United States. SA 13. [SPEAKER] submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill [ORG], to require the Secretary of [ORG] to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end of the bill, add the following: [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS92-2", "word_count": 93, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002628", "text": "At this critical time, as we work to rebuild western North Carolina, address inflation, and strengthen our communities, I know Speaker [PERSON] will guide [ORG] with wisdom and resolve. It has been an honor to work alongside him, and I look forward to the positive impact he will make as speaker of the statehouse.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH109-2", "word_count": 58, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "Speaker will guide with wisdom and resolve; positive impact he will make"}
{"id": "crec_008396", "text": "I think energy was on the ballot this year, and energy won. Fortunately, President [PERSON] is placing a premium on energy production. He is already laying the groundwork to take the handcuffs off of American energy production.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 37, "labels": ["loaded_language", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "take the handcuffs off of American energy production; energy won"}
{"id": "crec_006608", "text": "We are already hard at work on that. This will be an important legislative tool that will help refocus resources so that the professionals at ICE, [ORG], and U.S. Border Patrol can focus on the mission of securing our border, removing criminal aliens who should not be in the United States, and addressing potential threats to the homeland. To accomplish these goals, we must recruit and retain more border security professionals, modernize our border security tools like autonomous towers, and better utilize technology like the counter- unmanned aircraft systems along the border.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 92, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "removal of 'criminal aliens' and 'potential threats to the homeland' uses emotionally charged framing; appeal to authority through reference to professional agencies (ICE, Border Patrol) as credible implementers"}
{"id": "crec_006976", "text": "China's version of [ORG] promotes math, science, and learning, basically telling Chinese kids to do their homework and eat their vegetables and respect their elders--most especially Chairman [PERSON] , the Chinese dictator. In America, by contrast, [ORG] promotes violence, obscenity, eating disorders, drug use, and even suicide. Internal company documents even revealed that content promoting pedophilia has long flowed right past [ORG]'s supposed moderators.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 63, "labels": ["false_dichotomy", "loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "Contrasts China's version as promoting positive values while America's version promotes 'violence, obscenity, eating disorders, drug use, and even suicide' with no middle ground; uses inflammatory language like 'dictator' and makes extreme unsubstantiated claims about pedophilia content"}
{"id": "crec_003233", "text": "1112. PAYMENT OF [ORG]. (a) In General.--An alien may not be granted adjustment of status under this subtitle unless the applicant has satisfied any applicable Federal tax liability.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS92-2", "word_count": 28, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008513", "text": "But after controlling [PERSON] by hiding him in the basement and then installing him as President, the Democrats were like a dog who finally caught the car. Once the Democrats took [ORG], they quickly realized they didn't know how to run the country. It is not quite like running a struggle session in a Berkeley classroom or leading an HR call for a woke corporation.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 67, "labels": ["loaded_language", "ad_hominem", "strawman"], "evidence": "characterizing Democrats as incompetent through dehumanizing metaphors ('dog who finally caught the car'), mocking specific groups ('Berkeley classroom,' 'woke corporation'), and misrepresenting their governance approach"}
{"id": "crec_002791", "text": "In 2022, after 5 years of hard-fought advocacy by veterans' groups all across the country, this measure opened the door for veterans of the Vietnam war era and also the Middle East era, who suffered horrible cancers, heart disease, and life- threatening conditions, to make sure that they could connect to the VA healthcare system to get the help they need. Basically, what it did in 2022 was allow veterans who served in those parts of the world in those conflicts who suffered from 23 different illnesses--we are talking about cancers, heart disease, and life- threatening illnesses--to be able to avoid the gymnastics of having to prove to the VA where they were on such and such a date and how they were exposed to a burn pit or to Agent Orange. As a result of that, we have seen over 1.4 million veterans nationwide have their PACT Act claims approved and over 384,000 Vietnam, Gulf war, and post-9/11 veterans get newly enrolled in the healthcare system.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH95-4", "word_count": 167, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "veterans' groups all across the country, hard-fought advocacy; horrible cancers, heart disease, life-threatening conditions; gymnastics of having to prove"}
{"id": "crec_000441", "text": "Madam Speaker, I remind my friend that the law also requires every illegal alien to be detained until their case is adjudicated, which is what the Democrats have ignored these last 4 years. This bill simply says if on top of that the illegal is charged with a crime, they need to be detained and taken off the streets. The murderer of [PERSON] was charged but not convicted.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH53-4", "word_count": 69, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "'murderer' and 'taken off the streets' in context of immigration enforcement to evoke fear"}
{"id": "crec_002917", "text": "We thank You for our requests that You have already answered. We have sought and found. We have knocked and walked through open doors.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS83-2", "word_count": 24, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006149", "text": "Instead of prioritizing the well-being of California, the [ORG] is offering a free pass again and again to those coming into the country illegally. We have become the [ORG] that is the magnet for all of it, away from the other States. As we have said, it is high time to put a stop to this.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH175-6", "word_count": 56, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "offering a free pass to those coming into the country illegally; become the magnet for all of it"}
{"id": "crec_006501", "text": "[PERSON] hold on Senate Republicans has become very powerful. Nevertheless, we Democrats will continue to push and pressure and scrutinize each nominee in committee because it is so important to get them on record. Americans need to see that many of [PERSON] nominees are simply unfit for the jobs they have been chosen for.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS160-3", "word_count": 56, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "nominees are simply unfit for the jobs they have been chosen for"}
{"id": "crec_009896", "text": "They crossed deserts, scaled mountains, braved untold dangers, won the Wild West, ended slavery, rescued millions from tyranny, lifted billions from poverty, harnessed electricity, split the atom, launched mankind into the heavens, and put the universe of human knowledge into the palm of the human hand. If we work together, there is nothing we cannot do and no dream we cannot achieve. Many people thought it was impossible for me to stage such a historic political comeback, but as you see today, here I am.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS252-8", "word_count": 85, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "flag_waving", "bandwagon"], "evidence": "celebration of American historical achievements ('crossed deserts, scaled mountains...put the universe of human knowledge into the palm') combined with appeal to collective identity and rhetorical linking of personal comeback to grand national accomplishments"}
{"id": "crec_001716", "text": "You can cut stunning amounts of money from delivery of healthcare not by cutting services but by adopting technology. Except, once again, the lobbyists are in the hallway to stop you from doing that because it would make them change their bureaucracies and the business models. A number like this should make us all pucker, that if we just went back to normal interest rates, in 9 years, 45 percent of all of our tax receipts go into just interest.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH79", "word_count": 80, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "A number like this should make us all pucker...45 percent of all of our tax receipts go into just interest"}
{"id": "crec_006109", "text": "Today, Lebanon continues to bring people together, including one of my favorite events, [ORG]. It is a place where neighbors gather to celebrate community and tradition. We have an office there, and it is one of my favorite places.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH175-5", "word_count": 42, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002122", "text": "Today, as well as every day, we should give our thanks to the [ORG]'s men and women in blue. I make this a practice. Whenever I see a police officer, I always try to stop and say two things: I am not for defunding the police, and I am proud to back the blue, or I say it another way: Thank you for maintaining the peace.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS69-6", "word_count": 66, "labels": ["flag_waving", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "'men and women in blue' and 'back the blue' and 'maintaining the peace'"}
{"id": "crec_005909", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] , I rise today in support of H.R. 33. Taiwan and the United States have a long and productive relationship.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH160-6", "word_count": 21, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006810", "text": "People have lost their lives. People have lost their livelihoods. Rather than address our climate catastrophe, Republicans' highest priority is passing a new $5 trillion tax scam to subsidize the ultrawealthy at the expense of working families.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 37, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "climate catastrophe, tax scam, at the expense of working families"}
{"id": "crec_009638", "text": "I am grateful to Senator [PERSON] , author of [ORG] and manager of the bill, for all her work and to Senator [PERSON] for his leadership on these issues, and I am grateful also to Senators [PERSON] and [PERSON] for their amendments to further strengthen this legislation. Israel Mr. President, before I close, I want to mention the cease-fire between Israel and [ORG], agreed to at the end of last week. This agreement is due in no small part to the unequivocal message President- elect [PERSON] delivered to [ORG] and the world after his election and, above all, to Israel's unwavering commitment to crippling the terrorist organization that has dedicated itself to wiping Israel off the map.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS245-6", "word_count": 120, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "President-elect [PERSON] delivered unequivocal message; terrorist organization dedicated to wiping Israel off the map"}
{"id": "crec_008143", "text": "A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently increase the standard deduction; to [ORG]. By [SPEAKER] (for himself, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Maine, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Pennsylvania, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Florida, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , and Mr. [PERSON] ): H.R. 524.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH217-3", "word_count": 80, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006081", "text": "THE LEAST OF MY BRETHREN ([SPEAKER] asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.) [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , during this week in Washington, I have heard certain cunning, power-hungry individuals invoke the name of [PERSON] to blasphemously whitewash their own awful transgressions against [ORG] and the dehumanization of God's precious creatures.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH174-5", "word_count": 76, "labels": ["loaded_language", "ad_hominem"], "evidence": "cunning, power-hungry individuals invoke the name of [PERSON] to blasphemously whitewash their own awful transgressions"}
{"id": "crec_006990", "text": "So we saw a bipartisan effort, over 350 votes in the House, to pass this bill and, by the way, the same bipartisan support here in the Senate, passing 79 to 18. The law gathered so much bipartisan, bicameral support because we recognized this was about keeping America and Americans safe; that [ORG] needed to divest [ORG] so that we could be assured that [ORG] wasn't pushing its propaganda or spying on us. We acted with conviction against that threat, and of course we know from our classified briefings what that threat for [ORG] was.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 98, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "bandwagon"], "evidence": "bipartisan effort, over 350 votes in the House, same bipartisan support here in the Senate, passing 79 to 18"}
{"id": "crec_004259", "text": "For the past 50 years, [ORG] has been an unqualified success at increasing participation of girls and young women in sports at both the collegiate and secondary level. For 2 years, by allowing men identifying as women to dominate many events in women's sports, the [PERSON] administration has perversely used Title IX to destroy the very gains that [ORG] has fostered for young women. The issue is one of fundamental fairness.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 73, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "allowing men identifying as women to dominate many events...has perversely used Title IX to destroy the very gains"}
{"id": "crec_007943", "text": "We stay away. They know how to do that prescription. It still takes forever to get a permit to do any of these things.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH206-2", "word_count": 24, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007570", "text": "Wisconsin: End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin, [ORG], ASTOP, Inc. Sexual Abuse Center, BeLEAF Survivors, [PERSON] , Deaf Unity, FREE, [ORG], [ORG], [ORG], [ORG], Roots4Change Cooperative, UNIDOS Against Domestic ViolenceStepping Stones, Inc., [ORG]. Wyoming: Wyoming Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-3", "word_count": 52, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007074", "text": "[SPEAKER] will report the amendment by number. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Delaware [Mr. [PERSON] ] proposes an amendment numbered 23. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To strike the section that authorizes [ORG] attorneys general to sue Federal immigration authorities for alleged violations relating to the detention of aliens) Beginning on page 3, strike line 9 and all that follows through page 8, line 10.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 71, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008820", "text": "We are now under a filed cloture motion, which means the majority intends to close debate probably on Monday, and yet one Democratic amendment has been heard--one. The majority leader has said he wants to do things differently; that he wants there to be an amendment process. The amendment process I saw when I first came to this Senate consisted of standing up and saying: I have a relevant, germane amendment.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 71, "labels": ["false_dichotomy", "doubt"], "evidence": "contrasting 'one Democratic amendment has been heard' against promises to 'do things differently' and allow amendment process, implying the majority is not following through on stated intentions"}
{"id": "crec_006306", "text": "A bill to impose limitations on the amount of indirect costs allowable under [ORG] research awards to institutions of higher education, and for other purposes; to [ORG], and Technology. By [SPEAKER] (for himself, Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , and Mr. [PERSON] ): H.R. 421.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH182-3", "word_count": 48, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001444", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] , I reserve the balance of my time. [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. [PERSON] ).", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH67-6", "word_count": 23, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006214", "text": "Do you think they would follow it? That is a genuine question. Pass a balanced budget amendment.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH178", "word_count": 17, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001317", "text": "This confirms the lawfare backfiring, electing [PERSON] , with the corrupt judge receiving my invitation for the [ORG] inauguration, which he unintentionally promoted. In conclusion, God bless our troops as the global war on terrorism continues. Open borders for dictators put all Americans at risk of more 9/11 attacks imminent as warned by the FBI.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH66-3", "word_count": 55, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "Open borders for dictators put all Americans at risk of more 9/11 attacks imminent as warned by the FBI"}
{"id": "crec_002812", "text": "The fires we have now in southern California are devastating so much there, so much value, so much loss, and up to 24 lives lost now. It is an incredibly unnecessary happening that has been raging in L.A. It happens every year with the Santa Ana winds.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH96-3", "word_count": 47, "labels": ["loaded_language"], "evidence": "devastating so much there, so much value, so much loss, incredibly unnecessary happening"}
{"id": "crec_007558", "text": "Arizona: [ORG], [PERSON] for [PERSON] . Arkansas: [ORG]. California: [ORG] and Trafficking, [PERSON] , [ORG], [ORG], [PERSON] , [PERSON] of a Stranger, Healthy Alternatives to Violent Environments, Immigration Center for Women and Children, [PERSON] At Last, [ORG], Maitri, North Coast Rape Crisis Team, Peace Over Violence, [ORG], [ORG] of Fresno, [ORG] the Valley (REACH), Verity, Wild Iris Family Counseling and Crisis Center, YWCA [PERSON] Gate Silicon Valley.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-3", "word_count": 101, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000500", "text": "A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the limitation on the amount individuals can deduct for certain [ORG] and local taxes; to [ORG]. By [SPEAKER]: [PERSON] 233.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH62-3", "word_count": 37, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006305", "text": "A bill to amend section 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to ensure that efforts to engage in espionage or technology transfer are considered in visa issuance, and for other purposes; to [ORG]. By [SPEAKER]: H.R. 420.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH182-3", "word_count": 42, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006939", "text": "I would very much agree with Majority Leader [PERSON] . The truth is that, in the past, whether it has been Republican leaders or Democratic leaders, no one debates that the amendment process has been thwarted. I hope we will see a new opening here where people will be allowed to offer amendments and take up votes.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 56, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "bandwagon"], "evidence": "agreement with Majority Leader and statement that 'no one debates' the amendment process issue"}
{"id": "crec_009313", "text": "PRAYER The Chaplain, Dr. [PERSON] , offered the following prayer: Let us pray. Our Father in Heaven, our shelter in the time of storm, teach our Senators to live as You would have them live. Give them the wisdom to serve others as You desire, providing an example worthy of the high calling they have received from You.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-17", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-17-pt1-PgS237-2", "word_count": 72, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "invocation of divine authority and guidance for senators' conduct and decision-making"}
{"id": "crec_001882", "text": "A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to restrict trading and ownership of certain financial instruments by Members of Congress and their spouses and dependents, and for other purposes; to [ORG], and in addition to [ORG], for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. By [SPEAKER]: H.R. 254.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH87-2", "word_count": 78, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002414", "text": "SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND SENATE RESOLUTIONS The following concurrent resolutions and Senate resolutions were read, and referred (or acted upon), as indicated: By [SPEAKER]: [PERSON] . 18. A resolution providing for sufficient time for legislation to be read; to [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS80", "word_count": 58, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_005894", "text": "This bill helps promote Taiwanese investment in the United States and job creation. The bill provides benefits to Taiwanese residents similar to those provided in the 2016 U.S. model tax treaty. Importantly, these new provisions do not take effect until Taiwan offers American residents the same benefits.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH160-6", "word_count": 47, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001111", "text": "After his service, [PERSON] received a [PERSON] , [ORG], and several other medals and service ribbons. In June of last year, I had the opportunity to call [PERSON] on the 80th anniversary of D-Day while he was visiting [PERSON] and seeing the beaches of France. It was my honor to thank him for his service during World War II and let him know how much of a privilege it was to know him and his story.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 79, "labels": ["flag_waving"], "evidence": "emphasis on military service, medals, D-Day anniversary, and patriotic framing of honoring a veteran"}
{"id": "crec_007835", "text": "What happens with a national monument? As I mentioned a moment ago, it becomes almost hands off, don't touch, don't manage. No equipment can go out there and do fuel removals and very little other can happen in national monument or wilderness areas.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH206-2", "word_count": 43, "labels": ["loaded_language", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "'almost hands off, don't touch, don't manage' and 'very little other can happen' presents management options as binary extremes"}
{"id": "crec_000046", "text": "[SPEAKER]. Madam President, the certificate of the electoral vote of [ORG] seems to be regular in form and authentic, and it appears therefrom that [PERSON] of the State of California received 12 votes for President and [PERSON] of the State of Minnesota received 12 votes for Vice President. Senator [PERSON] .", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-06", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-06-pt1-PgH45-10", "word_count": 56, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009083", "text": "54 intended to be proposed to S. 5, a bill to require the Secretary of [ORG] to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS227-2", "word_count": 36, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008707", "text": "That is how you bankrupt a family. That is how you bankrupt a business. That is how we are mortgaging our children's future.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 23, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "repetition of 'that is how' combined with emotionally charged terms like 'bankrupt' and 'mortgaging our children's future' to evoke concern about financial catastrophe"}
{"id": "crec_001594", "text": "She passed away at the age of 81. She was the former [ORG], [ORG], and [PERSON] , an office she held for 18 years. She served with great integrity and pride and was truly a public servant as she was one of the people.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH77", "word_count": 48, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "served with great integrity and pride and was truly a public servant as she was one of the people"}
{"id": "crec_002732", "text": ". . To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing [ORG], and all other [ORG] vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any [ORG] or Officer thereof.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH112-22", "word_count": 41, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_005583", "text": "[[ORG] FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET [SPEAKER]. Mr. President, I have one request for a committee to meet during today's session of the Senate. It has the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS158-2", "word_count": 46, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006709", "text": "In 2017, many of us warned that [PERSON] 's tax giveaway was a disaster for working families. It was a giveaway to billionaires. It was a giveaway to powerful corporations.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 29, "labels": ["repetition", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "repeated phrase 'giveaway' used three times with loaded connotations to frame tax policy negatively"}
{"id": "crec_005034", "text": "26) to constitute the majority party's membership on certain committees for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, or until their successors are chosen. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the resolution. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS136-3", "word_count": 34, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009318", "text": "Pending: [PERSON] (for [ORG]) amendment No. 8, to include crimes resulting in death or serious bodily injury to the list of offenses that, if committed by an inadmissible alien, require mandatory detention. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-17", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-17-pt1-PgS237-5", "word_count": 33, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009629", "text": "[SPEAKER] will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS245-6", "word_count": 16, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002147", "text": "[ORG] Mr. President, now, on the GOP taxes and our Democratic agenda, each day it is becoming clearer that the new [ORG] administration will look a lot like the old one: chaos for Republicans, bad news for working Americans. That is what this new [ORG] administration already looks like, just like they did 4 years ago. All week long, Republicans have tripped over themselves to try to figure out how they are going to hurt everyday Americans through their agenda.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS69-6", "word_count": 82, "labels": ["repetition", "loaded_language", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "Repeated phrase 'new [ORG] administration will look a lot like the old one' and 'just like they did 4 years ago'; loaded terms 'chaos,' 'bad news,' and 'hurt everyday Americans'; false choice between Republican chaos and Democratic alternatives"}
{"id": "crec_007747", "text": "The people from East and North Portland, Sandy, [PERSON] , Estacada, and Hood River have spoken with a united voice. It is time to make bold progress on the issues that matter most: addressing our homelessness and addiction crises, ensuring access to affordable healthcare for all, building an economy that works for our working families, and, as wildfires ravage our coast, tackling the climate crisis head-on. As a critical care physician, I have spent the past two decades caring for the sickest Oregonians.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH204-2", "word_count": 82, "labels": ["bandwagon", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "people have spoken with a united voice; As a critical care physician, I have spent the past two decades"}
{"id": "crec_008428", "text": "I am all for the freedom to do so. But to impose additional costs on seniors who have fixed incomes and other low-income families who are struggling to get by under the high prices and the 40-year high inflation under the [PERSON] administration simply adds insult to injury. But President [PERSON] didn't stop there.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 54, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "impose additional costs on seniors with fixed incomes and low-income families struggling under 40-year high inflation; adds insult to injury"}
{"id": "crec_005748", "text": "More veterans rely on [ORG] disability than they do on the VA. It is not emphasized enough, but the other key thing is: [ORG] is the best economic development program that there is in the country. Every district, on average, gets over $200 million coming into that district on a monthly basis.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH157", "word_count": 54, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "[ORG] is the best economic development program that there is in the country"}
{"id": "crec_006204", "text": "That plan will increase the debt ceiling so that [PERSON] can't play games with the bond market, fund border, fund defense, cut some of the disastrous [ORG] policies to pay for those things the American people prioritize, and in so doing, free up defense to be modernized and built so that when we come to March we don't have to do what happens every year where defense hawks sell their souls to the devil to raise defense spending all driven by [ORG] lobbyists and the defense contractors in this town who define our defense policy so that Democrats can get increases in nondefense spending, which is an increase in programs, and our discretionary budget keeps going up and up and up and up, and you keep funding the very bureaucrats that the [ORG] folks say they want to cut. I have this wild idea for these crazy conservatives in [ORG] that maybe, just maybe, we should change the game. Maybe, just maybe, we should take that money, go build our defense through reconciliation, level the playing field, pass either a continuing resolution or spending at the caps that we put in place this last year, hold spending frozen for the rest of this year, go do the appropriations process, let [ORG] do its work, cut spending to pre-COVID levels, save about a trillion dollars over a decade, do our job to actually deliver on the promises that we made, give wins to the President of the United States, give wins to Republicans, unite the party, unite the country, and demonstrate that we can do our job.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH178", "word_count": 270, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear", "name_calling"], "evidence": "selling their souls to the devil, disastrous policies, crazy conservatives"}
{"id": "crec_000757", "text": "Committee on Indian Affairs: Mr. [PERSON] (Ranking), Ms. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] .", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgS43", "word_count": 16, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008124", "text": "A bill to impose additional duties on imports of goods into the United States; to [ORG]. By [SPEAKER] (for himself, Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Colorado, Mr. [PERSON] , Mrs. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Texas, Mrs. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Louisiana, and Mr. [PERSON] ): H.R. 506.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH217-3", "word_count": 64, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006507", "text": "One is Mr. [PERSON] . Few nominees illustrate what is at stake for working-class families better than [PERSON] pick for OMB director, Mr. [PERSON] . This is one of the most influential positions in the entire White House, responsible for not only producing the President's budget but also executing the President's agenda across the executive branch.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS160-3", "word_count": 56, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "describing OMB director as 'one of the most influential positions in the entire White House' to emphasize importance and authority of the nominee"}
{"id": "crec_008677", "text": "Let's say the next year, you have a serious illness in your family, and all of a sudden, you have major medical bills totaling $50,000. So the next year, you spend $150,000. Well, let's say you get some good news.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 40, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000458", "text": "Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH53-4", "word_count": 17, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000241", "text": "HONORING CARLSBAD MAYOR [PERSON] ([SPEAKER] asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute.) [SPEAKER]. Madam Speaker, I rise to honor my friend and an honorable New Mexican, [ORG] Mayor [PERSON] , who passed away on December 30, 2024.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH52-3", "word_count": 56, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001593", "text": "[Pages [PERSON] ] HONORING THE LIFE OF LILLIAN BEAN ([SPEAKER] asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , I rise to honor the life of a very dear friend of mine, [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH77", "word_count": 57, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002199", "text": "Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. [SPEAKER] (Mr. [PERSON] ). Without objection, it is so ordered.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS69-6", "word_count": 24, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006878", "text": "That tears apart, rips apart, the very fabric of our democracy.'' I can almost see him crying crocodile tears as he says that. Well, I did a rough check a moment ago, and 152 million Americans voted in 2024.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 39, "labels": ["loaded_language", "ad_hominem"], "evidence": "tears apart, rips apart the very fabric of our democracy and crocodile tears characterization"}
{"id": "crec_004185", "text": "The distinction between men and women is clear and evident, and the erasure of this division has been promulgated by those in the radical left who seek to dismantle the core foundation of our society. We must never let our country and the American way of life surrender to this immoral ideology. What a shame it is that, over the last several years, the radical left has tried to corrupt the minds of many Americans with the ideology that gender is just a spectrum, that it is fluid, or that you can be whatever you want, whenever you want, depending on how you feel.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 104, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "erasure of this division has been promulgated by those in the radical left who seek to dismantle the core foundation of our society"}
{"id": "crec_008874", "text": "She is the captain of the ship. She makes all of this possible. She is a master communicator.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 18, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "master communicator, makes all of this possible - vague praise without specific substantiation"}
{"id": "crec_002585", "text": "144 is a commonsense bill. It is going to increase transparency at the [ORG], and it is going to ensure that the [ORG] conducts appropriate oversight over the agency's actions. Mr. [PERSON] , I urge support for the bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH105", "word_count": 48, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "commonsense bill, increase transparency, ensure appropriate oversight"}
{"id": "crec_000372", "text": "That makes no one safer and costs a lot of money. Finally, this bill also bizarrely attempts to give [ORG] attorneys general the authority to try and stop the administrations from carrying out important policy priorities by giving them standing to sue in [ORG] court under various sections of [ORG]. That entire section of the bill, likely unconstitutional.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH53-4", "word_count": 62, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "'bizarrely attempts' and 'costs a lot of money' with 'makes no one safer' frame the bill as simultaneously absurd and dangerous"}
{"id": "crec_000984", "text": "If Federal employees don't want to come back to work, well, you know what, [ORG] and I are happy to make that dream come true. My New Year's resolution is to put Washington back to work and on a diet. This week, I am reintroducing my bills to drain the swamp by relocating [ORG] and bureaucrats outside Washington.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 59, "labels": ["loaded_language", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "drain the swamp, put Washington back to work"}
{"id": "crec_004455", "text": "In surveys of children and their parents, the majority report not knowing what title [ORG] is. A study conducted by [ORG] in 2017 found that most high school athletic administrators were unaware of who their title [ORG] coordinator was or felt unsupported by their title [ORG] coordinator. In intercollegiate athletics, most coaches report that they never received formal training about title IX as part of the preparation for their jobs.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 73, "labels": ["doubt"], "evidence": "surveys showing majority 'not knowing' and administrators being 'unaware' of title coordinators, suggesting lack of credibility or effectiveness of the organization"}
{"id": "crec_008312", "text": "Make their speech like precious gold set in silver. May they seek to persuade with patient and gentle words. Lord, give them the wisdom to be friends of that which is eternal and abiding.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS197-2", "word_count": 34, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "precious gold set in silver, eternal and abiding"}
{"id": "crec_008462", "text": "The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. [SPEAKER]. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 24, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008786", "text": "Neighbors. [SPEAKER]. I look forward to cooperating on many topics, but this is perhaps the most important one at the moment.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 21, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006912", "text": "In 2019 and 2020, 85 percent of H-1B visas were awarded to entry level and junior guest workers, who are paid between 20 to 40 percent less than American workers in similar occupations. So, No. 1, it is simply not true that [ORG] focuses on the very rare and highly skilled workers that American companies cannot find.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 59, "labels": ["loaded_language", "doubt"], "evidence": "85 percent of H-1B visas were awarded to entry level and junior guest workers, who are paid between 20 to 40 percent less than American workers"}
{"id": "crec_003593", "text": "(B) Completion of background checks.--The security and law enforcement background checks of an alien required under subparagraph (A) shall be completed, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, before the date on which the Secretary grants such alien permanent resident status on a conditional basis under this section. (8) Medical examination.-- (A) [PERSON] alien applying for permanent resident status on a conditional basis under this section shall undergo a medical examination. (B) Policies and procedures.--The Secretary, with the concurrence of the Secretary of [ORG], shall prescribe policies and procedures for the nature and timing of the examination required under subparagraph (A).", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS96-2", "word_count": 103, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000889", "text": "Indeed, as I will discuss in a few minutes, the United States did, in fact, lead the way in guaranteeing birthright citizenship in the 1860s, but in doing so, it has led to a global movement that many other countries have decided to embrace. I believe the constitutional basis for birthright citizenship is clear, and those challenging the notion are mounting an argument with no legal basis. But, today, I want to move beyond the legal history and talk about the good that birthright citizenship brings to our [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 89, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "talk about the good that birthright citizenship brings to our [ORG]"}
{"id": "crec_008735", "text": "When I asked her--this is me talking now--when I asked her whether I should hire [PERSON] , she said: He is the best I ever hired. He is hardworking, honest, intelligent, kind and funny. [PERSON] has a deep appreciation for his home [ORG] of Kansas and served it extremely well in his time in my office.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 56, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "She said: He is the best I ever hired... served it extremely well in my office"}
{"id": "crec_001821", "text": "Our time will come again. We will have to take advantage of the time. Mr. [PERSON] , I yield back the balance of my time.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH82", "word_count": 24, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009809", "text": "It is a fitting reminder of the system of checks and balances that is the very foundation of our government--three equal branches of government. That is how for nearly 250 years, our great American experiment, grounded in the rule of law, has endured. So as we inaugurate a new President and Vice President, let us remember that the power of those in this room comes from the people: the construction workers who build our country, the teachers and healthcare workers who nurture us, the troops defending our freedoms, and, yes, the firefighters in Los Angeles putting themselves on the line for us.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS252-8", "word_count": 102, "labels": ["flag_waving", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "our great American experiment, grounded in the rule of law, has endured; construction workers, teachers, healthcare workers, troops, firefighters"}
{"id": "crec_006481", "text": "Then he went to Athens, GA. He was cited in Georgia for shoplifting. Once again, he was released, and now we know what happened next.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS159-7", "word_count": 25, "labels": ["loaded_language", "doubt"], "evidence": "The phrase 'Once again, he was released, and now we know what happened next' uses leading language that implies negative consequences while creating suspense/doubt about unstated outcomes"}
{"id": "crec_006871", "text": "My hard-working laborers in my [ORG], whether they come from the service industry and it is somebody who is washing dishes in a restaurant in Nevada, are no different than that person washing dishes in some of my colleagues' States. Everybody benefits if we come together in a bipartisan way, and that is how this should work. And I am hopeful my colleagues are willing to do so.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 68, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "bandwagon"], "evidence": "\"come together in a bipartisan way\" and \"Everybody benefits\" - appeals to unity and cooperation as inherently positive without specific policy details"}
{"id": "crec_002345", "text": "She then founded the Advocates' Women's Human Rights Program, one of the first in the United States. [PERSON] 's work has been revolutionary in ensuring recognition for women's human rights as human rights and developing a partner-based methodology. The Advocates is committed to human rights work built on partnerships with, and led by, individuals impacted by human rights violations.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS77-3", "word_count": 58, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008910", "text": "This subsection may be waived by a majority of the Members present, or by consent of [ORG] Member of [ORG]. This subsection shall apply only when at least 5 calendar days written notice of a session to mark-up a measure is provided to [ORG]. [PERSON] transcript.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS218-2", "word_count": 57, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006073", "text": "These men and women, many of whom work around the clock, have been on the front lines fighting tirelessly to protect our homes and communities from devastating impact of the ongoing fires. I am also deeply proud of the way our communities have come together. From local volunteers to neighbors checking on one another and organizations offering aid, California's spirit of unity and resilience shines brighter than ever.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH174-2", "word_count": 68, "labels": ["flag_waving", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "California's spirit of unity and resilience shines brighter than ever"}
{"id": "crec_004316", "text": "It takes away opportunities, scholarship funds, and titles that are meant for women. As a father of three girls, this is personal to me. I want my girls to be able to succeed in the sports that they play.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 39, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "'takes away opportunities, scholarship funds, and titles that are meant for women'"}
{"id": "crec_006310", "text": "A bill to reimburse the States for border security expenses, and for other purposes; to [ORG]. By [SPEAKER] (for himself, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Arizona, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mrs. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Florida, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mrs. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] of Georgia, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH182-3", "word_count": 77, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004311", "text": "If this bill is passed into law, then these kinds of secret investigations, shady questions, and surveillance of kids could happen all across this country. This does not protect women and girls. This only further jeopardizes their safety and security when they are playing sports.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 45, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "secret investigations, shady questions, surveillance of kids, jeopardizes their safety and security"}
{"id": "crec_008694", "text": "Doing that with 1998 spending levels, if you compare that to President [PERSON] 's budgeted revenue for this year, which has not decreased because of [ORG]--the revenue has consistently increased to $5.5 trillion--we would have a balanced budget. What everybody says is impossible to achieve, going back to [PERSON] spending levels, increasing them by population and inflation and using today's [ORG], [ORG], and interest expense would balance the budget. We wouldn't have to increase the debt ceiling.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 83, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "Claims 'What everybody says is impossible to achieve' can be solved by returning to 1998 spending levels - oversimplifies complex fiscal policy; invokes unnamed authority ('everybody says') to dismiss opposing views"}
{"id": "crec_007440", "text": "[ORG] will reinstitute existing laws to protect American families with peace through strength. Mr. [PERSON] , I congratulate Senator [PERSON] on prevailing at the confirmation hearing yesterday I attended, which was so positively conducted by Chairman [PERSON] and [ORG] Member [PERSON] .", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH189-6", "word_count": 43, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "'peace through strength' and 'protect American families'"}
{"id": "crec_007796", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] , I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the topic of this Special Order. [SPEAKER]. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from California?", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH206-2", "word_count": 45, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_005946", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] , I reserve the balance of my time. [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. [PERSON] ), another new member of [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH160-6", "word_count": 36, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002311", "text": "MEASURE READ THE FIRST TIME--H.R. 23 [SPEAKER]. Mr. President, I understand there is a bill at the desk, and I ask for its first reading.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS76-2", "word_count": 38, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_003911", "text": "Over 47,000 Palestinians have been killed since the war began, though a recent study published by The [ORG] estimates the death toll could be up to 40 percent higher. The majority of those killed are women and children. Madam Speaker, 90 percent of Gaza's population is internally displaced and the threat of widespread famine has lingered for months.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH115-4", "word_count": 58, "labels": ["loaded_language"], "evidence": "over 47,000 Palestinians have been killed...majority...women and children...90 percent...internally displaced...widespread famine"}
{"id": "crec_004111", "text": "MEAN, CRUEL BULLYING TACTIC (Mr. [PERSON] asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) Mr. [PERSON] . Mr. [PERSON] , it is no surprise that [ORG] of [PERSON] and former GOP Speaker [PERSON] is the same party that is obsessed with passing a bill today which I call the child predator empowerment act.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH124-8", "word_count": 79, "labels": ["name_calling", "loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "calling the bill a 'child predator empowerment act' and describing opponents as 'obsessed' with inflammatory rhetoric"}
{"id": "crec_000003", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] and Members of Congress, pursuant to the Constitution and laws of the United States, the Senate and [ORG] are meeting in joint session to verify the certificates and count the votes of the electors of the several States for President and Vice President of the United States. After ascertainment has been had that the certificates are authentic and correct in form, the tellers will count and make a list of the votes cast by the electors of the several States. The tellers on the part of the two [ORG] will take their places at [SPEAKER]'s desk.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-06", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-06-pt1-PgH45-10", "word_count": 100, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007462", "text": "It is encouraging to see California finally getting a clue on that and beginning to follow that kind of thinking. Governor [PERSON] 's appointees at CARB have been responsible for pushing many of these costly mandates in some of our other States. Even this Congress sometimes looks at emulating those to the detriment of consumers, like taking away their stoves, taking away their cars, the whole works.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH190-5", "word_count": 66, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "taking away their stoves, taking away their cars, the whole works"}
{"id": "crec_005657", "text": "We will all miss him. Unconditional Aid for Eaton Fire Victims [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , this week, I returned from my district in southern California, which has been completely devastated by the Eaton fire.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH154-2", "word_count": 33, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "completely devastated by the Eaton fire"}
{"id": "crec_004072", "text": "Every Kid is at Risk Mrs. [PERSON] . Mr. [PERSON] , I rise to object to the dangerous bill, H.R. 28, [ORG] of 2025, better known as the child predator empowerment act.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH122", "word_count": 38, "labels": ["loaded_language", "name_calling"], "evidence": "calling the bill the 'child predator empowerment act' and describing it as 'dangerous' uses inflammatory language to characterize legislation negatively"}
{"id": "crec_007672", "text": "Here's the bottom line: under our existing immigration laws, people who commit domestic violence, sexual offenses, or other heinous crimes are already inadmissible and removable. This bill does not secure the border, nor does it work to fix our immigration system. It only puts innocent people, legally present in the United States, at risk of deportation.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-3", "word_count": 56, "labels": ["false_dichotomy", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "presenting only two outcomes ('does not secure the border' vs. 'puts innocent people at risk') while ignoring potential middle-ground benefits; 'at risk of deportation' appeals to fear about consequences"}
{"id": "crec_008176", "text": "[PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Pennsylvania, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Alabama, Mr. [PERSON] of Florida, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Alabama, Mr. [PERSON] of Arizona, Mrs. [PERSON] of Virginia, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Georgia, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Texas, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mrs. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , and Mr. [PERSON] ): [PERSON] 556. A bill to prohibit the Secretary of the [ORG] and the Secretary of Agriculture from prohibiting the use of lead ammunition or tackle on certain Federal land or water under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the [ORG] and the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes; to [ORG], and in addition to [ORG], for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH217-3", "word_count": 162, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001867", "text": "This should serve as a major wake-up call that our [ORG] needs to start doing things differently, that we need to get back to basics. We need to get back to basics in California: Build our roads; manage our forests; store our water; maintain our grid; fund our police and our fire departments; do the things government is supposed to do, do them well, and do nothing else. If we can get back to basics as a [ORG], then we can stop catastrophes like this from happening in the future.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH85", "word_count": 90, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "wake-up call...catastrophes like this from happening; vague invocation of 'basics' and 'things government is supposed to do' without specifics"}
{"id": "crec_009945", "text": "[SPEAKER]. And I ask consent that the mandatory quorum call be waived. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS258-2", "word_count": 13, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008942", "text": "A witness appearing before the [ORG], or any [ORG] thereof, shall provide electronically a written statement of the witness's proposed testimony at least 2 calendar days prior to the witness' appearance, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays in which the Senate is not in session. This requirement may be waived by the [PERSON] and the [ORG] Member following their determination that there is good cause for failure of compliance. ([PERSON] , [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS218-2", "word_count": 73, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004982", "text": "He handpicked 37 murderers to save from death row. Unlike the rest of his pardons and commutations, you can't hide behind the excuses of staff, incompetence, personal ignorance, or the affection of a father. He knew who he was pardoning, and he knew the evil crimes they committed.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS130-5", "word_count": 48, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "37 murderers, death row, evil crimes - emotionally charged language designed to provoke fear and negative judgment"}
{"id": "crec_008795", "text": "I view coming to the floor and having this dialogue as kind of a way for us to do something that is too rare--way too rare--here in the Senate. We rarely have these types of conversations in front of the American people, and I think it is important we have them, especially when there is some value--that maybe we share the same value but have different interpretations of how that value will be impacted. I am sure we share the same value on trying not to do kids wrong.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 89, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_005808", "text": "[ORG]'S SPORTS FOR WOMEN ONLY ([SPEAKER] asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , biological men should not be competing in women's athletics.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH160-2", "word_count": 50, "labels": ["loaded_language", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "framing as 'biological men' competing in 'women's athletics' presents a binary without acknowledging nuanced policy distinctions or categories"}
{"id": "crec_002123", "text": "As chairman of [ORG], you can be sure that I will continue my work to protect and support law enforcement in both Iowa and nationwide. [ORG] always accomplishes issues supporting police in a bipartisan series of bills, most often in the month of May. To our law enforcement friends, all Senators say: Thank you for your selfless service.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS69-6", "word_count": 63, "labels": ["flag_waving", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "Thank you for your selfless service and framing law enforcement support as patriotic duty accomplished through bipartisan cooperation"}
{"id": "crec_001385", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] , the terror attacks on October 7 were unconscionable and unacceptable. The victims on that dark day were overwhelmingly civilians, 62 of whom are still being held illegally as hostages in unknown circumstances. I would hope that every single Member of this [ORG] would demand their immediate and unconditional release.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH67-6", "word_count": 51, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "unconscionable and unacceptable, terror attacks, dark day, held illegally in unknown circumstances"}
{"id": "crec_007530", "text": "[ORG] by Illegal Aliens Act shouldn't be controversial. Sadly, as we saw last week with [ORG], many of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle will use any excuse to oppose commonsense border security. I stand on behalf of my constituents in North Carolina's Eighth Congressional District to urge my colleagues to support this crucial initiative in our fight to keep our citizens safe.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-3", "word_count": 73, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "characterizing opposition as using 'any excuse' against 'commonsense' security, framing as binary choice between supporting the act or being unsafe"}
{"id": "crec_004013", "text": "[ORG] [SPEAKER]. Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of [ORG] which was introduced by Representative [PERSON] . In the last term, the House passed this bill as well, but it was not taken up by the Senate.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH120-2", "word_count": 50, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009326", "text": "[SPEAKER]. Without objection, it is so ordered. Recognition of the Majority Leader The majority leader is recognized.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-17", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-17-pt1-PgS237-5", "word_count": 17, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_005621", "text": "Due to their bravery, courage, and action in responding to the [PERSON] fire, they were able to minimize danger and keep our neighbors safe. Our community thanks them. I also visited one of the evacuation centers at [ORG] to learn more about how staff and volunteers have been working around the clock to help those who were forced to evacuate.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH152-3", "word_count": 64, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "bravery, courage, and action"}
{"id": "crec_004354", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] , I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Oregon (Ms. [PERSON] ). [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , this bill is a clear example of government overreach.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 25, "labels": ["loaded_language"], "evidence": "government overreach"}
{"id": "crec_005682", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] , I rise today to voice my deep concern and disappointment with the passage of H.R. 28. As a mother of teenagers in public schools, I am appalled that instead of addressing urgent challenges, like the youth mental health crisis, gun violence in our schools, and the growing teacher shortage, this legislation diverts our attention to dangerous and divisive policies.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH155-3", "word_count": 61, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "dangerous and divisive policies; youth mental health crisis, gun violence in our schools"}
{"id": "crec_004150", "text": "I am very happy to partner with Mr. [PERSON] once again in supporting his bill, [ORG], which is about fairness and ensuring that female athletes have the opportunity to compete on a level playing field, on their own playing field. Title IX was designed to give women and girls equal opportunities in sports. Biological males competing on those same fields with them undermines that intent and puts these athletes at a disadvantage and a lot of discomfort.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH125", "word_count": 85, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "'Title IX was designed to give women and girls equal opportunities' and 'puts these athletes at a disadvantage and a lot of discomfort'"}
{"id": "crec_004174", "text": "I remind my colleauges to keep in mind that as of last month, of the approximately 510,000 athletes who play at the [ORG] level, 10 are transgender--not 10,000, 10 out of 510,000. Transgender students, like all students, deserve the same opportunity as their peers to learn teamwork, find belonging, and grow into well- rounded adults through sports. Childhood and adolescence are important times for growth and development, and sports help students form healthy habits and develop strong social and emotional skills.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 81, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "precise statistical framing (10 out of 510,000) combined with appeals to widely accepted values about student development and belonging"}
{"id": "crec_006832", "text": "They are called [PERSON] and [PERSON] . [PERSON] and [PERSON] are in nursing homes with Alzheimer's because of [ORG]. They want to cut that?", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 23, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "nursing homes with Alzheimer's because of [ORG]. They want to cut that?"}
{"id": "crec_004065", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] , there have been 62 new clean energy projects, and the most in the country have been announced in Michigan. Over 400,000 new jobs have been created in Michigan, so many, in fact, that Detroit has been boasting its lowest levels of unemployment in three decades. With the largest investment in the Great Lakes in decades, nearly all areas of concern in Michigan will be remediated, including two affecting my district: the [PERSON] River and [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH122-2", "word_count": 79, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "62 new clean energy projects, Over 400,000 new jobs, lowest levels of unemployment in three decades, largest investment in the Great Lakes in decades"}
{"id": "crec_009642", "text": "[SPEAKER] will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS245-6", "word_count": 16, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001347", "text": "I am enclosing a copy of the Executive Order I have issued. [PERSON] , Jr. [ORG], January 8, 2025.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH67-5", "word_count": 22, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004613", "text": "We have to have this productivity spike, and it is going to come through functionally two things--AI and synthetic biology--but I will save that for another speech. However, there is a way it can work. There is hope.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH142-3", "word_count": 38, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "productivity spike, AI and synthetic biology, there is hope"}
{"id": "crec_004226", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] , I am shocked at that description of this legislation and would ask where in the world that information is found in this bill. There is no requirement for inspections, and there is no necessary effort other than going to a person's birth certificate. Mr. [PERSON] , I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Utah (Mr. [PERSON] ), one who knows about true competition and an equal nature and a just nature as well, as he wears a Super Bowl ring.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 81, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "strawman"], "evidence": "yields time to gentleman 'one who knows about true competition' and references his Super Bowl ring as credential; characterizes opponent's description as inaccurate while not directly engaging with their actual argument"}
{"id": "crec_008355", "text": "We aren't against [ORG]. We want [ORG] to keep going. But we are against a Chinese company that is in cahoots with [ORG] owning [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 28, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "Chinese company that is in cahoots with [ORG]"}
{"id": "crec_004403", "text": "As women's rights and gender justice organizations, we vehemently reject this dangerous legislation and rhetoric which only serves to marginalize transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people and encourage scrutiny and policing of the bodies of all women and girls in sports. Supporting the civil rights of women and girls cannot be separated from championing policies that protect the rights of transgender, intersex, and nonbinary individuals' rights to be free from sex discrimination, including in school sports. This, at a minimum, includes voicing strong opposition to H.R.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 85, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "dangerous legislation, marginalize, policing of the bodies, scrutiny"}
{"id": "crec_008789", "text": "So I ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment so that I may offer up amendment No. 72; that there be up to 15 minutes for debate on the amendment; and that upon the use or yielding back of time, the Senate vote on the amendment without further intervening action or debate. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 55, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000732", "text": "[ORG]: Mr. [PERSON] (Chair), Mrs. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] (FL), Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] . Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Mr. [PERSON] ([ORG]) (Chair), Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Mrs. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] . [ORG], Science, and [ORG]: Mr. [PERSON] (Chair), Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mrs. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mrs. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mrs. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] .", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgS42-3", "word_count": 106, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_005960", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] , to continue to rely on China for critical items like semiconductors and chips is very dangerous. There is no reason America can't make those same items. This bipartisan bill will remove unfair tax barriers for American workers and businesses, strengthen our [ORG]'s manufacturing base, and grow jobs right here at home.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH160-6", "word_count": 53, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "relying on China is 'very dangerous' and 'there is no reason America can't make those same items' presents a binary choice while ignoring complex trade relationships"}
{"id": "crec_004818", "text": "Is he such an ideologue that he doesn't see the truth of the world around him? Mr. [PERSON] , look over at California right now and say that we haven't had increases in these kinds of problems. Tomorrow, Mr. [PERSON] must answer for his background and his comments.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS128-2", "word_count": 47, "labels": ["ad_hominem", "appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "questioning if someone is an 'ideologue' who 'doesn't see truth,' implying California's problems as implicit threat, demanding accountability for 'background and comments'"}
{"id": "crec_002175", "text": "I hate seeing [PERSON] leave. He is one of the best, as I said, I have ever had, but we have a new successor to [PERSON] , who is his deputy, who I know will fill his large shoes. So thank you very much.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS69-6", "word_count": 43, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "one of the best, as I said, I have ever had"}
{"id": "crec_008848", "text": "Great guy. They are a great couple. So that is [PERSON] 's early background.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 13, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009819", "text": "Pray by night. Pray by day. Observing the birthday of the Reverend [PERSON] , who warned, without God, our efforts turn to ashes.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS252-8", "word_count": 24, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "invoking Reverend's warning about efforts turning to ashes without God to establish moral authority and create emotional weight around religious devotion"}
{"id": "crec_009879", "text": "Never again will the immense power of the state be weaponized to persecute political opponents, something I know something about. We will not allow that to happen. It will not happen again.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS252-8", "word_count": 32, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "repetition"], "evidence": "Never again will the immense power of the state be weaponized to persecute political opponents...It will not happen again"}
{"id": "crec_009639", "text": "Thirty-three hostages--women and children, the injured, and those over 50 years old--will be released during the first phase of the cease-fire, including the three hostages who were released yesterday. The rest of the hostages are scheduled to be released over the next two phases of the cease-fire, and the families and loved ones will continue to wait in agony until they are safely home. It is intolerable that these innocent individuals have been in the hands of terrorists for more than 15 months, and I want to underscore the absolute imperative of the return of all hostages as soon as possible.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS245-6", "word_count": 101, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "describing hostages in 'the hands of terrorists' and families waiting 'in agony'; use of 'intolerable' and 'absolute imperative'"}
{"id": "crec_009076", "text": "[ORG]. 1 At the request of Mr. [PERSON] , the name of the Senator from Missouri (Mr. [PERSON] ) was added as a cosponsor of [ORG]", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS227-2", "word_count": 25, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007160", "text": "9 At the request of Mrs. [PERSON] , the names of the Senator from Arizona (Mr. [PERSON] ) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. [PERSON] ) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 9 intended to be proposed to S. 5, a bill to require the Secretary of [ORG] to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes. AMENDMENT NO.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS186-2", "word_count": 68, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006961", "text": "That would never have been expected to have occurred. We don't have any certainty as to the outcome, one way or the other. If this had happened in September, October, or November--out of the courts--we could have then deliberated before the deadline on Sunday, 4 days from now.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 48, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000013", "text": "Madam President, the certificate of the electoral vote of the District of Columbia seems to be regular in form and authentic, and it appears therefrom that [PERSON] of the State of California received 3 votes for President and [PERSON] of the State of Minnesota received 3 votes for Vice President. [SPEAKER]. Madam President, the certificate of the electoral vote of the State of Florida seems to be regular in form and authentic, and it appears therefrom that [PERSON] of the State of Florida received 30 votes for President and J.D.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-06", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-06-pt1-PgH45-10", "word_count": 95, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006006", "text": "[PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] of Oregon, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Maine, Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] . (4) Committee on science, space, and technology.--Ms. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Mrs. [PERSON] , Mrs. [PERSON] , Mr.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH171-2", "word_count": 53, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009446", "text": "[SPEAKER] submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment [ORG] proposed by Mr. [PERSON] (for Ms. [PERSON] (for herself and Mr. [PERSON] )) to the bill [ORG], supra; which was ordered to lie on the table.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-17", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-17-pt1-PgS243-3", "word_count": 38, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000440", "text": "What the gentleman was asking for is the law today. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. [PERSON] .", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH53-4", "word_count": 21, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002864", "text": "We've fought to lower costs for consumers, and to give small businesses a fair chance to compete. Today, our economy has not only recovered, it has emerged stronger, laying the foundation for a promising new chapter in the American comeback story. [ORG] has prepared this report examining actions taken to both ease the pandemic's immediate impact and strengthen our economy over the long-term, to help ensure we learn the right lessons as a nation and to build on the historic progress we've made.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH98-5", "word_count": 87, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "economy has emerged stronger, laying the foundation for a promising new chapter in the American comeback story"}
{"id": "crec_002105", "text": "[PERSON] 220: Ms. [PERSON] , Mrs. [PERSON] , Mrs. [PERSON] , and Mr. [PERSON] of Maine. [PERSON]", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH94-4", "word_count": 14, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007758", "text": "True sisterhood means extending respect and support, encouraging each other, and committing to a lifetime of friendship. When a sister forgets what that means, you let her know with love. As a proud member, I am thrilled to wish my sorors a happy Founders Day.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH204-4", "word_count": 45, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "True sisterhood means extending respect and support, encouraging each other, and committing to a lifetime of friendship"}
{"id": "crec_005045", "text": "[ORG] commitment to designing and overseeing high- quality construction and infrastructure projects is clear. I want to congratulate [PERSON] and [PERSON] and the entire team at [ORG] for their immeasurable impact on the [ORG] community. I look forward to seeing their continued growth and success in Iowa.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS137-2", "word_count": 50, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "high-quality construction and infrastructure projects, immeasurable impact, continued growth and success"}
{"id": "crec_001256", "text": "[ORG] 23-101); to [ORG]. EC-36. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, [ORG], [ORG], transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of [ORG], the certification of a proposed license for the export of firearms, parts, and components controlled under Category I of the U.S.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS65-7", "word_count": 52, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006873", "text": "Cabinet Nominations [SPEAKER]. Madam President, yesterday I came to the floor of [ORG] to talk about the importance of promptly confirming President [PERSON] 's [ORG]. The American people having voted for President [PERSON] , having said that they are unhappy with the direction the country is going in is entitled to his team to help him actually do what he said he would do during the campaign.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 67, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "bandwagon"], "evidence": "The American people having voted for President [PERSON]...is entitled to his team"}
{"id": "crec_008056", "text": "Honoring the Life of Don Brewster [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , today I honor the life and legacy of [PERSON] , the cofounder of [ORG], who sadly is no longer with us. As we reflect on the life that [PERSON] led, we also celebrate the inspiring 20-year legacy he built.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH215", "word_count": 50, "labels": ["flag_waving"], "evidence": "Honoring the Life of Don Brewster... celebrate the inspiring 20-year legacy he built"}
{"id": "crec_006008", "text": "[SPEAKER]. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from California? There was no objection.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH171-2", "word_count": 16, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_005754", "text": "This economic development piece is something, again, that all of us ought to be able to embrace. I will provide every Member of Congress with a card that will demonstrate how many recipients they have and how much money comes into their district on a monthly basis. For us, meaning [ORG], we are the only body that can act.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH157", "word_count": 62, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "'something, again, that all of us ought to be able to embrace' and 'we are the only body that can act'"}
{"id": "crec_009731", "text": "[SPEAKER]. Without objection, it is so ordered. Vote on Amendment No.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS245-6", "word_count": 11, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004569", "text": "We don't vote on it. I shouldn't be yelling. I have had a lot of caffeine.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH142-3", "word_count": 16, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_005990", "text": "[SPEAKER] (Mr. [PERSON] of Texas). Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Oklahoma? There was no objection.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH170-2", "word_count": 20, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007955", "text": "They are not going to stay and pay for this anymore. They are angry, too. Leadership is important.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH206-2", "word_count": 18, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "bandwagon"], "evidence": "They are not going to stay and pay for this anymore. They are angry, too."}
{"id": "crec_001130", "text": "There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: [ORG], Washington, DC. Hon. [PERSON] , Chairman, [ORG], [ORG], Washington, DC.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS60", "word_count": 35, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000385", "text": "This past November, Americans demonstrated that they are fed up with the left's refusal to secure our border. I am proud to be part of a Republican majority that will work with the new administration to strengthen our laws to ensure the safety of every American. While I am confident that the [PERSON] administration will secure our border and, yes, empower ICE to do its job, we must not allow our security to depend on whether or not a Republican occupies [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH53-4", "word_count": 84, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "fed up with the left's refusal to secure our border...ensure the safety of every American...we must not allow our security to depend"}
{"id": "crec_002983", "text": "Ms. [PERSON] is one of four personal lawyers to President-elect [PERSON] whom he has already selected for [ORG] positions. She was a leader in an effort to overturn the 2020 election; she has echoed the President's calls for prosecuting his political opponents; and she has a troubling history of unflinching loyalty to the President-elect. In addition, she has a record of hostility to fundamental civil rights, including reproductive rights, voting rights, and LGBTQ rights.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS85-2", "word_count": 76, "labels": ["loaded_language", "ad_hominem"], "evidence": "descriptors like 'troubling history of unflinching loyalty' and 'hostility to fundamental civil rights' use evaluative language to undermine the subject rather than presenting neutral facts"}
{"id": "crec_007802", "text": "It is going to be extremely difficult until the winds die down. We pray for rain to help them out as well. It is not unfamiliar for me in my northern California district with several large fires in the last 6 years.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH206-2", "word_count": 42, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001907", "text": "A bill to require the Secretary of [ORG] to publish on a monthly basis the number of special interest aliens encountered attempting to unlawfully enter the United States, and for other purposes; to [ORG]. By [SPEAKER] (for herself, Mrs. [PERSON] of Illinois, Mr. [PERSON] of Alabama, Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Texas, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Texas, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , and Mr. [PERSON] ): H.R. 276.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH87-2", "word_count": 82, "labels": ["loaded_language"], "evidence": "special interest aliens encountered attempting to unlawfully enter"}
{"id": "crec_002937", "text": "On Mr. [PERSON] , tomorrow's hearing with [PERSON] is a good example of why a thorough and tough nominations process is so important. Mr. [PERSON] is [PERSON] pick to be Secretary of Defense-- arguably, the most important position in the entire [ORG]. If confirmed, Mr. [PERSON] would oversee a workforce of over 3 million people and handle issues of life and death on a regular basis.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS83-8", "word_count": 67, "labels": ["loaded_language", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "describing the Secretary of Defense position as 'arguably, the most important position in the entire [ORG]' and emphasizing 'issues of life and death' uses emotionally charged language to elevate the stakes and significance"}
{"id": "crec_001240", "text": "This includes amendments to: add attempt as a basis for designation throughout the order; add a prong for leadership of membership in a sanctioned entity; add a prong for ownership or control of a sanctioned person; and add a prong for being a spouse or adult child of a sanctioned person. I am enclosing a copy of the Executive Order I have issued. [PERSON] , Jr.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS65-4", "word_count": 67, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000282", "text": "[SPEAKER]. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from California? There was no objection.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH53-4", "word_count": 16, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004414", "text": "Thank you for considering our views on these issues. Sincerely, [PERSON] , President, AFT. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 15, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009170", "text": "They have done that legislatively. They have done it with regulations as well. What is especially crazy is that these restrictions are made in the name of protecting the environment, an environment that they are hurting.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS227-4", "word_count": 36, "labels": ["loaded_language"], "evidence": "'restrictions are made in the name of protecting the environment, an environment that they are hurting'\"}\n```\n\nWait, let me reconsider. \"Contradiction\" is not in the allowed labels. This is primarily **loaded_language** (using emotionally charged words like \"especially crazy\") and **strawman** (misrepresenting opponents' environmental impact claims).\n\n```json\n{\"labels\": [\"loaded_language\", \"strawman\"], \"evidence\": \"'especially crazy is that these restrictions are made in the name of protecting the environment, an environment that they are hurting'"}
{"id": "crec_008978", "text": "MORNING BUSINESS [SPEAKER]. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate be in a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS218", "word_count": 45, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_005585", "text": "ORDERS FOR WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2025 [SPEAKER]. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned until 12 noon on Wednesday, January 15; that following the prayer and pledge, the [ORG] of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be deemed expired, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, and the Senate resume consideration of Calendar No. 1, S. 5.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS158-3", "word_count": 90, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006854", "text": "As we negotiate the upcoming comprehensive tax reform package, we must focus on making sure it provides meaningful tax relief for hard-working families--for you, for all of us. While the [PERSON] administration and Senate Republicans look out for billionaires and corporations, Senate Democrats are working for you. For one, we should be working to restart or expand several key tax credits that help support American families, like expanding the child tax credit, which will increase the amount of hard-earned money families get to keep in their pockets.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 87, "labels": ["false_dichotomy", "bandwagon", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "While the [PERSON] administration and Senate Republicans look out for billionaires and corporations, Senate Democrats are working for you"}
{"id": "crec_008552", "text": "That is why, when tragedy struck just a few months ago from hurricanes [PERSON] and [PERSON] , Democrats didn't demand aid be attached to some Democratic wish list of priorities. Not for a second did we think of attaching strings. So when I hear about political jabs and insults on social media while my home [ORG] is burning, it is not distracting.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 61, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "When tragedy struck...Democrats didn't demand aid be attached to some Democratic wish list of priorities"}
{"id": "crec_004627", "text": "Don't hide from the math. Embrace it, and fix it. This one is the last.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH142-3", "word_count": 15, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_003491", "text": "1439, 1440-1) by which a person may naturalize, or be granted posthumous United States citizenship, through service in [ORG]; or (2) the qualifications for original enlistment in any component of the [ORG] otherwise prescribed by law or the Secretary of [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS92-4", "word_count": 44, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002534", "text": "This bill would revoke the independent real estate leasing authority of [ORG] and direct [ORG] to update its 2016 report on independent real estate leasing authority in [ORG]. While a number of Federal agencies have independent real estate leasing authority, the [ORG] has a history of egregious real estate leasing practices. In 2005, the [ORG] disclosed that it had underbudgeted costs of approximately $48 million for the construction of its headquarters near [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH104", "word_count": 83, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "description of 'egregious real estate leasing practices' and emphasis on $48 million underbudgeting to suggest incompetence and mismanagement"}
{"id": "crec_000718", "text": "EC-10. A communication from the Secretary of the [ORG], transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic report on the national emergency that was declared in Executive Order 14115 of February 1, 2024 with respect to the situation in the West Bank; to [ORG], and [ORG]. EC-11.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgS41-5", "word_count": 51, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_003418", "text": "[ORG] OF APPROPRIATIONS. There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the Secretary of [ORG] and the Secretary of [ORG] to carry out the provisions of this subtitle. TITLE III--ELECTRONIC VERIFICATION OF EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS92-2", "word_count": 40, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004376", "text": "The gentlewoman from Oregon has 5 minutes remaining. [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , I yield 1\\1/2\\ minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 21, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_005457", "text": "Grant program to assist eligible applicants. [ORG]. 311.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS147-7", "word_count": 8, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002134", "text": "Our goal is to keep up a steady pace of progress in the coming weeks. In 2009, President [PERSON] had 12 [ORG] in place within 15 days of taking office. It took the [ORG] and [PERSON] administrations roughly three times longer to get the same number confirmed.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS69-6", "word_count": 48, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "comparison to President [PERSON]'s faster pace presented as implicit standard of competence; 'steady pace of progress' frames the comparison negatively for current administration"}
{"id": "crec_008748", "text": "[PERSON] , we will miss your communications and policy expertise, your humorous quips and one-liners, your loyalty to [ORG] and Red Friday, and, above all, your friendship and passion for making the world a better place for Kansans and Americans. I will miss, [PERSON] , our nearly daily walks as I come over here to vote. It is a difficult job to be a comms director for a Senator who almost always shies away about visiting with reporters.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 79, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "your passion for making the world a better place for Kansans and Americans"}
{"id": "crec_000234", "text": "----------------------------------------------------------------------- House of Representatives The House met at 11 a.m. and was called to order by the Speaker.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH51", "word_count": 31, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002468", "text": "There was no objection. [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , I yield myself such time as I may consume.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH101", "word_count": 16, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002513", "text": "SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION REAL ESTATE LEASING AUTHORITY REVOCATION ACT [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 189) to amend title 40, United States Code, to eliminate the leasing authority of [ORG], and for other purposes.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH104", "word_count": 60, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004128", "text": "[[ORG] MEMBERS TO CERTAIN STANDING COMMITTEES OF [ORG] [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , by direction of [ORG], I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. [SPEAKER] read the resolution, as follows: [PERSON] .", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH125-4", "word_count": 52, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004610", "text": "Matter of fact, I believe there were 17 States that last year had more deaths than births. This goes back to my productivity argument. If you want a society and a country that still economically grows, that can still defend itself, that still is the envy of the world, that has the extraordinary privileges, are we going to adopt regulatory tax policies that maximize economic growth?", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH142-3", "word_count": 66, "labels": ["false_dichotomy", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "presents a false choice between regulatory tax policies and maintaining societal prosperity ('If you want a society...are we going to adopt'), uses loaded language with 'extraordinary privileges' and 'envy of the world'"}
{"id": "crec_006252", "text": "[SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , I thank my friend from Pennsylvania for his remarks. Mr. [PERSON] , he is right.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH178", "word_count": 17, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002205", "text": "There was no reason--no reason at all--that she should no longer be with us. Her killer, who came to this country illegally, should have never been in the United States. And once he had been arrested for multiple crimes before committing this heinous, unimaginable crime, he should have been detained by ICE immediately.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS69-6", "word_count": 53, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "words like 'killer,' 'heinous, unimaginable crime' combined with emphasis on illegal immigration to create emotional impact and fear about immigration and public safety"}
{"id": "crec_002454", "text": "[SPEAKER] read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: [PERSON] 153 Be it enacted by the Senate and [ORG] in Congress assembled, SECTION 1.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH101", "word_count": 38, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006440", "text": "[PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , and Mr. [PERSON] . [PERSON] 236: Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Maryland, and Mr. [PERSON] .", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH187-28", "word_count": 17, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000389", "text": "This bill is in remembrance of [PERSON] , the 22-year-old nursing student who was tragically murdered last year in my home community of Athens, Georgia, by an illegal alien from Venezuela who should have never even been in our country. After illegally crossing the southern border in 2022, [PERSON] 's murderer was released through the [PERSON] administration's weaponization of the parole program. The following year, he was arrested by the NYPD for acting in a manner to injure a minor and for committing a motor vehicle license violation.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH53-4", "word_count": 87, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language", "name_calling"], "evidence": "tragic murder, illegal alien, weaponization of the parole program, should have never been in our country"}
{"id": "crec_005016", "text": "As I have said, I can respect that. The Senator from Illinois presumably wants to see the commutation of [ORG] shooter, [ORG] synagogue shooter, and the [ORG] bomber. I strongly disagree.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS130-5", "word_count": 38, "labels": ["strawman"], "evidence": "Presumes the Senator 'presumably wants to see the commutation' of multiple mass shooters/bombers without evidence of this stated position, then disagrees with this unstated position"}
{"id": "crec_001127", "text": "I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum call be waived. [SPEAKER]. Without objection, it is so ordered.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46", "word_count": 18, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009362", "text": "She was a beloved daughter, an extraordinary friend, a shining beacon of light who truly lived out her faith. She was a nursing student who wanted to help people. She had big goals and aspirations.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-17", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-17-pt1-PgS237-5", "word_count": 35, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "beloved daughter, extraordinary friend, shining beacon of light"}
{"id": "crec_001717", "text": "That is called interest fragility. The single thing that scares me the most in the society is that we are no longer in charge. We basically made the decision that the debt markets are.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH79", "word_count": 34, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "the single thing that scares me the most in the society is that we are no longer in charge"}
{"id": "crec_007822", "text": "You have here an example, on the right of this, of an unmanaged forest. You see how crowded, how dense that is? That means you have more trees, dense trees, and the trees are competing with the limited water supply.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH206-2", "word_count": 40, "labels": ["loaded_language"], "evidence": "'unmanaged forest' presented negatively; 'crowded, how dense' uses evaluative language to frame natural forest density as problematic"}
{"id": "crec_002799", "text": "Let's help the Americans in this country in this next Congress.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH95-4", "word_count": 11, "labels": ["flag_waving"], "evidence": "appeal to help 'the Americans' emphasizes national identity and patriotic sentiment"}
{"id": "crec_009799", "text": "The Vice President-elect of the United States, [ORG], escorted by the Executive Director for [ORG], Mr. [PERSON] ; Senate Deputy Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, [PERSON] ; and House Deputy Sergeant at Arms, Mr. [PERSON] , entered the Great Rotunda. The President-elect of the United States, [PERSON] , escorted by the Staff Director for [ORG], [PERSON] ; House Sergeant at Arms, the Honorable [PERSON] ; [ORG], the Honorable [PERSON] ; Senate Majority Leader, the Honorable [PERSON] ; and [ORG]: House Democratic Leader, [ORG]; House Majority Leader, the Honorable [PERSON] ; Speaker of [ORG], the Honorable [PERSON] ; Senate Democratic Leader, the Honorable [PERSON] ; Ranking Member of [ORG], the Honorable Deb [PERSON] ; and [PERSON] of [ORG], the Honorable Amy [PERSON] , entered the Great Rotunda. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS252-8", "word_count": 173, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008841", "text": "Come up in the winter, too; it is great. So that is a little bit of update to tell what is going on. Now, back to [PERSON] , the rock in our office whose last day-- oh, it breaks my heart, breaks my wife [PERSON] 's heart.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 46, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_005716", "text": "We will continue to see this. I have seen it in my district. I have lost 3\\1/2\\ of my small towns in my district in the last 6 years, including the Paradise fire which took 85 lives, 90 percent of the town, Greenville, Canyondam, and a smaller town called [PERSON] that was burned on the east side.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH156", "word_count": 57, "labels": ["loaded_language"], "evidence": "vivid descriptions of town losses and the Paradise fire with specific casualty counts (85 lives, 90 percent) used to emotionally emphasize personal experience"}
{"id": "crec_004425", "text": "Like it or not, sports are based on physical ability. Pretending otherwise is a stark denial of reality. Erasing sex means ultimately erasing women, especially when it comes to sports.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 30, "labels": ["false_dichotomy", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "presents 'erasing sex' and 'erasing women' as inevitable outcome of one policy position; uses emotionally charged phrase 'erasing women' to frame complex issue in black-and-white terms"}
{"id": "crec_009878", "text": "(Applause.) After years and years of illegal and unconstitutional Federal efforts to restrict free expression, I will also sign an [ORG] order to immediately stop all government censorship and bring back free speech to America. (Applause.)", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS252-8", "word_count": 36, "labels": ["loaded_language", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "'illegal and unconstitutional Federal efforts' and 'bring back free speech to America'"}
{"id": "crec_001917", "text": "A bill to reauthorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, and for other purposes; to [ORG]. By [SPEAKER] (for himself, Ms. [PERSON] of Nevada, Mr. [PERSON] , and Mr. [PERSON] ): H.R. 285.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH87-2", "word_count": 35, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000246", "text": "Major [PERSON] enlisted in [ORG] in 1998 and completed two combat tours, serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. He also completed additional overseas missions in Guatemala and Germany. [PERSON] says his most memorable service was in Afghanistan, where he led a group of 170 soldiers into a harsh combat zone for a year of duty, enduring frequent attacks during over-the-road convoys.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH52-4", "word_count": 63, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_005723", "text": "With that, can you imagine what 600,000 acre-feet could do to help? It could fill this in minutes with the amount of water going out to the Pacific Ocean. The Endangered Species Act is being used as a weapon against raising an existing dam that was built in the thirties there that would do that.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH156", "word_count": 55, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "Endangered Species Act is being used as a weapon; hyperbolic framing of water loss and regulatory obstruction as threats to resource management"}
{"id": "crec_001893", "text": "A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to require [ORG] to make traditional dining and an alternative, more affordable food and beverage service available to passengers on overnight routes of [ORG], and for other purposes; to [ORG]. By [SPEAKER]: H.R. 265.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH87-2", "word_count": 48, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001754", "text": "It is better to stand alone than not stand at all. So I am so proud of what she did because in doing this, she helped us to reclaim the moral high ground that we lost 4 years ago on January 6, to reclaim that moral high ground because as she was presiding over the certification process, it was more than Vice President [PERSON] presiding or Vice President [PERSON] when he presided. It was the candidate who ran for President and did not win certifying that the opposing candidate won.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH82", "word_count": 90, "labels": ["loaded_language", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "reclaim the moral high ground; candidate who ran for President and did not win certifying that the opposing candidate won"}
{"id": "crec_002604", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] , due to the devastating wildfire affecting my district and Southern California, I was not present for today's vote. Had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 8, H.R.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH107", "word_count": 35, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001667", "text": "You hear these crazy numbers being thrown out. It turns out now this is both humanitarian and, I think, actually the other term--it is things that provide equipment. Often, it is equipment we depreciated out and we are going to get rid of it.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH79", "word_count": 44, "labels": ["doubt"], "evidence": "You hear these crazy numbers being thrown out"}
{"id": "crec_000230", "text": "IN RECOGNITION OF DECKER PLOEHN ([SPEAKER] asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.) [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , I rise today to celebrate a true leader from my district, Mr. [PERSON] , [ORG]'s city administrator, who has recently been named [ORG] Leader for 2024.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH51-8", "word_count": 71, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008326", "text": "I yield the floor. Recognition of the Majority Leader [SPEAKER]. The majority leader is recognized.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS197-5", "word_count": 15, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006114", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] , House Republicans are doubling down on our commitment to supporting and protecting the rights and safety of women and girls across the country. We are doing this by championing bills that fight back against unfair competition in sports and dangerous immigration policies. Yesterday, we passed Congressman [PERSON] 's [ORG], which is now on its way to the Senate.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH175-6", "word_count": 66, "labels": ["flag_waving", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "'supporting and protecting the rights and safety of women and girls' combined with characterization of policies as 'dangerous'"}
{"id": "crec_007578", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] , I wonder if our colleagues could explain why more than 200 groups advocating for women's rights and women's security are opposing this legislation? Can they explain why the groups that are on the front lines of opposing domestic violence reject their legislation as sloppy and bound to hurt the victims? We have heard no explanation about that, and we reject the slur that we are somehow standing up for the abusers here when we are standing up for the victims.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-3", "word_count": 82, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "strawman"], "evidence": "appeal to authority: '200 groups advocating for women's rights and women's security are opposing this legislation'; strawman: characterizing opposition as 'standing up for the abusers' when the speaker claims to be 'standing up for the victims'"}
{"id": "crec_004014", "text": "This critical legislation ensures that only biological women and girls can participate in athletic programs designed for their sex at birth, preserving fairness and integrity in women's sports. For decades, [ORG] has worked to provide equal opportunities for women in education and athletics. This bill reaffirms that commitment by clarifying that sex is determined by an individual's chromosomal expression at birth.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH120-2", "word_count": 62, "labels": ["loaded_language", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "'preserving fairness and integrity' and 'equal opportunities' appeal to positive values while framing a contested policy as self-evident"}
{"id": "crec_004654", "text": "8. The [ORG] chair shall ensure that the testimony is transcribed and may also require testimony to be electronically recorded, including by video recording. When the witness's testimony is transcribed, the witness or the witness's attorney shall be afforded an opportunity to review a copy.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH146", "word_count": 45, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001078", "text": "Next, I would require all Federal employees to return to their offices to work. You know, maybe only 1 out of 10, maybe 2 out of 10 Federal employees in DC are actually back in the office working. Next, I would decentralize [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 45, "labels": ["loaded_language"], "evidence": "characterizing federal employees as not 'actually back in the office working' with unsubstantiated claims ('maybe 1 out of 10')"}
{"id": "crec_008813", "text": "The objection is heard. The Senator from Oregon. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 9, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002816", "text": "This is all northern California. Now southern California is getting international coverage, and rightfully so. What are we going to do?", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH96-3", "word_count": 21, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "emphasis on southern California 'getting international coverage' combined with worried rhetorical question 'What are we going to do?' creates sense of urgency and impending crisis"}
{"id": "crec_009010", "text": "MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT A message from the President of the United States was communicated to the Senate by Ms. [PERSON] , one of his secretaries.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS224-2", "word_count": 38, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002310", "text": "----------------------------------------------------------------------- Senate The Senate met at 1 p.m. and was called to order by [SPEAKER] (Mr. [PERSON] ).", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS69", "word_count": 30, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004717", "text": "By [SPEAKER] (for herself and Mrs. [PERSON] of Illinois): H.R. 393. A bill to increase penalties for crimes against children; to [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH148", "word_count": 26, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000401", "text": "It wasn't actions. It wasn't good. That is why people didn't vote for it.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH53-4", "word_count": 14, "labels": ["loaded_language"], "evidence": "use of vague negative descriptors 'wasn't good' without substantive explanation"}
{"id": "crec_004823", "text": "[ORG] TO [PERSON] , [ORG]. [SPEAKER]. Mr. President, many Senators use this bully pulpit to wax poetic, but only on special occasions do I actually quote poetry. Today, as I honor my former colleague, friend of several decades, and our [ORG]'s 46th President, it feels appropriate to do so.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS129-2", "word_count": 63, "labels": ["flag_waving"], "evidence": "honor my former colleague, friend of several decades, and our [ORG]'s 46th President"}
{"id": "crec_004162", "text": "The [ORG] recognizes the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. [PERSON] ). General Leave [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous material on H.R.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 40, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000419", "text": "Madam Speaker, I am moved by the words of the gentleman from New Jersey who said: Don't give us words. Words don't matter. Speeches don't cut it.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH53-4", "word_count": 27, "labels": ["strawman"], "evidence": "The speaker misrepresents or exaggerates the gentleman's position by citing 'Don't give us words' to set up a contrast, potentially distorting the original context or intent of the statement."}
{"id": "crec_001387", "text": "Now, Republicans want to sanction the [ORG] simply because they don't want the rules to apply to everyone. I want to be very clear here, Mr. [PERSON] . Prime Minister [PERSON] has an absolute right to defend his people, but there is no international right to vengeance, and what we are seeing in Gaza is vengeance.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH67-6", "word_count": 55, "labels": ["false_dichotomy", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "framing Republican position as 'don't want the rules to apply to everyone' and characterizing military actions as 'vengeance' rather than defense"}
{"id": "crec_005944", "text": "33, the United States-Taiwan Expedited Double-Tax Relief Act. Mr. [PERSON] , I urge my colleagues to stand with me and support my friend from Missouri, Chairman [PERSON] , and his timely bill to strengthen our economic ties with Taiwan and empower Americans doing business in the country. The correct answer on H.R.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH160-6", "word_count": 51, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "bandwagon"], "evidence": "urge my colleagues to stand with me and support my friend from Missouri, Chairman [PERSON], and his timely bill"}
{"id": "crec_001601", "text": "Every year, we know that there is going to be risk. What is our Governor doing to help stop the risk? He is doing virtually nothing, other than showing up for press conferences and waving his arms around and having long-practiced monologues about how it is someone else's fault, this or that.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH78-2", "word_count": 52, "labels": ["ad_hominem", "strawman"], "evidence": "accusing Governor of 'doing virtually nothing' and 'waving his arms around' with 'long-practiced monologues' rather than addressing actual policies; mischaracterizing his response to deflect from substantive critique"}
{"id": "crec_007511", "text": "The signers of this letter include a range of national groups like the YWCA, [ORG], [ORG], and dozens of [ORG] and local groups, like [ORG], [ORG], [ORG], [ORG], [PERSON] in Omaha, Nebraska, and dozens and dozens more from States across the country. Please read this letter. These are groups working to change the law and culture to stop rape and domestic violence in our country, but they see that this poorly drafted legislation would end up harming untold numbers of victims of domestic violence themselves, the putative beneficiaries of the act.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-3", "word_count": 119, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "bandwagon"], "evidence": "signers include range of national groups like YWCA and dozens of local groups from States across the country"}
{"id": "crec_007821", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] , I thank Mr. [PERSON] ' perspective on that as a neighbor, and our constituents year after year suffer some of these same issues. You were showing that poster of our forested areas in the north and in the forests in the west you have the opportunity to manage those lands to be much more fire resilient. Again, you are not going to completely prevent fire, but you can have fire where it can be a lot more manageable or simpler to put out when it is not raging so much.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH206-2", "word_count": 91, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004871", "text": "Today, I want to elaborate on the first of those priorities, which is to confirm President [PERSON] 's Cabinet. Back in November, November 5--it seems like a long time ago, but it was just the other day--Americans went to the polls to elect new leaders, including a President of the United States. Voters made their voices heard as to which direction our country should go because they plainly believed that we were heading in the wrong direction.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS130-5", "word_count": 76, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "repetition"], "evidence": "Americans went to the polls to elect new leaders...Voters made their voices heard as to which direction our country should go"}
{"id": "crec_000365", "text": "The shop owner calls the police, and all the kids are arrested for shoplifting. If your child is a DACA recipient, someone who has lived here nearly their entire life, they are now subject to mandatory detention under this bill. Unfortunately, there are countless real-life examples of people getting wrongfully arrested for crimes that they didn't commit.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH53-4", "word_count": 57, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "DACA recipient...subject to mandatory detention...wrongfully arrested...countless real-life examples"}
{"id": "crec_007438", "text": "[PERSON] , the legitimate President of Georgia, is courageously standing with protesters and peacefully demanding free and fair elections. I reintroduced the bipartisan MEGOBARI Act to sanction those attacking freedom. Additionally, there is legislation to prohibit recognizing the illegitimate regime.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH189-6", "word_count": 40, "labels": ["loaded_language", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "describing the president as 'legitimate' and 'courageously standing,' using 'freedom' and 'free and fair elections' as emotionally charged terms while characterizing opposing government as 'illegitimate regime'"}
{"id": "crec_001610", "text": "[[ORG] CENTENNIAL ([SPEAKER] asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , I rise today to recognize a true American success story, a company that I am proud to say resides in the Sixth Congressional District of Texas, [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH78-4", "word_count": 68, "labels": ["flag_waving", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "true American success story"}
{"id": "crec_009171", "text": "Nothing could be worse for the environment than massive wildfires. And as a result, our public lands have turned into tinderboxes, and it is because of policies that we have seen come out of this body, this administration, Democrat administrations prior to that. And Wyoming is no stranger to wildfires.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS227-4", "word_count": 50, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "Nothing could be worse for the environment than massive wildfires. And our public lands have turned into tinderboxes"}
{"id": "crec_000781", "text": "Increasing the number of [ORG] officers and [PERSON] officers, increasing detention space and providing barriers and technology are just some of the resources needed to secure the border. Border security is one key part of providing for our national security. Investing in our military is another.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS45-8", "word_count": 50, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "framing border security and military investment as necessary for 'national security' without substantive argument; positioning these as authoritative solutions to unspecified threats"}
{"id": "crec_007592", "text": "As a survivor, I almost lost my life in my early twenties. I am proud to stand with millions of women and girls who have been victims and who are moving toward survivorship in saying no to this piece of legislation. Mr. [PERSON] , I come with 30 years of experience.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-3", "word_count": 50, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "I come with 30 years of experience"}
{"id": "crec_000087", "text": "By [SPEAKER] (for herself, Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mrs. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] of Florida, Mr. [PERSON] , Mrs. [PERSON] , and Ms. [PERSON] ): H.R. 211. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for limitations on copayments for contraception furnished by [ORG], and for other purposes; to [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-06", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-06-pt1-PgH49-4", "word_count": 66, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007587", "text": "Not one of these murderers would have been here except for the Democrats' deliberate policies. The Democrats often talk about the war on women, but they couldn't care less about allowing a flood of sexual offenders, domestic violence offenders, and child abusers into our communities, allowing them to stay indefinitely, free from any fear of deportation and protected by the Democrats' sanctuary laws. When these monsters commit these ghastly acts and grief-stricken moms come here for help, the Democrats put on their best long faces, assure everyone how much they grieve with the families, and then argue to continue precisely the same policies that have produced this nightmare in the first place.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-3", "word_count": 112, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear", "ad_hominem"], "evidence": "murderers, monsters, ghastly acts, flood of sexual offenders, child abusers"}
{"id": "crec_005924", "text": "[SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , I rise today in support of H.R. 33, the United States-Taiwan Expedited Double-Tax Relief Act.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH160-6", "word_count": 18, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009405", "text": "[SPEAKER]. Without objection, it is so ordered. Equal Rights Amendment [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-17", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-17-pt1-PgS237-5", "word_count": 11, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007502", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] , I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 30, [ORG] by Illegal Aliens Act, and I reserve the balance of my time. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-3", "word_count": 28, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006070", "text": "Firefighters from Columbus and [ORG] are joining groups like [ORG] and other crews and individuals from across the [ORG] to help those in need. I applaud the leadership of these groups, including [ORG] Chief [PERSON] and Red Lodge Fire Rescue Chief [PERSON] for setting an example of service before self. During my time as a combat search and rescue enlisted aviator in [ORG], we had a motto: These things we do, that others may live.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH173", "word_count": 86, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "Combat search and rescue background and military motto invoked to establish credibility and appeal to patriotic service values"}
{"id": "crec_009867", "text": "And I will send troops to the southern border to repel the disastrous invasion of our country. (Applause.) Under the orders I sign today, we will also be designating the cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS252-8", "word_count": 35, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "the characterization of immigration as a 'disastrous invasion' uses emotionally charged language to frame the situation as a dire threat requiring military action"}
{"id": "crec_007698", "text": "His legacy lives on in the lives he protected and the freedoms he fought to preserve. May Colonel [PERSON] rest in peace and may his story continue to inspire for generations to come.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191", "word_count": 33, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "legacy lives on in the lives he protected and the freedoms he fought to preserve"}
{"id": "crec_002944", "text": "As I said last week, Democrats want to have a robust debate where we can offer amendments and improve this bill. This issue is very important. Americans deserve for us to debate the issues seriously, including by considering amendments from the Democratic side.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS83-8", "word_count": 43, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008509", "text": "As we have seen the last few years, achieving peace in the Middle East was no easy feat. But President [PERSON] achieved it, and he did it quickly. The United States and the world were in harmony.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 37, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "achieving peace in the Middle East, United States and the world were in harmony"}
{"id": "crec_001420", "text": "Let's be clear. H.R. 23 is very clear: [ORG], the [ORG], don't believe Israel has the right to defend itself from terrorists or those that threaten to destroy Israel's way of life.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH67-6", "word_count": 35, "labels": ["strawman", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "Misrepresents organizations' positions as denying Israel's right to defend itself; uses charged terms like 'terrorists' and 'threaten to destroy'"}
{"id": "crec_002249", "text": "He is an outstanding coach. So the championship capped off a great season for the [PERSON] . They ended 14 and 2 and proved once again that they really are a dominant force when it comes to [ORG] football.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS69-6", "word_count": 38, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "'outstanding coach' and 'dominant force' are vague praise without specific evidence"}
{"id": "crec_004437", "text": "We are fortunate that transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people are present in our community, and we fully embrace them as members of our community. As organizations that care deeply about ending sex-based discrimination and ensuring equal educational opportunities, we support laws and policies that protect transgender people from discrimination, including full and equal participation in sports, access to gender-affirming care, access to school facilities, and access to inclusive curriculum. We firmly believe that an attack on transgender youth is an attack on civil rights.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 84, "labels": ["flag_waving", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "framing support for specific policies as defending 'civil rights' and characterizing opposition as 'an attack on transgender youth'"}
{"id": "crec_000029", "text": "[PERSON] of the State of Ohio received 4 votes for Vice President. Senator [PERSON] . Madam President, the certificate of the electoral vote of [ORG] seems to be regular in form and authentic, and it appears therefrom that [PERSON] of the State of Florida received 4 votes for President and [PERSON] of the State of California received 1 vote for President and J.D.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-06", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-06-pt1-PgH45-10", "word_count": 69, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000438", "text": "Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. In answer to the distinguished gentleman, he stated precisely what the law is now. He said: How can we go back to our districts and not defend the immediate deporting of people who have committed theft?", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH53-4", "word_count": 47, "labels": ["strawman"], "evidence": "Restates opponent's position in a simplified form ('immediate deporting of people who have committed theft') to make it easier to attack, rather than engaging with the full complexity of their actual argument"}
{"id": "crec_003147", "text": "[ORG]. 1307. Report on the implementation of the electronic employment verification system.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS92-2", "word_count": 12, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006549", "text": "I have said this before, and it bears repeating: Republicans are not going to undermine or weaken this lifesaving bill. [ORG] is not comprehensive immigration reform. It is a targeted piece of tough immigration enforcement.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 38, "labels": ["repetition", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "'I have said this before, and it bears repeating' combined with 'lifesaving bill' and 'tough immigration enforcement'"}
{"id": "crec_008475", "text": "He loved his daughter. If you ask anybody in the department to describe him-- One friend said-- I feel like his daughter would be in the conversation. He loved his family, and he included it in virtually every conversation he had with his colleagues.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 44, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000972", "text": "It is a process Republicans are prepared to take, to embrace, and undertake. We will end the reckless spending spree, we will put an end to bureaucratic waste, and we will aim to ensure that every dollar that leaves [ORG] is used in service to the American people. This is our commitment to rebuild trust, to prioritize the needs of the people, and to ensure that the government serves them, not the other way around.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 77, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "reckless spending spree, bureaucratic waste, rebuild trust, prioritize the needs of the people"}
{"id": "crec_000505", "text": "A bill to amend [ORG], and Cosmetic Act to deem foods containing xylitol as misbranded unless the label or labeling of such foods contains a warning specifying the toxic effects of xylitol for dogs if ingested, and for other purposes; to [ORG]. By [SPEAKER]: H.R. 238.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH62-3", "word_count": 54, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002830", "text": "BIDEN ADMINISTRATION FORCING OUT-OF-TOUCH MANDATES ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE [SPEAKER]. The [PERSON] recognizes the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. [PERSON] ) for 5 minutes. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH96", "word_count": 36, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "FORCING OUT-OF-TOUCH MANDATES ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE"}
{"id": "crec_007646", "text": "I find it disgusting and offensive, and I will always put American women and girls first. [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman from Wisconsin (Ms. [PERSON] ).", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-3", "word_count": 31, "labels": ["loaded_language", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "disgust/offense language combined with 'put American women and girls first'"}
{"id": "crec_006816", "text": "Oh, sure, let's have the storms cost $600 billion worth of damage, $1 trillion worth of damage each time they come to shore. Sure. Why put prevention in place?", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 29, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "$600 billion worth of damage, $1 trillion worth of damage"}
{"id": "crec_002970", "text": "This bill would mandate immigrant detention if they are arrested for shoplifting, not convicted, even if they are never charged or convicted. Current law requires mandatory detention of individuals with serious criminal convictions by [ORG], better known as ICE. This has been on the books for a long time.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS85-2", "word_count": 52, "labels": ["loaded_language", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "Contrasting 'arrested for shoplifting, not convicted' with 'serious criminal convictions' creates a false equivalence; 'mandate' and 'mandatory detention' use loaded framing to emphasize severity"}
{"id": "crec_008473", "text": "He worked for [ORG] since 2017 and had a distinguished record of service with [ORG]. As a [ORG] member, [PERSON] served as a law enforcement officer, tactical fast boat instructor, and search and rescue operator for the safety and security of the United States. Even when he was off duty, he exemplified valor.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 62, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "distinguished record of service, exemplified valor, safety and security of the United States"}
{"id": "crec_009081", "text": "53 At the request of Mr. [PERSON] , the names of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. [PERSON] ) and the Senator from Delaware (Ms. [PERSON] ) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 53 intended to be proposed to S. 5, a bill to require the Secretary of [ORG] to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. [PERSON] , his name was added as a cosponsor of amendment No.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS227-2", "word_count": 83, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002246", "text": "As a point of interest there, their coach, [ORG], is an outstanding coach and a class guy. You saw that in the way he handled the game. Obviously, it was very--you know, they played their hearts out.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS69-6", "word_count": 38, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "outstanding coach and a class guy"}
{"id": "crec_004541", "text": "I think it was a year or so ago or 2 years ago, we had, I think, 3 months where we had to borrow money to pay for our borrowing. When we go home and talk to our voters, how many of them will look back at us and understand the scale? You get these responses, well, if you just cut this or that--I am going to show a couple of those charts again, and they are rounding errors.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH142-3", "word_count": 79, "labels": ["loaded_language", "doubt"], "evidence": "describing voters as unlikely to 'understand the scale' and dismissing alternative solutions as 'rounding errors' to cast doubt on alternatives while using charged language"}
{"id": "crec_009623", "text": "[PERSON] was a young woman from Iowa who had a bright future ahead of her. Her life was tragically cut short just 1 day after she graduated from college with a 4.0 grade point average. She was killed when an illegal migrant who was street racing while heavily drunk crashed his car into [PERSON] while she was stopped at a red light.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS245-6", "word_count": 64, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "tragic death narrative combined with 'illegal migrant,' 'street racing,' 'heavily drunk' - emotionally charged details designed to evoke fear and associate immigration with danger"}
{"id": "crec_002315", "text": "[SPEAKER]. [SPEAKER] will report the resolution by title. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A resolution ([PERSON] .", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS76-3", "word_count": 19, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008039", "text": "Also, they were installing wind- and fire- resistant power lines. Again, this is all in a high fire-risk area. [ORG] caught wind of this, and they learned that there was a particular rare plant, a few of the [PERSON] 's milkvetch, in the area, so they rushed in and said to stop.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH215", "word_count": 54, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_003549", "text": "[ORG]. 102. Detention of certain aliens who commit theft.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS96-2", "word_count": 9, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_003048", "text": "By [SPEAKER] (for himself and Mr. [PERSON] ): S. 79. A bill to amend title 41, United States Code, to prohibit minimum educational requirements for proposed contractor personnel in certain contract solicitations, and for other purposes; to [ORG] and [ORG]. By [SPEAKER]: S. 80.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS88-4", "word_count": 48, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009440", "text": "There, she would go on to earn her bachelor of arts and her bachelor of science from [ORG], before moving east to earn her master's in public policy from [ORG]. Throughout her public service career, whether learning from my friend and colleague Congresswoman [PERSON] on [ORG], working on [ORG], [ORG], or at [ORG], Commissioner [PERSON] has served the American people with great distinction. Since she was sworn in as Commissioner on December 15, 2021, Commissioner [PERSON] has improved [ORG] reputation across the West and around the world by effectively leading the [ORG]'s 6,000 employees during an unprecedented time of drought and aridification.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-17", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-17-pt1-PgS242", "word_count": 130, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "earned her bachelor of arts and her bachelor of science from [ORG]... master's in public policy from [ORG]... served the American people with great distinction"}
{"id": "crec_007913", "text": "They are out. There will be no desal plant in southern California. Somebody please tell me, what is the solution going to be to add more water supply for California?", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH206-2", "word_count": 30, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "rhetorical question 'what is the solution' paired with dismissal of desalination suggests alarm about water crisis and implies no viable alternative exists"}
{"id": "crec_009882", "text": "(Applause.) As of today, it will henceforth be the official policy of [ORG] that there are only two genders: male and female. (Applause.)", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS252-8", "word_count": 25, "labels": ["flag_waving", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "declaring 'official policy' with applause suggests patriotic/organizational loyalty appeal; presenting gender as binary with 'only two' falsely restricts complex reality to two options"}
{"id": "crec_001115", "text": "Olen was also an uncle, a great-uncle, and a great-great uncle. Three generations of family and loved ones had an exemplary role model as an inspirational figure who showed them kindness, love, and devotion. A few times a year, veterans visit Washington, DC, on [ORG], and [PERSON] visited our [ORG] in 2014--10 years ago.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 55, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "exemplary role model as an inspirational figure who showed them kindness, love, and devotion"}
{"id": "crec_001241", "text": "MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE At 11:02 a.m., a message from [ORG], delivered by Mrs. [PERSON] , one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has passed the following bill, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate: H.R. 29. An act to require the Secretary of [ORG] to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS65-5", "word_count": 84, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009240", "text": "During the record-setting fires in Australia in 2020, the United States sent 362 firefighters to help. During Canada's historic 2023 fire season, more than 2,000 Federal wildland firefighters answered the call. (13) As of the date of enactment of this Act, the United States maintains mutual assistance and cooperation agreements for wildland firefighting efforts with Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, and Portugal.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS231", "word_count": 62, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001453", "text": "Israel and its leaders have an inherent right to defend themselves against these terrorist attacks that occurred from [ORG], and they get to also attempt to rescue these hostages, but the [ORG]'s attempts to interfere with Israel's self-defense and issue arrest warrants for the Prime Minister of Israel, [PERSON] , and their minister of defense, undermines justice. As the only Member of Congress who actually attended [ORG] that formulated the ICC document in the summer of 1998, I can attest that the [ORG] is hopelessly biased and is illegitimate. It claims authority it does not have.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH67-6", "word_count": 98, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "As the only Member of Congress who actually attended [ORG] that formulated the ICC document in the summer of 1998, I can attest"}
{"id": "crec_001084", "text": "The biodefense program for the [ORG] is spending over $2 billion annually, again, to help communist China develop bioweapons against Americans. We need more research accountability. There are opportunities for education reform.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 32, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "claiming spending 'help[s] communist China develop bioweapons against Americans' combines fear appeal with loaded language; shifts discussion from accountability to unsubstantiated weaponization claim"}
{"id": "crec_008780", "text": "There is a legal difference of opinion currently, so I am just going to describe that. It was sold on the House side by saying that there is a settlement called the [ORG] settlement which will continue to protect children and prevent this from happening--an innocent child indefinitely detained in prison with no review process. But let's turn to the counsel for [PERSON] .", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 63, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004056", "text": "They partnered with [ORG] for Humanity, building homes for families in need at home and abroad. [ORG] Sigma Theta has earned special NGO status with [ORG], ensuring our voices are heard on the world's stage. [ORG] Sigma Theta women are among the most powerful changemakers in history.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH121", "word_count": 49, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "most powerful changemakers in history"}
{"id": "crec_007532", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] , here we are, once again, with my Republican colleagues bringing a bill to the floor that does absolutely nothing to address the needs of the American people. My Republican colleagues made lots of campaign promises to lower costs for everyday Americans, but not a single bill so far has done anything like that. Instead, this week appears to be a week where they say they are protecting women, yet their actions tell a different story.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-3", "word_count": 77, "labels": ["false_dichotomy", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "contrasting 'say they are protecting women' with 'their actions tell a different story' to present only two opposing interpretations"}
{"id": "crec_008823", "text": "But if that can't be done, then I would ask my colleague who has worked so hard on this particular bill to take a look at whether the Republican side will agree to hear these amendments and vote on them. They may be voted down, but I think they are important. I think it is extremely important that kids not be wrapped up in this.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 65, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "my colleague who has worked so hard on this particular bill"}
{"id": "crec_000067", "text": "That the Senate agreed to [ORG]. 13. With best wishes, I am Sincerely, [PERSON] , [PERSON] .", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-06", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-06-pt1-PgH45-6", "word_count": 18, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007053", "text": "Manhattan District Attorney [PERSON] made the decision to release five of these criminal suspects without bail. There is no question that these criminals should have been detained and removed before they could go on and commit other crimes against innocent victims. My amendment simply would require ICE to promptly take migrants who assault law enforcement officers into custody and ensure that illegal migrants who commit crimes against the men and women in blue are swiftly detained so they can be removed from our country.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 85, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "characterizing released suspects as 'criminals' and 'criminal suspects' repeatedly; framing the scenario as inevitably leading to 'other crimes against innocent victims' to create urgency and alarm"}
{"id": "crec_008686", "text": "It is unsustainable. So what I have done is, I have laid out a couple different options here. Again, I will use another analogy.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 24, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008127", "text": "A bill to allow expensing of amounts paid to move business property from China to the United States, and for other purposes; to [ORG]. By [SPEAKER]: H.R. 509.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH217-3", "word_count": 33, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004097", "text": "HONORING JOHN WILLIS MENARD ([SPEAKER] asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , today I rise to honor the profound legacy of Mr. [PERSON] , who in 1868 became the first African American elected to Congress.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH124-10", "word_count": 64, "labels": ["flag_waving"], "evidence": "honoring the profound legacy of the first African American elected to Congress"}
{"id": "crec_009385", "text": "The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 61, nays 35, as follows: [[ORG] Vote No. 5 Leg.] YEAS--61 [PERSON] (FL) [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] NAYS--35 [PERSON] Rochester [PERSON] NOT VOTING--3 [PERSON] [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-17", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-17-pt1-PgS237-5", "word_count": 124, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007400", "text": "JUDICIAL AUTHORIZATION. Any Federal district court or immigration court is authorized to enter appropriate orders related to this Act, or the amendments made by this Act, requiring Federal law enforcement authorities to arrest and prosecute aliens violating Federal law.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS194-8", "word_count": 39, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006029", "text": "AMERICANS DON'T TURN THEIR BACKS ON EACH OTHER ([SPEAKER] asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute.) [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , this image could be from the California wildfires, but it is not.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH172-4", "word_count": 49, "labels": ["flag_waving", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "AMERICANS DON'T TURN THEIR BACKS ON EACH OTHER"}
{"id": "crec_001703", "text": "We expect almost 7 percent of this year to be borrowing, but the concept of just--let me rephrase it, because I just screwed that up. 9.2 percent of the entire economy will be debt, not interest. It will be debt.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH79", "word_count": 40, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_003686", "text": "The Secretary shall collect and provide to the Commissioner such information as the Commissioner deems necessary for the Commissioner to assign a social security account number, which information may be used by the Commissioner for any purpose for which the Commissioner is otherwise authorized under Federal law. The Commissioner may maintain, use, and disclose such information only as permitted by the Privacy Act and other Federal law.''. [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS96-2", "word_count": 68, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004875", "text": "But of course Democrats went on to criticize Republicans for doing exactly the same thing that Senator [PERSON] said he would do if the shoe were on the other foot. It was an embarrassing moment or should have been an embarrassing moment for the Democratic minority leader. He sent a clear message to all of us that he was willing to put partisanship ahead of the country and before the voices of the American people who voted for President [PERSON] could be heard.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS130-5", "word_count": 83, "labels": ["whataboutism", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "Democrats criticized Republicans for doing exactly the same thing; portrays supporting the President's agenda as the only patriotic choice versus 'partisanship ahead of the country'"}
{"id": "crec_002755", "text": "Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH112-40", "word_count": 16, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000707", "text": "Tudor embodies the Arkansas spirit of service. Her commitment to the organization, its staff, and its role within communities across [ORG] has been essential. During her 41-year tenure at ARDOT, she helped secure a stable and reliable funding stream; guided the completion of [ORG], which modernized our [ORG]'s transportation systems; played an important role in several interstate designations; oversaw the final stages of construction of [ORG]; and ensured progress on key projects including I-30 and I-69, as well as the Thomas B. Schueck Highway.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgS41-2", "word_count": 92, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "Arkansas spirit of service, commitment to organization and communities, essential role"}
{"id": "crec_004603", "text": "We held a little bit of a contest, I think back in December, where we asked, give us your ideas of how you would modernize or improve or reduce spending, these things. So far this budget year, if you got rid of foreign aid, this is for the 2025 fiscal year, all foreign aid, get rid of it, it is one week of borrowing. Get rid of all the salaries at [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH142-3", "word_count": 75, "labels": ["loaded_language", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "framing foreign aid elimination as merely 'one week of borrowing' minimizes its significance while presenting elimination as a simple solution to complex fiscal issues"}
{"id": "crec_001436", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] , I yield an additional 1 minute to the gentleman from New York. [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , I urge my colleagues to support this critical measure and ensure that the U.S. remains steadfast in defending our allies, protecting our existence, and upholding the tenets that have long defined our leadership on the world stage.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH67-6", "word_count": 54, "labels": ["flag_waving", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "defending our allies, protecting our existence, and upholding the tenets that have long defined our leadership on the world stage"}
{"id": "crec_006032", "text": "Americans don't turn their backs on each other. That should not change with California. They need our help.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH172-4", "word_count": 18, "labels": ["flag_waving", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "Americans don't turn their backs on each other combined with 'They need our help' implies abandonment would violate national values"}
{"id": "crec_006821", "text": "To tackle the climate crisis and to have a fair Tax Code, we need to ensure that those doing more than their fair share to fuel the problem are paying the bare minimum and are held accountable for contributing to the solution. So if [PERSON] and his [ORG] of fat-cat billionaires and the three richest people in the world want to fly private jets to Monday's inauguration to pay tribute to [PERSON] , the very least they can do is to pay for the damage they are doing to our environment. Per passenger, private jets pollute up to 14 times more than commercial flights, and they pollute 50 times more than trains, producing as much emissions as 5 million cars every single year.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 124, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear", "name_calling"], "evidence": "fat-cat billionaires, pollute 50 times more than trains, producing as much emissions as 5 million cars"}
{"id": "crec_002338", "text": "As we are in Washington this week, we will be submitting this letter to [ORG] in [PERSON] 's honor. [PERSON] was a beloved daughter of Northern Minnesota who went from her childhood home in Hermantown all the way to the State Capitol, where she would go on to become the longest- serving woman in the history of [ORG]. Before that, though, she was a social studies and history teacher, and she carried that spirit with her to the state legislature.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS77-2", "word_count": 83, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "beloved daughter of Northern Minnesota who went on to become the longest-serving woman in the history of [ORG]"}
{"id": "crec_007153", "text": "By [SPEAKER]: S. 102. A bill to require Federal agencies to impose in- person work requirements for employees of those agencies and to occupy a certain portion of the office space of those agencies, and for other purposes; to [ORG] and [ORG]. By [SPEAKER] (for himself, Mr. [PERSON] , and Mr. [PERSON] ): S. 103.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS185", "word_count": 58, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000762", "text": "MORNING BUSINESS [SPEAKER]. Under the previous order, the Senate will be in a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. The Senator from Iowa.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS45-5", "word_count": 46, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001050", "text": "Families will have to travel to that hospital to go get that. They would get reimbursed for those expenses, but it was taking us 13 to 15 days to reimburse those expenses. Well, what is wrong with that?", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 38, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "emphasizing slow reimbursement times (13-15 days) with rhetorical question 'what is wrong with that?' to suggest serious problems and burden on families"}
{"id": "crec_007606", "text": "These illegal aliens target and abuse women. This bill sends an important message that we will have zero tolerance for domestic and sexual violence by illegal aliens. [PERSON]", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-3", "word_count": 28, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "illegal aliens target and abuse women; zero tolerance framing that conflates immigration status with criminal behavior"}
{"id": "crec_008332", "text": "Yesterday, we had six confirmation hearings--the most confirmation hearings, I might add, in a single day since 2001-- and we have more happening today and tomorrow. By the time President [PERSON] takes the oath of office on Monday, the Senate will have held hearings for 12 of his nominees, and there are plenty more to come. Once the committees complete their work, the process will move to the floor, and we will move as quickly as possible on those votes.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 80, "labels": ["repetition", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "Repeated emphasis on 'most confirmation hearings' and 'more to come' combined with vague assurance of moving 'as quickly as possible' without specifics"}
{"id": "crec_006232", "text": "Do it now, and take it off the ledger in March when we are going to be told that we must eat more spending in government and California money and a $10 trillion debt ceiling increase. Let's do it right now. Let's do the hard work.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH178", "word_count": 46, "labels": ["false_dichotomy", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "presents urgent action now as only alternative to future forced spending; creates artificial time pressure linking current decisions to inevitable future debt crises"}
{"id": "crec_000083", "text": "HOUR OF MEETING ON TOMORROW Mrs. [PERSON] . Mr. [PERSON] , I ask unanimous consent that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to meet at 11 a.m. tomorrow, January 7. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-06", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-06-pt1-PgH49-2", "word_count": 43, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000755", "text": "[ORG]: Mr. [PERSON] (Ranking), Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] . [ORG]: Mr. [PERSON] (Ranking), Ms. [PERSON] , Mrs. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] . Committee on [ORG]' Affairs: Mr. [PERSON] (Ranking), Mrs. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] .", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgS43", "word_count": 70, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000446", "text": "Now, without having a legislative hearing, they want to radically revise the statutes to say that it is sufficient for somebody to have been charged with or arrested for an offense like shoplifting or theft, even if the charges are dropped and even if charges are never brought after an arrest is made. It seems to me that they are backtracking from purported fidelity to our constitutional values. Similarly, they want to essentially overthrow [PERSON] Kavanaugh's 8-1 decision in the United States v. Texas from just a couple of years ago where [ORG] determined that States do not have standing to go to court to say that they don't like the way that a particular administration is allocating its resources and implementing a public policy.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH53-4", "word_count": 127, "labels": ["loaded_language", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "'radically revise the statutes' and 'backtracking from purported fidelity to our constitutional values' and 'essentially overthrow'"}
{"id": "crec_004245", "text": "To deal with this 0.002 of 1 percent, the bill opens the door to invasive scrutiny of all girls' bodies, violating their privacy and dignity. Little girls will be forced to have their biological sex verified through humiliating physical examinations of their genitals by strangers and forced to present documentation about their anatomy. In States with similar bans, even cisgender girls deemed not feminine enough have faced harassment, humiliation, and have been forced to undergo genital examination.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 77, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "invasive scrutiny, violating their privacy and dignity, humiliating physical examinations of their genitals by strangers, harassment, humiliation"}
{"id": "crec_006222", "text": "You can't just get on your donor calls and say, man, I really made sure that your corporate rates are great, and we are making sure your capital gains rates are great, and then not do the other side of the work. You have got to eat your vegetables. You have got to actually do the job.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH178", "word_count": 57, "labels": ["loaded_language", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "characterizing tax policy work as 'eating your vegetables' and presenting a binary choice between donor service and unspecified 'other side of the work'"}
{"id": "crec_004062", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] , I rise today to recognize the tremendous achievements of President [PERSON] , the 46th President of the United States. While I could spend my time highlighting the nearly innumerable achievements of his administration, I rise to celebrate what this [ORG] is today because of President [PERSON] 's leadership, a nation on the rise. President [PERSON] and Vice President [PERSON] inherited a nation in crisis; the greatest public health crisis in generations coupled with a threatening economic downturn with rising costs and high unemployment.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH122-2", "word_count": 84, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "tremendous achievements, nation on the rise, leadership"}
{"id": "crec_008596", "text": "[SPEAKER]. The Senator from California [SPEAKER]. I suggest the absence of a quorum.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 13, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006949", "text": "They do the same thing. I am very concerned about what they do to young children. According to [ORG], we have a mental health crisis in our country, pointing the finger at social media--not one company, but all the companies that are targeting teenagers and children in our country.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 51, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "very concerned about what they do to young children; mental health crisis"}
{"id": "crec_001422", "text": "The United States, with our new Congress and new administration, is not going to put up with these international organizations putting us and our allies in harm's way. [ORG] chose war, and dadgummit, [ORG] got war. The ICC prosecutor, [PERSON] , has made a parody of justice, and he needs to find his place or we will help him find it.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH67-6", "word_count": 61, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language", "name_calling"], "evidence": "putting us and our allies in harm's way; made a parody of justice; threatening language about making someone find their place"}
{"id": "crec_005356", "text": ". ========================= END NOTE ========================= [ORG] 38. [SPEAKER] submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill [ORG], supra; which was ordered to lie on the table.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS141", "word_count": 31, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002984", "text": "Every President has the right to nominate individuals to serve in key [ORG] positions. However, the Senate has the constitutional duty to provide advice and consent on these nominations. This week's hearing will provide an opportunity to learn more about her, her nomination, and her vision.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS85-2", "word_count": 46, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002624", "text": "Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Utah? There was no objection. The resolution was agreed to.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH108", "word_count": 20, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004228", "text": "Fifty years ago, [ORG] revolutionized women's sports and opened doors that had been closed for all previous generations. Because of [ORG], women's participation in athletics skyrocketed by over 1,000 percent in high schools and 600 percent in college athletics. This progress of equal opportunity for millions of girls and women for scholarships, honors, careers, and wealth has been under attack for the entirety of the [PERSON] administration.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 69, "labels": ["flag_waving", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "revolutionized women's sports and opened doors that had been closed for all previous generations; women's participation in athletics skyrocketed by over 1,000 percent"}
{"id": "crec_009611", "text": "Pending: [PERSON] (for [ORG]) amendment No. 8, to include crimes resulting in death or serious bodily injury to the list of offenses that, if committed by an inadmissible alien, require mandatory detention. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS245-6", "word_count": 33, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008840", "text": "So they get a dark winter, and it is cold up there. The Iditarod, [ORG], is coming up March 2. If you are thinking about coming to Alaska, don't think just this summer.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 36, "labels": ["loaded_language"], "evidence": "dark winter - uses emotionally charged language to describe winter conditions"}
{"id": "crec_002256", "text": "It was well-coached by [PERSON] , who is a first-year coach. He is a former [PERSON] as well. He was a coach under [PERSON] for the [PERSON] .", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS69-6", "word_count": 28, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002934", "text": "Getting documents is not trivial busy work. These are financial disclosures, ethics agreements, and FBI background investigations. If these nominees have something to hide, these documents could show it.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS83-8", "word_count": 29, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "If these nominees have something to hide, these documents could show it"}
{"id": "crec_004246", "text": "This isn't fairness. It is cruelty. Mr. [PERSON] , I urge my colleagues to reject this hateful bill and focus on real issues affecting our schools and communities.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 27, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "characterizing the bill as 'cruelty' and 'hateful' uses emotionally charged language; framing it against 'real issues' implies hidden dangers"}
{"id": "crec_006991", "text": "And this threat is not something far off or imagined. We have seen [ORG]'s interference in elections elsewhere around the world, most recently in Romania. [ORG] just opened an investigation on [ORG]'s failure to limit election interference in Romania's election, and that has caused all sorts of disruption in that country.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 53, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "threat is not something far off or imagined...interference in elections...caused all sorts of disruption"}
{"id": "crec_007626", "text": "And it includes nearly 15,000 illegal aliens convicted of or charged with murder. That is who the left are defending this morning: murderers, rapists, and pedophiles. Hundreds of thousands of criminal illegal aliens are out on our streets terrorizing our women and girls.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-3", "word_count": 43, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear", "strawman"], "evidence": "characterizing all illegal aliens as 'murderers, rapists, and pedophiles' and claiming 'the left are defending' them; uses emotionally charged language ('terrorizing our women and girls') to invoke fear"}
{"id": "crec_007832", "text": "There is one that was under way along [ORG] corridor, one that was completed and did 1,800 acres. It took 2 years of analysis to approve the decision to complete that where a simple environmental review would have been done sooner and only affected a small amount of acreage. A very noble project that would have helped would have been near the Eaton fire in southern California, which would have been initiated in August 2020.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH206-2", "word_count": 78, "labels": ["doubt"], "evidence": "2 years of analysis to approve the decision...a simple environmental review would have been done sooner"}
{"id": "crec_008720", "text": "And one final point: We are not going to be able to tax our way out of this. We don't have a taxation problem; we have a spending problem. I want to make my final comment, the refuting of the false narrative that we hear ad nauseam from the other side.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 51, "labels": ["false_dichotomy", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "We don't have a taxation problem; we have a spending problem - presents only two opposing solutions without acknowledging other possibilities; 'false narrative,' 'ad nauseam,' and 'the other side' use loaded language to delegitimize opposing views"}
{"id": "crec_005795", "text": "President [PERSON] stood with Morocco, recognizing Western Sahara as Moroccan. I appreciate chairing [ORG]. In conclusion, God bless our troops as the global war on terrorism continues.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH159-4", "word_count": 31, "labels": ["flag_waving", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "God bless our troops as the global war on terrorism continues"}
{"id": "crec_000856", "text": "The reason why a budget is so important is for a variety of reasons. But one reason is because it allows us to pass budgetary legislation using the majority threshold, which would allow Republicans alone-- hopefully, Democrats will join us, but with 53 Republicans and everybody on the same page, hopefully, we will be able to pass legislation addressing our budgetary challenges. We do have unique rules here in the Senate.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 71, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "bandwagon"], "evidence": "emphasis on 'majority threshold' and 'everybody on the same page' to suggest unified support and inevitability of passage"}
{"id": "crec_008313", "text": "Teach them reverence for the transcendent as You induce them to ascribe all good things to You. We pray in Your precious Name. Amen.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS197-2", "word_count": 24, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000400", "text": "It didn't rebuild the wall. It didn't have a stay in Mexico policy. It was words.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH53-4", "word_count": 16, "labels": ["strawman"], "evidence": "characterizing complex policies as merely 'words' rather than engaging with their actual implementation or effects"}
{"id": "crec_007935", "text": "It seems to be where they are going because he is actually giddy about it. You should see the recordings. He was doing a little dance and stuff like, yeah, we have got a new plan for this.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH206-2", "word_count": 38, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007785", "text": "[[ORG]] CONGRATULATING BAYONNE MODEL [ORG] ([SPEAKER] asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , I rise today to honor and congratulate the talented students of [ORG] team who returned from Dubai this week where they represented our community and our great State at the Harvard Model United Nations conference.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH205-5", "word_count": 82, "labels": ["flag_waving", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "honor and congratulate the talented students...represented our community and our great State"}
{"id": "crec_002775", "text": "304: Ms. [PERSON] and Mr. [PERSON] . H.R. 307: Mrs. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] of Kansas, Mr. [PERSON] of Georgia, Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , and Ms. [PERSON] .", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH112-41", "word_count": 29, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007678", "text": "[SPEAKER]. Pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX, the previous question is ordered on the motion to recommit. The question is on the motion to recommit.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-3", "word_count": 26, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001302", "text": "RECOGNIZING NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION DAY ([SPEAKER] asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , I rise today to recognize and celebrate [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH65-7", "word_count": 54, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_005633", "text": "A true trailblazer, Dr. [PERSON] has an accomplished career in both public service and civil rights advocacy. A native of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, he was elected to [ORG] in 1985, a position he held for 2 years before being elected to [ORG] in 1994. After serving three terms, Dr. [PERSON] stepped down in 2004 to take over as the head of the [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH152", "word_count": 68, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "true trailblazer, accomplished career"}
{"id": "crec_002587", "text": "The question was taken. [SPEAKER]. In the opinion of the [ORG], two-thirds being in the affirmative, the ayes have it.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH105", "word_count": 20, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008903", "text": "[PERSON] special Committee meetings. If at least three Members of the [ORG] desire the [ORG] to call a special meeting, they may file in the offices of the [ORG] a written request therefor, addressed to the [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS218-2", "word_count": 38, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000699", "text": "I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. [SPEAKER]. Without objection, it is so ordered.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgS40-4", "word_count": 37, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007939", "text": "They throw more out. They find more species every day, every week, to throw up a roadblock. The leadership there happily seems to acquiesce to that.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH206-2", "word_count": 26, "labels": ["loaded_language", "strawman"], "evidence": "throw more out, throw up a roadblock, happily seems to acquiesce"}
{"id": "crec_000705", "text": "ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS TRIBUTE TO LORIE TUDOR [SPEAKER]. Madam President, I rise today to recognize [PERSON] who is retiring from [ORG] (ARDOT) after an accomplished career, including the last 4 years as its director. [PERSON] started at ARDOT in 1981 as a clerk typist and served the agency for 14 years before departing to obtain an engineering degree.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgS41-2", "word_count": 75, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001976", "text": "A resolution expressing opposition to [ORG] of New York City; to [ORG]. By [SPEAKER] (for herself and Mr. [PERSON] of Maine): [PERSON] . 28.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH87-2", "word_count": 33, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000836", "text": "This is the opposite of what the American people voted for in November. There was a column in the opinion page of yesterday's [ORG]. This is a reflection, an opinion of individuals on what legacy there is going to be for [PERSON] .", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 45, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006838", "text": "Sure. Who needs to help families with mental health issues? Who needs to help families who have opioid addiction?", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 19, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000586", "text": "I look forward to paying my respects to this public servant later today. I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgS35-7", "word_count": 24, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001699", "text": "That is double. Just the interest rate exposure going back to even something that is below a historic norm is double everything we are talking about doing in tax reform, of extending the TCJA 2017 tax policy. It is double.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH79", "word_count": 40, "labels": ["repetition"], "evidence": "\"double\" and \"That is double\" repeated multiple times for emphasis"}
{"id": "crec_007073", "text": "Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment and call up my amendment No. 23, as provided under the previous order. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 26, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006791", "text": "Let's truly deliver on a promise to help hard-working, middle-class families all across the country, including in [ORG]. I want to thank again Senator [PERSON] . I yield to my colleague from Vermont as well, with whom I had the honor of serving in the House and being part of this debate when it happened.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 58, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "truly deliver on a promise to help hard-working, middle-class families"}
{"id": "crec_006523", "text": "[SPEAKER]. [SPEAKER] will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS160-3", "word_count": 16, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007837", "text": "Now we will talk about [ORG], which is the first one greatly affected as you have seen burning much of that community down. They had a safety project there that maybe in and of itself would not have been the complete be-all and end-all for helping them. You still need the brush lands work to be done so that fire can't come rushing through in areas so rapidly.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH206-2", "word_count": 70, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000499", "text": "A bill to amend [ORG] and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, to reauthorize the [ORG] conservation pilot program; to [ORG]. By [SPEAKER]: H.R. 232.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH62-3", "word_count": 34, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000589", "text": "----------------------------------------------------------------------- Senate The Senate met at 11 a.m. and was called to order by [SPEAKER] (Mr. [PERSON] ).", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgS35", "word_count": 30, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004223", "text": "It exploits those concerns to place all of our daughters in danger. This bill doesn't protect a girl's rights. It eliminates them.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 22, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "place all of our daughters in danger; eliminates them"}
{"id": "crec_009943", "text": "Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk for the motion to proceed. [SPEAKER]. The cloture motion having been presented under rule [ORG], the [ORG] directs [SPEAKER] to read the motion.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS258-2", "word_count": 33, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000630", "text": "The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. [SPEAKER]. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgS37-2", "word_count": 24, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007225", "text": "[ORG] 53. [SPEAKER] (for himself, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mrs. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , and Mr. [PERSON] ) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill [ORG], to require the Secretary of [ORG] to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. SHORT [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS187-3", "word_count": 89, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009808", "text": "There is a reason this ceremony takes place at the Capitol. In other countries, it might be in a Presidential palace or a gilded executive office building. Here, it is traditionally held at the Capitol, the people's House.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS252-8", "word_count": 38, "labels": ["flag_waving", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "the Capitol, the people's House; emphasizing American democratic tradition and the symbolic importance of the people's representation"}
{"id": "crec_007787", "text": "SUPPORTING RELIEF FOR CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES ([SPEAKER] asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.) [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , I thank [PERSON] for organizing the California delegation in support of our fellow Californians who are grieving as a result of the devastating fires in southern California.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH205-6", "word_count": 69, "labels": ["flag_waving"], "evidence": "organizing the California delegation in support of our fellow Californians who are grieving"}
{"id": "crec_000602", "text": "Later today, I will join Leader [PERSON] and other congressional leaders in the [PERSON] of the U.S. Capitol to place a wreath on President [PERSON] 's casket on behalf of [ORG]. Today and tomorrow, Americans will brave the snow and cold temperatures to pay their respects to one of the most decent men ever to hold [ORG]. He was a gentleman in every sense of the word--kind, honorable, intelligent, humble, and deeply patriotic.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgS36-7", "word_count": 78, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "phrases like 'one of the most decent men ever,' 'gentleman in every sense of the word,' 'kind, honorable, intelligent, humble, and deeply patriotic' use vague, universally appealing positive descriptors without specific evidence"}
{"id": "crec_002398", "text": "RES. 1 At the request of Mr. [PERSON] , the name of the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. [PERSON] ) was added as a cosponsor of [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS80-2", "word_count": 25, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004022", "text": "Madam Speaker, this bill not only erodes Federal protections for our kids, but it puts the physical and emotional safety of every child in our public schools at risk. Imagine that you are 8 years old, trying out for the soccer team, and your coach demands that you show them your genitals. That is abuse.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH120", "word_count": 55, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "erodes Federal protections for our kids, puts the physical and emotional safety of every child at risk, graphic scenario of child abuse"}
{"id": "crec_002102", "text": "[PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Mrs. [PERSON] of California, Mrs. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , and Mrs. [PERSON] . [PERSON] 211: Ms. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , and Mr. [PERSON] .", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH94-4", "word_count": 25, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001669", "text": "Let's go grander. Let's go much more bigly. I think that is a pop culture term these days.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH79", "word_count": 18, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006631", "text": "Weakening border enforcement, incentivizing criminals with specious asylum claims to cross our border, failing to detain and deport these very same people for crimes committed far away from it--these were the policies that led to [PERSON] 's death. This cannot happen again. It can't happen again to another American or to their family.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 52, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "Weakening border enforcement, incentivizing criminals...specious asylum claims...led to [PERSON]'s death. This cannot happen again."}
{"id": "crec_009630", "text": "Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. [SPEAKER]. Without objection, it is so ordered.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS245-6", "word_count": 22, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008766", "text": "[SPEAKER]. Reserving the right to object, Mr. President, with all due respect to my colleague from Oregon, he voted against even proceeding to this bill. Now he is attempting to force amendments onto the bill outside of the bipartisan amendment process that we are working through.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 46, "labels": ["whataboutism", "strawman"], "evidence": "he voted against even proceeding to this bill. Now he is attempting to force amendments"}
{"id": "crec_007542", "text": "There are so many reasons why individuals in domestic violence situations are unjustly forced into the criminal legal system. We have seen the data. Too often survivors are arrested alongside their abuser, and they are charged and even convicted of crimes involving violence which later prove to be in self-defense or unjustly charged.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-3", "word_count": 53, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "unjustly forced into the criminal legal system, Too often survivors are arrested alongside their abuser"}
{"id": "crec_004170", "text": "[ORG] of 2025 offers a new promise to America's women and girls. It will strengthen [ORG] protections for women, ensure a level playing field for female athletes, and protect the law from current and future radical regulatory schemes. Mr. [PERSON] , I urge my colleagues to support this bill, and I reserve the balance of my time.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 65, "labels": ["loaded_language", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "'radical regulatory schemes' and 'strengthen protections' and 'level playing field'"}
{"id": "crec_009759", "text": "Mr. President, it is an honor to be here today to ask the Senate to confirm President [PERSON] 's first appointment, that being our colleague [PERSON] to be the 72nd Secretary of [ORG] of this great country. His nomination was voted positively and unanimously out of [ORG] just moments ago, actually. Sixteen years ago, I came here and sat down on [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS251-2", "word_count": 68, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009320", "text": "I am an advocate, through the farm program, of having an absolute limit on the amount of money that one farmer can get from the farm program so that we target toward medium- and small-sized farmers so we don't subsidize very big farmers to get bigger. I got such a legislation through the House and the Senate in previous [ORG], and, would you believe it, even though it was exactly the same language in both [ORG] and that isn't supposed to be touched by the conferees, the conferees diluted it to not a very meaningful limit. Well, I am still concerned about limits.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-17", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-17-pt1-PgS237-5", "word_count": 103, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "I got such a legislation through the House and the Senate in previous [ORG]"}
{"id": "crec_005877", "text": "That is because of its unique political status which prevents us from negotiating a traditional tax treaty. As a result, among our top 10 trading partners, only Taiwan lacks a double-tax agreement. We should forge an agreement both because Taiwan is a leading democracy in Asia and because their investment in the United States supports at least 188,000 American jobs, including many in my southern California district, which is home to one of the largest communities of people from Taiwan in the U.S.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH160-6", "word_count": 83, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "Taiwan is a leading democracy in Asia; their investment supports 188,000 American jobs"}
{"id": "crec_003694", "text": "1151 et seq.) shall not apply to the adjustment of aliens to lawful permanent resident status under this title, and such aliens shall not be counted toward any such numerical limitation. [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS96-2", "word_count": 32, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006201", "text": "Again, I want to be very clear because here is what you are going to hear in the coming weeks: [ORG] refuses to do a debt ceiling so reasonable Republicans are going to have to go cut a deal with Democrats to increase the debt ceiling, increase appropriations over our current spending levels, including defense and nondefense, and, oh, by the way, give a crud ton of money to California. That is coming. That is coming.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH178", "word_count": 79, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "repetition"], "evidence": "The repeated phrase 'That is coming. That is coming.' combined with the prediction of undesirable outcomes (increased spending, money to California) creates fear about future negative consequences."}
{"id": "crec_004274", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] , this bill is a cynical scapegoating of a vulnerable population. To make matters worse, it is a hateful attack on kids. Trans kids deserve to play sports just like their peers, and Congress can't bar them from the field.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 41, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "cynical scapegoating of a vulnerable population, hateful attack on kids"}
{"id": "crec_004206", "text": "She has seen the videos of what trans athletes have been doing to women athletes, as far as breaking their faces in volleyball, basketball, and baseball. We do not have a clear, level playing field when we have the trans community participating in women's sports. We need to protect the concept of the woman, and women must be protected.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 59, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "'breaking their faces in volleyball, basketball, and baseball' and 'We need to protect the concept of the woman'"}
{"id": "crec_002980", "text": "The [PERSON] Department leader must be loyal to the Constitution above all else-- including the President. But during his first term, then-President [PERSON] used [ORG] as his personal attorneys. He tried to thwart the [PERSON] investigation, protect political allies, and even overturn the result of the 2020 Presidential election.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS85-2", "word_count": 52, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "loyal to the Constitution above all else; used [ORG] as his personal attorneys, tried to thwart the investigation, protect political allies, and even overturn the result"}
{"id": "crec_005098", "text": "Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 92 Be it enacted by the Senate and [ORG] in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS140-2", "word_count": 61, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000017", "text": "[SPEAKER]. Madam President, the certificate of the electoral vote of the State of Illinois seems to be regular in form and authentic, and it appears therefrom that [PERSON] of the State of California received 19 votes for President and [PERSON] of the State of Minnesota received 19 votes for Vice President. Senator [PERSON] .", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-06", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-06-pt1-PgH45-10", "word_count": 56, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004980", "text": "[ORG] shooter in Charleston, [ORG] synagogue shooter in Pittsburgh, and the [ORG] bomber. So, clearly, he believes in the death penalty for some criminals but not most. He made a choice, a moral judgment, that the victims of 37 depraved murderers and their families didn't deserve justice.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS130-5", "word_count": 54, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "characterization of murderers as 'depraved' and framing non-execution as denying victims 'justice' uses emotionally charged language to suggest moral judgment about capital punishment"}
{"id": "crec_001774", "text": "There are two reasons. [ORG], had we passed it, would have enfranchised more voters and caused greater participation in the process. This act would have helped us by reinstating a version of the Voting Rights Act.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH82", "word_count": 41, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000603", "text": "These are virtues he brought to [ORG] in an era when trust in government was arguably at a low in the 20th century. But just as admirable as the legacy President [PERSON] built after holding the most powerful job in the world, after leaving office, he established [ORG] to continue his work on human rights, on spreading democracy, on fighting disease; and we all know about his work with [ORG] for Humanity where he could often be found outside, building houses for families in need, well into his nineties. That was President [PERSON] at his core.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgS36-7", "word_count": 100, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "virtues he brought, legacy, human rights, spreading democracy, fighting disease, work with Humanity, building houses"}
{"id": "crec_005607", "text": "When he returned to the U.S., he maintained his service after being discharged in the inactive reserve. In 1982, [PERSON] rejoined the military as a private in the [ORG] in Spokane, Washington. He attended drill sergeant school and [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH151-5", "word_count": 41, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002346", "text": "Volunteers are at the heart of the Advocates' work, with thousands of supporters contributing their time to legal services, fact-finding, advocacy, outreach, and operational support. Under [PERSON] 's leadership, the Advocates has provided pro bono legal counsel to more than 7,000 noncitizen victims of persecution, torture, trafficking, prolonged detention, and family violence. She has made Minnesota a leader in anti-human trafficking efforts by advocating for our [ORG] Youth Act and for expanding the [ORG]'s criminal statute to protect more people from labor trafficking and provide permanent [ORG] funding for victims.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS77-3", "word_count": 93, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "thousands of supporters contributing their time to legal services, fact-finding, advocacy, outreach, and operational support"}
{"id": "crec_006575", "text": "He committed a crime, was arrested for that crime, and then was released. He committed another crime--shoplifting. He was arrested for that crime and was then released.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 27, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006619", "text": "But let's just say that some of our friends on the other side of the aisle, they have an amendment. And let's say that it doesn't get the amount of votes. Let's not use that as a pretext for them not supporting this bill.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 44, "labels": ["strawman"], "evidence": "sets up a hypothetical scenario to preemptively argue against an opposing position rather than addressing their actual stated reasoning"}
{"id": "crec_005661", "text": "Thousands of people have lost their homes and a lifetime's worth of belongings and memories. Tragically, first responders have found 16 people who lost their lives, and they expect that number to rise. [PERSON] , Sr., a dedicated father, died alongside his son while waiting for help.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH154-2", "word_count": 47, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "Thousands of people have lost their homes and a lifetime's worth of belongings and memories...they expect that number to rise. A dedicated father died alongside his son while waiting for help."}
{"id": "crec_001792", "text": "This act would have protected the LGBTQ community. It would protect their civil rights and their human rights. Yes, [ORG] made a ruling about discriminating against persons because of their sexuality, but that is not enough.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH82", "word_count": 38, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "vague appeals to 'civil rights' and 'human rights' without specific details; emotionally charged framing of 'discriminating against persons because of their sexuality'"}
{"id": "crec_002601", "text": "[SPEAKER] read the title of the bill. [SPEAKER]. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. [PERSON] ) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH107", "word_count": 32, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000686", "text": "Democrats have been successful in decoupling any sort of work requirement for able-bodied adults. That needs to be reinstated because when it comes to assessing the people who deserve help and need our help, able-bodied individuals should not be able to ride the backs of the American taxpayers. They need to do like everybody else does who is able-bodied, and that is to be a producer, not somebody who lives off the beneficence of the American taxpayer.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgS38", "word_count": 77, "labels": ["loaded_language", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "'ride the backs of the American taxpayers' and framing able-bodied adults as either 'producers' or those 'living off the beneficence' with no middle ground"}
{"id": "crec_000983", "text": "There is no time to wait for [ORG] to get to work because even being a lameduck isn't slowing down [PERSON] 's reckless spending. [ORG]'s binge- buying bureaucrats are being ordered to work overtime, including weekends, to get billions of dollars out the door as quickly as possible before President-elect [ORG] takes office. At the same time, the outgoing administration is cutting collective bargaining deals with government employee unions, giving bureaucrats the right to stay home from work until--get this--2029--conveniently after President [PERSON] 's term.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 83, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "reckless spending, binge-buying bureaucrats, get billions of dollars out the door as quickly as possible"}
{"id": "crec_000150", "text": "REMEMBERING JERRY APPLEBEE [SPEAKER]. Mr. President, last week I received news that my high school basketball and track coach, [PERSON] , had died. I want to take a moment here on the Senate floor to pay tribute to him.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-06", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-06-pt1-PgS31-8", "word_count": 52, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007181", "text": "[SPEAKER] (for himself and Mr. [PERSON] ) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill [ORG], supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. SA 64. [SPEAKER] submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill [ORG], supra; which was ordered to lie on the table.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS187-2", "word_count": 55, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008665", "text": "[SPEAKER] will call the roll. The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 14, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000503", "text": "A bill to recognize [ORG] in Rochester, New York; to [ORG]. By [SPEAKER] (for himself, Mr. [PERSON] of Iowa, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Texas, Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mrs. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Georgia, Mr. [PERSON] , and Mr. [PERSON] ): [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH62-3", "word_count": 56, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001030", "text": "Well, folks, I spent the last decade looking while just about everyone else seems to have been looking the other way--until now. While this is a personal issue for me, it should not be a partisan issue. After all, every American benefits from a more efficient government, and everyone loses when tax dollars are wasted.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 55, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "bandwagon"], "evidence": "every American benefits from a more efficient government, and everyone loses when tax dollars are wasted"}
{"id": "crec_007489", "text": "At the same time that they facilitated the collapse of our southwest border, President [PERSON] and Vice President [PERSON] abandoned any semblance of interior immigration enforcement. In a September 2021 memo, the [PERSON] -[PERSON] administration made enforcement more difficult for [ORG] officers. In training materials obtained by [ORG] and published in a staff report last year, [ORG] failed to answer seemingly clear-cut questions such as whether an alien who served a 20-year drug-related prison sentence or an alien who discharged a firearm outside of a police station should be priorities for arrest and deportation.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-3", "word_count": 98, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "facilitated the collapse of our southwest border, abandoned any semblance of interior immigration enforcement, alien who discharged a firearm"}
{"id": "crec_006086", "text": "It is not American. It is not Christian. It is not moral.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH174-6", "word_count": 12, "labels": ["repetition", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "Repeated structure 'It is not' combined with loaded terms like 'American,' 'Christian,' and 'moral' to condemn something without explaining why or providing evidence"}
{"id": "crec_000782", "text": "And we are working on investing in improvements to military readiness that will help restore American strength so that we can deter our adversaries and keep the peace. We are also going to invest in American energy dominance. Energy security plays a key role in our national security, and Republicans plan to use budget reconciliation to help advance American energy production.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS45-8", "word_count": 61, "labels": ["flag_waving", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "restore American strength, American energy dominance, national security"}
{"id": "crec_002818", "text": "Here is the same chart I show off and on on this floor: Carbon dioxide represents 0.04 percent of the atmosphere. It has barely changed. Look at the rest of the chart, what isn't CO2.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH96-3", "word_count": 35, "labels": ["loaded_language", "doubt"], "evidence": "Carbon dioxide represents 0.04 percent of the atmosphere. It has barely changed."}
{"id": "crec_006289", "text": "PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Under clause 2 of rule [ORG], public bills and resolutions of the following titles were introduced and severally referred, as follows: By [SPEAKER] (for himself, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of West Virginia, Mr. [PERSON] of Florida, Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Texas, Mr. [PERSON] of Alabama, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Pennsylvania, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mrs. [PERSON] , Mrs. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Georgia, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Maryland, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Oklahoma, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , and Mr. [PERSON] ): H.R. 404. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove silencers from the definition of firearms, and for other purposes; to [ORG], and in addition to [ORG], for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH182-3", "word_count": 205, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006704", "text": "You are literally--this is not hyperbole--$2 trillion worth of cuts means that nursing homes shut down. People are put out on the streets. It means that poor kids don't get access to mental health services.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 35, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "nursing homes shut down, people put out on streets, poor kids denied mental health services"}
{"id": "crec_001954", "text": "By [SPEAKER]: H.R. 321. A bill to establish a system to expedite gate passes and flight access procedures to allow caregivers, parents, and guardians to accompany minors and passengers needing assistance to their flights; to [ORG], and in addition to [ORG], for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH87-2", "word_count": 77, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009858", "text": "(Applause.) It is my hope that our recent Presidential election will be remembered as the greatest and most consequential election in the history of our country. As our victory showed, the entire [ORG] is rapidly unifying behind our agenda with dramatic increases in support from virtually every element of our society--young and old, men and women, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, urban, suburban, rural.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS252-8", "word_count": 65, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "bandwagon"], "evidence": "greatest and most consequential election in the history of our country; entire [ORG] is rapidly unifying behind our agenda with dramatic increases in support from virtually every element of our society"}
{"id": "crec_001504", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] , I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. [PERSON] , this bill sends an incredibly important message across the globe when we make this law: Do not get in the way of America or our allies trying to bring our people home. Do not get in our way.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH67-6", "word_count": 50, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "sends an incredibly important message across the globe when we make this law: Do not get in the way of America or our allies"}
{"id": "crec_006138", "text": "[SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. [PERSON] ), who has been through the devastation that we are seeing there, and our hearts go out to those in California. His district has been hit by this several times, and I will say that hearing the stories and conversations he has from his district, it just puts it into perspective.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH175-6", "word_count": 62, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007134", "text": "H.R. 153. An act to provide for an online repository for certain reporting requirements for recipients of [ORG] disaster assistance, and for other purposes.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS184-4", "word_count": 24, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002106", "text": "221: Mr. [PERSON] of Alabama, Mr. [PERSON] , and Mr. [PERSON] of Arizona. H.R. 223: Mr. [PERSON] of Alabama and Mr. [PERSON] .", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH94-4", "word_count": 21, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002120", "text": "[SPEAKER]. Mr. President, I would like to speak for 1 minute as in morning business. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS69-6", "word_count": 16, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002806", "text": "This bill provided the first major increase in child welfare funding in almost 20 years and reauthorized title IV-B funding for another 5 years. It also included provisions to prevent States from separating families solely on the basis of poverty; strengthen [ORG]; recover overdue child support by intercepting Federal tax funds; expand evidence-based services to prevent abuse and neglect; and support foster youth transitioning out of care, among other important provisions. I am so proud to say that [ORG] Children and Families Act was signed into law by President [PERSON] on January 4, 2025.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH96-2", "word_count": 100, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "use of vague positive terms like 'important provisions' and 'evidence-based services' combined with attribution to presidential authority"}
{"id": "crec_001148", "text": "ARMS SALES NOTIFICATIONS [SPEAKER]. Madam President, section 36(b) of [ORG] requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may be reviewed.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS61", "word_count": 59, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_005803", "text": "My district encompasses parts of [ORG], [PERSON] , and [ORG], all the way north to the Oklahoma border. Our district offers a tapestry of landscapes that reflect the best of Texas, but what truly makes our district special is its people. From the ranchers who raise horses, beef cattle, sheep, and goats to the entrepreneurs driving new innovation, the healthcare workers caring for our loved ones, and the educators shaping the minds of tomorrow, we are guided by our patriotic love of country.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH159-6", "word_count": 84, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "'tapestry of landscapes that reflect the best of Texas' and 'patriotic love of country'"}
{"id": "crec_004501", "text": "Dominance in space is central to America's economic strength and military readiness. I am confident that with the leadership of Chairman [PERSON] and President [PERSON] , America will remain the global leader in space exploration and innovation.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH141-2", "word_count": 36, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "flag_waving", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "leadership of Chairman and President; America will remain the global leader"}
{"id": "crec_009728", "text": "I thank the gentle lady from Alabama for spearheading this effort to bring justice for our families. I yield the floor. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS245-6", "word_count": 22, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_005623", "text": "This isn't about party or politics, and I am proud to have joined both of our Senators and 46 other bipartisan Members of California's congressional delegation in urging President [PERSON] to sign a major disaster declaration so that [ORG] can provide public assistance, individual assistance, and direct Federal assistance to our communities. We are grateful that President [PERSON] quickly signed the declaration, and my hope is that President-elect [ORG] will continue to provide resources so our constituents can immediately access the funds and resources that they need to rebuild their lives. These fires are the costliest in California's history, and they are impacting everyone, regardless of income or party.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH152-3", "word_count": 111, "labels": ["flag_waving", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "joined both of our Senators and 46 other bipartisan Members; President quickly signed the declaration"}
{"id": "crec_000625", "text": "He was deported under President [PERSON] and snuck back into this country under President [PERSON] . Since 2023, he has lived--this illegal immigrant criminal murderer--in taxpayer-funded shelters here in this country. That is what we have seen the last 4 years.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgS37-2", "word_count": 40, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear", "repetition"], "evidence": "describing subject as 'illegal immigrant criminal murderer' with stacked negative labels; repeated emphasis on taxpayer funding and 'last 4 years' to create threat narrative"}
{"id": "crec_001034", "text": "What should be the size and scope of government? Well, there are actually things we agree that government should do between Republicans and Democrats; and for those things, we should do them really, really well. All too often, government fails because it is not properly managed, because we don't do a good job; and when we don't do a good job, we end up wasting taxpayers' dollars.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 67, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "government should do them really, really well"}
{"id": "crec_008605", "text": "Former Representative [PERSON] and former Senator [PERSON] , a Republican in Tennessee, were my partners on this bipartisan effort. Ten years ago, the legislation passed the Senate unanimously-- something that is almost unimaginable today with the politics we live with--but that underscored the true urgency and importance of this issue. Not only was this legislation the right thing to do, but it made access to clean water and sanitation for the world's poor a development priority for the United States.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 81, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "unanimous Senate passage and 'the right thing to do' paired with bipartisan effort to establish moral authority and appeal to past consensus"}
{"id": "crec_008682", "text": "It destroyed people's lives, our miserable failed response to [PERSON] . It cost a lot of money. So Washington went on a massive spending spree, and in the year of the pandemic, we spent actually closer to $6.6 trillion.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 38, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "destroyed people's lives, our miserable failed response"}
{"id": "crec_008879", "text": "She says that she has never worked =========================== NOTE =========================== On page S218, January 16, 2025, in the second column, the following appears: [PERSON] , another great member of my team, our Kenai regional director on the Kenai Peninsula. Covers [PERSON] as well. [ORG] does a great job.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 48, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000559", "text": "[PERSON] the shadows of pessimism and cynicism, as we face a world often filled with despair. Lord, bring our Senators from the fatigue of doubts to the buoyancy of hope. Make their lives unflickering lights that transform dark yesterdays into bright tomorrows.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgS35-2", "word_count": 42, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "shadows of pessimism and cynicism, world filled with despair, dark yesterdays"}
{"id": "crec_009735", "text": "[SPEAKER] will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas 75, nays 24, as follows: [[ORG] Vote No.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS245-6", "word_count": 23, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006351", "text": "A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the earned income and child tax credits, and for other purposes; to [ORG]. By [SPEAKER] (for himself, Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , and Mr. [PERSON] ): H.R. 464.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH182-3", "word_count": 43, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_005708", "text": "Hang the plaque now. Every pivotal event in American history has heroes and cowards. January 6 is no different.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH155", "word_count": 19, "labels": ["false_dichotomy", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "presenting January 6 as having clear 'heroes and cowards' with no nuance, and using charged language ('hang the plaque') to frame a disputed event in absolute moral terms"}
{"id": "crec_005881", "text": "It will only become more important as Congress continues to work in a bipartisan manner to strengthen our economic relations with Taiwan. Last Congress, we approved the first phase of the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on [ORG] negotiated by [ORG] and [ORG], and I have expressed my support for going even further and negotiating a comprehensive bilateral trade agreement with Taiwan. To unlock the benefits made possible by our strengthening partnership, we must ensure that businesses are not at a competitive disadvantage.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH160-6", "word_count": 82, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "unlock the benefits made possible by our strengthening partnership"}
{"id": "crec_004659", "text": "11. A witness shall not be required to testify unless the witness has been provided with a copy of section 3(t) of [PERSON] . 5, 119th Congress, and these regulations.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH146", "word_count": 30, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_005957", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] , I strongly encourage all my colleagues to support the bill. [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , I yield myself the balance of my time.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH160-6", "word_count": 23, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008736", "text": "That is [PERSON] speaking. But, in many ways, it was his penance, as you see [PERSON] is perhaps the worst kind of traitor a native [PERSON] can be--he chose to attend college at [ORG]. [PERSON] 's interest in [ORG] and space policy is lifelong.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 47, "labels": ["loaded_language", "ad_hominem"], "evidence": "worst kind of traitor a native [PERSON] can be--he chose to attend college at [ORG]"}
{"id": "crec_001021", "text": "paid to do nothing While millions of Americans are working two or more jobs to make ends meet, some federal employees aren't working at all. Dozens of [ORG] employees with nothing to do spend the workday napping or playing chess, dominoes, and cards. Hundreds of other federal employees spend years with no work assignments while on paid administrative leave, costing more than $31 million in salary payments a year.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 71, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "contrast between 'millions of Americans working two or more jobs' versus federal employees 'doing nothing' and 'napping,' paired with high-cost figures to invoke outrage and concern"}
{"id": "crec_000994", "text": "Government-wide, there are nearly 150,000 tax cheats owing $1.5 billion in unpaid taxes. [ORG] President [PERSON] 's so-called infrastructure program provided $7.5 billion to build a nationwide network of electric vehicle ([ORG]) charging stations and $42 billion to expand broadband. Three years later, just 17 [ORG] stations are completed and not a single person--not one--has been connected to the internet yet.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 63, "labels": ["loaded_language", "false_dichotomy", "repetition"], "evidence": "Juxtaposing 'tax cheats' with infrastructure failures; 'not one--not one' repetition for emphasis; implies infrastructure spending is wasteful by comparing to tax cheating without addressing actual completion timelines"}
{"id": "crec_002107", "text": "H.R. 227: Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , and Ms. [PERSON] . [PERSON]", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH94-4", "word_count": 10, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_005666", "text": "We do it without strings attached, like we did just in December, 4 weeks ago, for victims of [PERSON] and [PERSON] . I look forward to working with the majority to secure critical disaster relief funding that is necessary for this vibrant, beautiful, unique region to recover and rebuild.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH154-2", "word_count": 49, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "vibrant, beautiful, unique region"}
{"id": "crec_006496", "text": "[ORG] NOMINATIONS [SPEAKER]. Mr. President, now, on the [PERSON] hearing, the takeaway from yesterday's hearing on [PERSON] is very clear: [PERSON] is woefully unfit for the job of Secretary of [ORG]. For Mr. [PERSON] , yesterday's hearing was an exercise in obfuscation.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS160-3", "word_count": 56, "labels": ["loaded_language", "ad_hominem"], "evidence": "'woefully unfit for the job' and 'exercise in obfuscation'"}
{"id": "crec_006479", "text": "This was a tragedy, and it was preventable. The man who killed [PERSON] should not have been in the United States in the first place. He definitely shouldn't have been on the streets after previously being involved in two crimes, but he was.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS159-7", "word_count": 44, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "emphasis on preventability of tragedy and repeated focus on criminal's presence despite prior crimes creates sense of danger and systemic failure"}
{"id": "crec_004252", "text": "[SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , we are sending a clear message to the radical Democrats we will no longer tolerate our daughters being taken advantage of. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 25, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "sending a clear message to the radical Democrats we will no longer tolerate our daughters being taken advantage of"}
{"id": "crec_002708", "text": "8, cl. 12: to raise and support armies. Article I, Sec.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH111-4", "word_count": 11, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006476", "text": "A very recent [ORG] report adopts a new definition just to tar Israel with that disgusting libel. Amnesty International Israel was not involved in the report and, as you might expect, rejects its central claims. So I want my fellow Senators to know that I, too, reject this bias and this misleading report, and I say: Shame on them.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS159-5", "word_count": 60, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_authority", "name_calling"], "evidence": "tar Israel with that disgusting libel; Shame on them"}
{"id": "crec_007752", "text": "Staffers no longer use [ORG]. As the old adage goes: The more things change, the more they stay the same. Washington's fiscal house is still out of order.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH204-3", "word_count": 28, "labels": ["repetition"], "evidence": "repetition of the concept of unchanging dysfunction through the adage 'The more things change, the more they stay the same' followed by 'Washington's fiscal house is still out of order'"}
{"id": "crec_007691", "text": "30. personal explanation [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , due to travel restrictions related to my pregnancy, I was unable to travel to DC to vote. Had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-3", "word_count": 36, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009678", "text": "Our enduring commitment to this imperfect but principled work is why 21st century America has one of the most dynamic economies, vibrant cultures, and an important reputation throughout the world as a beacon of freedom. That reputation, by the way, is not assured. That is a reputation that has to be earned by our Nation every single day.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS245-6", "word_count": 58, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "dynamic economies, vibrant cultures, beacon of freedom"}
{"id": "crec_001434", "text": "The [ORG]'s actions amount to a little more than a political smear campaign cloaked in a veneer of international law. This pattern of behavior from the [ORG] is not new. This is the same body that has repeatedly targeted the United States and our servicemembers, attempting to investigate and prosecute Americans who have risked their lives to defend our freedom around the world.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH67-6", "word_count": 63, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear", "strawman"], "evidence": "characterizing institutional actions as 'political smear campaign,' claiming targeting of 'Americans who have risked their lives,' and framing investigation as attack on defenders of freedom"}
{"id": "crec_006993", "text": "We passed a law that said you have to have an American owner like, I don't know, radio stations, TV stations, newspapers. The Senator from Massachusetts would like to give us a 270- day extension. What is going to be different?", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 41, "labels": ["doubt"], "evidence": "What is going to be different?\"}\n```\n\nWait, let me reconsider - \"rhetorical_question\" is not in my allowed labels.\n\n```json\n{\"labels\": [\"doubt\"], \"evidence\": \"What is going to be different?"}
{"id": "crec_002351", "text": "MEASURES READ THE FIRST TIME The following bill was read the first time: H.R. 23. An act to impose sanctions with respect to [ORG] engaged in any effort to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute any protected person of the United States and its allies.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS77-5", "word_count": 60, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006617", "text": "It is wonderful. Dozens of Democrats have now supported [ORG]. I want to welcome them to the cause of law and order.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 25, "labels": ["bandwagon", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "Dozens of Democrats have now supported [ORG]...welcome them to the cause of law and order"}
{"id": "crec_008834", "text": "So I am going to talk about [PERSON] real quick here in a minute as the Alaskan of the Week. She so much deserves it. Just wanted to mention a few things.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 32, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_003351", "text": "1801 et seq. ), not later than 60 days after filing proof of service of the complaint, a party to the lawsuit may file a request with [ORG] to assist the parties in reaching a satisfactory resolution of all issues involving all parties to the dispute. (C) Notice.--Upon filing a request under subparagraph (B) and giving of notice to the parties, the parties shall attempt mediation within the period specified in subparagraph (D), except that nothing in this paragraph shall limit the ability of a court to order preliminary injunctive relief to protect health and safety or to otherwise prevent irreparable harm.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS92-2", "word_count": 107, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002618", "text": "These reduced or eliminated [ORG] benefits for more than 2.8 million Americans and over 270,000 Ohioans who have served our communities. In a time of severe partisanship, 327 House Members and 76 Senators voted for this bipartisan legislation. This is a great example of working to find the big middle to benefit the American people, millions of them who worked and earned their way forward.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH108-5", "word_count": 66, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "327 House Members and 76 Senators voted for this bipartisan legislation; finding the big middle to benefit the American people"}
{"id": "crec_006901", "text": "[PERSON] [SPEAKER]. Madam President, as we go forward in this new session of Congress, I would hope very much that there will be a serious focus on the crises facing the working families of our country. We are the wealthiest nation on Earth.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 44, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "the wealthiest nation on Earth"}
{"id": "crec_000739", "text": "INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS The following bills and joint resolutions were introduced, read the first and second times by unanimous consent, and referred as indicated: By [SPEAKER] (for himself, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mrs. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mrs. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Florida, Ms. [PERSON] , Mrs. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mrs. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , and Mr. [PERSON] of South Carolina): S. 9. A bill to provide that for purposes of determining compliance with title [ORG] of 1972 in athletics, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth; read the first time. By [SPEAKER]: S. 21.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgS42", "word_count": 156, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004405", "text": "state and local organizations ASTOP, Inc. Sexual Abuse Center, Bozeman City for [ORG], MT, [ORG] ([ORG]), [ORG] [ORG], Domestic Violence Escape (DOVE), Inc., [ORG], [ORG], [ORG], [ORG], [ORG], [ORG] and Change, [ORG], [ORG], Minnesota Suns, Montanans for Choice Take Action, [ORG], Pennsylvania, [ORG], [ORG] (MO), [ORG], Florida, [ORG] Massachusetts, [ORG], Missouri, [ORG], Montana, [ORG], [ORG], [ORG], Seattle, Network NOVA, [ORG], [ORG], [ORG], [ORG], [ORG], Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault, [ORG]. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 154, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000314", "text": "We should be seriously confronting the problems in a serious way together rather than just trying to make partisan hay out of other people's tragedies in their lives. Mr. [PERSON] , this legislation does not move the ball forward on any of the problems facing America, and they are being moved under closed rules without a hearing, without any legislative scrutiny. This means that no Member--not only just Democrats, but Republicans, too, no Member--can offer any amendments to repair the gaping flaws and gaps in these slapdash political bills.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH53-4", "word_count": 88, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "gaping flaws and gaps in these slapdash political bills"}
{"id": "crec_000694", "text": "Madam President, I ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. [SPEAKER]. Without objection, it is so ordered.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgS40-3", "word_count": 37, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002530", "text": "388, passed both [ORG] and [ORG] on voice votes. Unfortunately, [PERSON] 388 was not even considered by the Senate.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH104", "word_count": 27, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000606", "text": "[SPEAKER] will read the bill by title for the second time. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 5) to require the Secretary of [ORG] to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgS36", "word_count": 48, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008442", "text": "The thing is, [PERSON] has never led thousands of people like Mattis had. He never ran an entire [ORG] like [PERSON] did. No, the only thing [PERSON] has ever run, he has run it into the ground.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 37, "labels": ["ad_hominem", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "the only thing [PERSON] has ever run, he has run it into the ground"}
{"id": "crec_009427", "text": "Congratulations to the team at Idaho Air Gun on their selection as the January 2025 Small Business of the Month. Thank you for serving Idaho as small business owners and entrepreneurs. You make our great state proud, and I look forward to your continued growth and success.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-17", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-17-pt1-PgS242-2", "word_count": 47, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "make our great state proud"}
{"id": "crec_000740", "text": "A bill to require each [ORG] department to establish policies and collect information regarding teleworking employees of [ORG], and for other purposes; to [ORG] and [ORG]. By [SPEAKER]: S. 22. A bill to establish a competitive bidding process for the relocation of the headquarters of Executive agencies, and for other purposes; to [ORG] and [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgS42", "word_count": 67, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000060", "text": "Reveal to us Your gracious and eternal perspective. Give us the insight You would have us gain when we turn our eyes to You and away from the futile paths that vie for our attention and distract us from appreciating that Your grace plan alone determines our life's work. Guide us in the way we should go, and protect us from any adversarial attitudes that threaten us from within or without, the inimical intrusions that seek to undermine the divine work You desire us to do.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-06", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-06-pt1-PgH45-3", "word_count": 86, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "positioning divine authority as superior to 'futile paths' and creating binary choice between 'Your grace plan' versus distracting alternatives"}
{"id": "crec_002433", "text": "This working group is also going to coordinate with [ORG] to identify ways to reduce duplication and streamline the [ORG] damage assessment process. I thank the gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. [PERSON] ) for his leadership on this legislation. Mr. [PERSON] , I urge support of this legislation, and I reserve the balance of my time.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH100", "word_count": 62, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007878", "text": "When they have the ability through the aqueduct to bring that water from somewhere else and fill that up, the poster I just showed you, Mr. [PERSON] , the amount of water flowing out to the Pacific would fill that in a matter of minutes if you somehow harnessed all that and dropped it in there. It would have to come down through aqueducts and other means, or they even have wells, as I understand, that can fill that if they don't have the upper lakes above that the ability to fill that. What it boils down to is that our leaders in California, starting with the Governor, have not been pushing in the direction that would give us the water supply we need that would help everybody and help with the crops.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH206-2", "word_count": 132, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "blaming 'our leaders in California, starting with the Governor' for not taking action, while presenting technical solutions as available but deliberately not pursued"}
{"id": "crec_002541", "text": "[SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , since securing its own real estate leasing authority, the [ORG] has wasted time and money with failed procurements. It is past time for the [ORG] to cede that authority back to the [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH104", "word_count": 36, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "wasted time and money with failed procurements"}
{"id": "crec_007526", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] , I reserve the balance of my time. [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. [PERSON] ).", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-3", "word_count": 24, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007877", "text": "This is more or less full. Over here is what it looks like empty. It kind of reminds you of a stadium or a racetrack or something.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH206-2", "word_count": 27, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000210", "text": "The message also announced that the House agreed to the following concurrent resolution, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate: [PERSON] . [PERSON] . 1.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-06", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-06-pt1-PgS33", "word_count": 26, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004489", "text": "[ORG] honors the commitment we made through [ORG], defends the principle of fair competition, and ensures that athletes can compete in categories that reflect their biological realities. I am proud to support this legislation today on the House floor, and I urge my Senate colleagues to pass it as well.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH140-2", "word_count": 59, "labels": ["loaded_language", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "honors the commitment, defends the principle, biological realities, proud to support"}
{"id": "crec_000661", "text": "The lack of consequences is an incentive, an encouragement for them to continue stealing, breaking, and murdering. That is all beginning to change under a new administration. Republicans are prepared to take steps necessary to prevent and ensure that ramifications for these crimes exist.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgS38", "word_count": 44, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "stealing, breaking, and murdering; Republicans are prepared to take steps necessary"}
{"id": "crec_002484", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] , I urge support of the bill, and I yield back the balance of my time. [SPEAKER]. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. [PERSON] ) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, [PERSON]", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH101", "word_count": 43, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002797", "text": "This is real change that means something in real life for people. Hopefully, with this new Congress, we are going to follow up with this. We can extend that prescription drug benefit by passing [ORG] for [ORG], which would extend these [ORG] cost controls for prescription drugs to working-age families, to people's employment-based plans.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH95-4", "word_count": 59, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "This is real change that means something in real life for people"}
{"id": "crec_001313", "text": "I will work with anyone to do it. It is important to me to have open communication with my constituents so that they can always contact me and get updates from me by going to my website at bynum.house.gov. I thank my constituents for trusting me.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH66-2", "word_count": 46, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006164", "text": "When America overwhelmingly elected [PERSON] to be our next President, they gave Republicans a clear mandate to reverse course on the progressive policies threatening the safety and well-being of our daughters, nieces, granddaughters, and sisters. This week Democrats have a chance to show us whose side they are on. I know where I stand.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH175-6", "word_count": 55, "labels": ["flag_waving", "loaded_language", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "America overwhelmingly elected... clear mandate to reverse course on progressive policies threatening the safety and well-being; Democrats have a chance to show us whose side they are on"}
{"id": "crec_006933", "text": "I, personally, was a Member of Congress at that time and never believed that. And I helped lead the effort against [ORG] and PNTR with China. Unfortunately, I and the many others who opposed those trade agreements were proven correct.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 40, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "I, personally, was a Member of Congress at that time and...I helped lead the effort"}
{"id": "crec_006027", "text": "The relief measure should include direct support for rebuilding and recovery along with safeguards to assure that that support gets to victims as quickly and as efficaciously as possible. Mr. [PERSON] , there will also need to be a thoroughgoing Federal inquiry into the causes of this catastrophe and into political failures that enabled this catastrophe. We will need to use every tool that we have to inject some common sense into how California manages its forests and water supply, but that should not stand in the way of getting immediate relief to the victims.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH172-3", "word_count": 94, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004915", "text": "I yield the floor. [SPEAKER]. The Senator from Missouri.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS130-5", "word_count": 9, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009707", "text": "In another one of our more shameful immigration failures, Congress has never addressed the status of the Dreamers. The Senator from Alabama made this point when she said that there isn't a [PERSON] in the country that is less than 17 years old. That is because notwithstanding the American people's overwhelming support for Dreamers who know no country other than the United States, that we have been unable to rationalize their presence in the country.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS245-6", "word_count": 75, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "'shameful immigration failures' and citation of Senator's statement to support the argument about Dreamers"}
{"id": "crec_008861", "text": "She helped us redo our [ORG]'s oil tax regime, which is creating a big spur of development right now. [PERSON] was essential in all of this, bringing more producers up to Alaska, a great teammate. Her heart was in serving our [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 42, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "essential...bringing more producers...great teammate...Her heart was in serving our [ORG]"}
{"id": "crec_005529", "text": "309. [ORG]. (a) In General.--The Secretary may not disclose or use information (including information provided during administrative or judicial review) provided in applications filed under this division or in requests for DACA for the purpose of immigration enforcement.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS147-7", "word_count": 40, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004200", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] , I would call attention to the fact that, in this bill, we offer no requirement for any type of invasive checks on women or men. They simply have to go to the birth certificate. That will give the answer.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 41, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009521", "text": "In calculating the ratio of majority party members to minority party members, there shall be included the ex officio members of the subcommittees. RULE VIII. POWERS AND DUTIES OF SUBCOMMITTEES (a) Authority To Sit.--Each subcommittee is authorized to meet, hold hearings, receive evidence, and report to [ORG] on all matters referred to it or under its jurisdiction.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgH226", "word_count": 59, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002219", "text": "[SPEAKER]. Mr. President, I am here to support [ORG]. This legislation comes within the jurisdiction of [ORG], which committee I will chair this Congress.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS69-6", "word_count": 29, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009148", "text": "A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to wildland firefighters in recognition of their strength, resiliency, sacrifice, and service to protect the forests, grasslands, and communities of the United States, and for other purposes; to [ORG], and [ORG]. [SPEAKER]. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS227-3", "word_count": 62, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009742", "text": "7 Leg.] YEAS--64 [PERSON] (FL) [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] NAYS--35 [PERSON] Rochester [PERSON] The bill (S. 5), as amended, was passed as follows: S. 5 Be it enacted by the Senate and [ORG] in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS245-6", "word_count": 143, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000824", "text": "So it is not surprising that [PERSON] continues to do more damage as he shuffles out the door. Under his administration, punishing regulations have replaced common sense. His war on American energy independence has hurt us strategically and has caused prices to go up dramatically.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 46, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "'does more damage' and 'war on American energy independence' combined with strategic and economic harm framing"}
{"id": "crec_007167", "text": "36 At the request of Mr. [PERSON] , the names of the Senator from Illinois (Ms. [PERSON] ), the Senator from Delaware (Ms. [PERSON] ), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. [PERSON] ), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. [PERSON] ) and the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. [PERSON] ) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 36 intended to be proposed to S. 5, a bill to require the Secretary of [ORG] to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS186-2", "word_count": 86, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002327", "text": "[PERSON] continues to cast a long shadow on Kentucky's political history, something I am reminded of daily. I mean this quite literally; this son of McCracken County continues to hold a prominent place in my office, his portrait hanging on the wall of my [ORG] office, alongside that of Senator [PERSON] . Another important moment in [ORG]'s history came in the Cold War, when the community bolstered American security at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, which began production of enriched uranium in 1952.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS76-5", "word_count": 84, "labels": ["flag_waving"], "evidence": "reference to Cold War security contribution and enriched uranium production as patriotic achievement"}
{"id": "crec_005878", "text": "In 2023, I met with some of them here in Washington, D.C., to discuss the barrier posed by this double taxation. They told me stories of facing huge tax bills after doing business in both markets and having to curtail their cross-border investment as a result. [ORG] in Taiwan conducted a survey of Taiwanese companies with a presence here in the United States, and 79 percent of them reported that double taxation of income is a considerable factor that prevents them from investing more in the U.S.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH160-6", "word_count": 89, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008059", "text": "Beyond rescue, survivors received refuge and trauma-informed counseling at [ORG]'s restorative homes, as well as access to education and vocational training through their employment center in Cambodia. Seeing the need to target the issue at the source, [PERSON] went on to establish prevention programs that have transformed communities and continue to protect future generations from ever knowing the horrors of sex trafficking. [PERSON] worked tirelessly to spread love and compassion wherever he went.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH215", "word_count": 74, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "spread love and compassion wherever he went"}
{"id": "crec_007041", "text": "[ORG] has not tried to parallel-path this, which was my colleague from Massachusetts' point. They could have been trying to sell it, the same time they were going through the court, and had that ready. In fact, they could have written a document saying: I am only going to sell if [ORG] says I have to.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 58, "labels": ["strawman"], "evidence": "creates a hypothetical scenario of what [ORG] 'could have' done to suggest they failed to take reasonable precautions, rather than addressing their actual position"}
{"id": "crec_002979", "text": "The significance of the Attorney General cannot be overstated. [ORG] is responsible for safeguarding civil rights and liberties, promoting public safety, and ensuring economic opportunity and fairness. An independent Attorney General is essential.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS85-2", "word_count": 36, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "safeguarding civil rights and liberties, promoting public safety, and ensuring economic opportunity and fairness"}
{"id": "crec_001780", "text": "Some are. This doesn't mean that you should paint all officers with the same brush. It simply means that the bad ones have to be weeded out.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH82", "word_count": 27, "labels": ["strawman"], "evidence": "\"paint all officers with the same brush\" - misrepresents the position being addressed by suggesting critics advocate for blanket condemnation rather than systemic reform"}
{"id": "crec_007484", "text": "[SPEAKER]. The bill shall be debatable for 1 hour, equally divided and controlled by the majority leader and the minority leader or their respective designees. The gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. [PERSON] ) and the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. [PERSON] ) each will control 30 minutes.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-3", "word_count": 43, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006508", "text": "I will be candid, Mr. [PERSON] 's appointment to OMB director would be a nightmare scenario for working Americans. It is difficult to imagine a worse choice to implement White House policy than the chief architect of Project 2025. Let me repeat that, because our Republican friends don't want to talk about 2025, but at the same time, they are likely to vote for someone who was the chief architect of the project in a powerful position to implement it: head of OMB.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS160-3", "word_count": 82, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language", "repetition"], "evidence": "nightmare scenario for working Americans, worse choice, repetition of concern about Project 2025 implementation"}
{"id": "crec_008743", "text": "[PERSON] reached out to his individual friends he had made, and he asked them if any of that equipment could be sent to Kansas to help the hospitals that were in desperate need. [PERSON] 's request resulted in Taiwan sending 100,000 surgical masks to Kansas. In a moment of great need, [PERSON] found a way to bring help and aid to the people of his home [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 66, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001395", "text": "When the warrants were issued, the [ORG] appealed to the Israeli courts to take up and investigate these charges under their own jurisdiction. There is still time for the Israeli courts to do that. In fact, my understanding is that [ORG] is appealing these arrest warrants at the [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH67-6", "word_count": 51, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001373", "text": "In the face of horror, they have shown humanity. We know that for Israel, any civilian dying is a tragedy, and we know that for [ORG] and the Palestinians who support them, civilians dying is quite literally their strategy for victory. [ORG]' strategy uses hospitals and schools as bases for combat operations.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH67-6", "word_count": 52, "labels": ["false_dichotomy", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "contrasts Israel's concern for civilians against [ORG]'s deliberate targeting strategy without acknowledging complexity or alternative explanations"}
{"id": "crec_001727", "text": "Add those two together and that is what, [ORG]. So everything the talking heads do behind these microphones is 2\\1/2\\ percent.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH79", "word_count": 22, "labels": ["loaded_language", "name_calling"], "evidence": "'talking heads' used dismissively to demean media figures and their credibility"}
{"id": "crec_007090", "text": "1, S. 5, a bill to require the Secretary of [ORG] to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes. [PERSON] , [PERSON] , [PERSON] , [PERSON] , [PERSON] , [PERSON] , [PERSON] , [PERSON] , [PERSON] , [PERSON] , [PERSON] , [PERSON] , [PERSON] of Florida, [PERSON] , [PERSON] , [PERSON] , [PERSON] . [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 68, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001308", "text": "[PERSON] 's gym was more than just a place to go train for boxing. His gym was a place to keep kids off of the streets and give them a different direction to go in. Again, he trained some of the most amazing boxers in the country and really put Fort Worth, Texas, on the map for this sport.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH65-8", "word_count": 58, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "'a place to keep kids off of the streets and give them a different direction' and 'most amazing boxers'"}
{"id": "crec_000711", "text": "MEASURES READ THE FIRST TIME The following bill was read the first time: S. 9. A bill to provide that for purposes of determining compliance with title [ORG] of 1972 in athletics, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgS41-4", "word_count": 64, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006999", "text": "To extend would mean nothing as well, except give [ORG] another 270 days to push their propaganda and to spy on more Americans. Finally, today, in our [ORG] hearing, we had the confirmation hearing for Senator [PERSON] , who has been nominated for Secretary of [ORG]. I asked him in his confirmation hearing earlier today why average Americans in Nebraska should care about the threat [ORG] poses to our way of life, and he had a great response, and I want to read it here.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 92, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "push their propaganda and to spy on more Americans"}
{"id": "crec_006625", "text": "They were demanding that their government do that, and they were arguing, correctly, that it is not discrimination for a nation to demand that those who seek to call it home do so legally. The American people want the return of commonsense immigration policy; that is all. That is what I hear back home.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 54, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "phrases like 'commonsense immigration policy' and 'correctly' appeal to vague positive values without substantive definition, while 'the American people want' uses loaded language to frame a partisan position as universal consensus"}
{"id": "crec_009772", "text": "(Applause.) [SPEAKER]. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the President will be immediately notified of the Senate's action.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS251-3", "word_count": 29, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000898", "text": "Enough of the statistics. How about some stories? Children of immigrants have made powerful contributions to the very essence of America.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 21, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "Children of immigrants have made powerful contributions to the very essence of America"}
{"id": "crec_009107", "text": "302. Public-private wildfire technology deployment and testbed partnership. Sec.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS227-3", "word_count": 9, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007651", "text": "This bill would empower pimps and traffickers as it is written, and it will sweep more survivors into being inadmissible or deportable. Mr. [PERSON] , how does that protect them? In the name of protecting domestic violence victims, we cannot debate and pass a bill that makes it worse for them.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-3", "word_count": 50, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "would empower pimps and traffickers; sweep more survivors into being inadmissible or deportable"}
{"id": "crec_002655", "text": "A bill to require that the flag of the United States of America be flown at its highest peak on Inauguration Day; to [ORG]. By [SPEAKER] (for herself, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Florida, Mrs. [PERSON] of Illinois, Mrs. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , and Mr. [PERSON] ): [PERSON]", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH109-5", "word_count": 86, "labels": ["flag_waving"], "evidence": "requirement that the flag of the United States of America be flown at its highest peak on Inauguration Day"}
{"id": "crec_000597", "text": "That is over $4.5 million in anti- terror funds just for Long Island this last year. I know these funds are critical for these communities and for people's safety on the island. I am also proud last year that we delivered another $150 million to New York City in this funding.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgS36-6", "word_count": 51, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "invoking 'anti-terror funds' and framing them as 'critical for...safety' appeals to authority/security concerns; 'anti-terror' is loaded language designed to make funding seem essential and beyond question"}
{"id": "crec_002643", "text": "PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Under clause 2 of rule [ORG], public bills and resolutions of the following titles were introduced and severally referred, as follows: By [SPEAKER] (for himself and Mr. [PERSON] ): H.R. 331. A bill to amend [ORG] to clarify a provision relating to conveyances for aquifer recharge purposes; to [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH109-5", "word_count": 73, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004152", "text": "This bill ensures that women can continue to compete fairly, earn scholarships, earn medals, and achieve their athletic goals without being sidelined by unfair competition. We must protect these opportunities and rights. Mr. [PERSON] , I urge my colleagues to support the [PERSON] bill and ensure that in the future women's sports remain fair and competitive, especially for women.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH125", "word_count": 58, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "women...sidelined by unfair competition; must protect these opportunities and rights"}
{"id": "crec_006259", "text": "That is precisely what the American people sent us here to do. Instead, this [ORG] currently is locked in a cycle of talking about what we might do. We have to move for the American people.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH178", "word_count": 36, "labels": ["bandwagon", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "'the American people sent us here' and 'move for the American people' - appeals to popular will and uses loaded framing of delay as failure"}
{"id": "crec_004804", "text": "It is a huge organization, DOD. He hasn't come close to having any of that kind of administrative experience. We didn't hear any good answer to that question.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS128-2", "word_count": 28, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "implies administrative experience at DOD level is required authority/qualification for the position"}
{"id": "crec_001195", "text": "The highest level of classification of defense articles, components, and services included in this potential sale is SECRET. 6. If a technologically advanced adversary were to obtain knowledge of the specific hardware and software elements, the information could be used to develop countermeasures that might reduce system effectiveness or be used in the development of a system with similar or advanced capabilities.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS62", "word_count": 62, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "If a technologically advanced adversary were to obtain knowledge... could be used to develop countermeasures that might reduce system effectiveness"}
{"id": "crec_000196", "text": "I mention January 6, 2021, for many reasons. I mention January 6 to remind everyone that democracy is precious and can at times be a fragile thing. I mention January 6 to set the record straight for all coming time so that future generations may know the truth of what happened on that day and that they remain vigilant against future attacks on our democracy.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-06", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-06-pt1-PgS32-4", "word_count": 65, "labels": ["repetition", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "Repeated mention of 'January 6' combined with appeals to 'democracy' and protecting 'future generations'"}
{"id": "crec_006652", "text": "I yield the floor. [SPEAKER]. The Senator from Iowa.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 9, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004333", "text": "[SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , I rise today in strong and unwavering support for protecting women, protecting women's sports, and passing H.R. 28, [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 30, "labels": ["repetition", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "repetition of 'protecting women' and invocation of protection/support framing to appeal to patriotic values"}
{"id": "crec_007976", "text": "I know the folks in southern California, once they get their feet under them, will be too. I think they want the freedom to be able to reestablish themselves in little towns like Altadena. A lot of nice, regular folks there.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH206-2", "word_count": 41, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "nice, regular folks"}
{"id": "crec_000004", "text": "The tellers, Senator [PERSON] and Senator [PERSON] on the part of the Senate, and Mr. [PERSON] and Mr. [PERSON] on the part of the House, took their places at the desk. The VICE PRESIDENT. Without objection, the tellers will dispense with reading formal portions of the certificates.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-06", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-06-pt1-PgH45-10", "word_count": 47, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007066", "text": "14 offered by the Senator from Texas, Mr. [PERSON] . [SPEAKER]. I ask for the yeas and nays.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 17, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_003932", "text": "That sense of duty guided his extraordinary legacy of work and public service. May we all take inspiration from [PERSON] 's devotion to his family, his steadfast service to our community, and his unwavering commitment to making the world a better place. May he rest in peace.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH116-2", "word_count": 46, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "'devotion to his family, his steadfast service to our community, and his unwavering commitment to making the world a better place'"}
{"id": "crec_007169", "text": "SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND SENATE RESOLUTIONS The following concurrent resolutions and Senate resolutions were read, and referred (or acted upon), as indicated: By [SPEAKER] (for himself and Mr. [PERSON] ): [PERSON] . 27. A resolution congratulating [ORG] [PERSON] football team for winning the 2024 [ORG] title; considered and agreed to.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS186", "word_count": 74, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001742", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] , and still I rise. And I rise today in the name of government of the people, by the people, and for the people; not government of the oligarchs, by the oligarchs, for the oligarchs; or for the plutocrats; and I surely do not rise in the name of government by the mob and for the mob. No.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH82", "word_count": 59, "labels": ["false_dichotomy", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "presents stark contrast between 'government of the people' versus 'oligarchs,' 'plutocrats,' and 'mob' with no middle ground; uses loaded terms 'oligarchs' and 'plutocrats' to negatively frame opposing positions"}
{"id": "crec_001568", "text": "He was not interested in power. He was interested in preserving this republic and strengthening it. His life is a lesson to all.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH76-5", "word_count": 23, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "'preserving this republic and strengthening it' and 'His life is a lesson to all'"}
{"id": "crec_004919", "text": "Everybody wanted to trade with us. We were the envy of the world in every possible way economically. That is not true any longer.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS130-5", "word_count": 24, "labels": ["loaded_language", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "everybody wanted to trade with us, envy of the world in every possible way"}
{"id": "crec_008054", "text": "I wish them the best of luck today for flight seven. Both of these developments serve to underscore that we are living in a very exciting time where for decades we didn't see much progress when it came to space exploration. We now have a commercial space industry which has picked up the baton and pushed us towards new frontiers.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH215", "word_count": 60, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "living in a very exciting time\" and \"new frontiers"}
{"id": "crec_002197", "text": "I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS69-6", "word_count": 12, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008098", "text": "A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a methane border adjustment mechanism; to [ORG]. By [SPEAKER]: H.R. 481.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH217-3", "word_count": 28, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007745", "text": "My prayers are with the [PERSON] family, Brazoria County Sheriff [PERSON] , and [ORG], the community, and every man and woman in blue. The war on our law enforcement must end. I ask everyone in the [ORG] to bow their heads in a moment of silence.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH203", "word_count": 50, "labels": ["loaded_language", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "the war on our law enforcement must end"}
{"id": "crec_008528", "text": "It will also require the issuing of Executive orders to undo anything that President [PERSON] has done in taking congressional action to put these policies in place. Expect a flurry of Executive orders, a new offensive idea to rebuild our broken country. Expect Executive orders on the border, on unleashing American energy, and getting [ORG] out of our government and out of the lives of American people.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 67, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "rebuild our broken country, unleashing American energy, getting out of our government"}
{"id": "crec_004046", "text": "May he rest in power. Honoring [ORG], Illinois [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , I rise today to honor the village of Riverside, Illinois, which this year celebrates its 150th anniversary.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH121-3", "word_count": 31, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008379", "text": "In light of the PRC's headway and closer alignment with other adversaries, America's warfighters are no better equipped today to deter and defeat aggression than we were 4 years ago and no more certain that the institutions designed to support them actually have their backs. And from Europe to the Middle East to the Taiwan Strait, the forces that wish harm to America, to our people, to our values, to our interests, and to our allies have seized an opportunity. On Monday, President [PERSON] 's foreign policy will end, and a new Commander in Chief will have to contend with his staggering failures.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 102, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "PRC's headway, adversaries, forces that wish harm, staggering failures, warfighters no better equipped"}
{"id": "crec_001109", "text": "While [PERSON] was born in Oklahoma, Kansas is the place he called home, and we are honored to call him our own. Growing up in Western Kansas teaches you a lot about discipline, service, and hard work, and I know that [PERSON] 's time in [ORG] and [ORG], [ORG], taught him valuable lessons. The values he learned in Western Kansas provided him with a love of country and taught him to love his neighbors as himself.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 75, "labels": ["flag_waving", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "values he learned in Western Kansas provided him with a love of country and taught him to love his neighbors as himself"}
{"id": "crec_006836", "text": "And they are then going to turn and say: We are going to the Affordable Care Act. Do you know another way of talking about that? That is how people get the funding for opioid treatment and for mental health treatment.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 41, "labels": ["loaded_language"], "evidence": "framing the Affordable Care Act as a funding mechanism for opioid and mental health treatment uses emotionally charged language to associate the policy with sympathy-inducing conditions"}
{"id": "crec_001909", "text": "A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide protections for nonviolent political protesters, and for other purposes; to [ORG], and in addition to [ORG]), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. By [SPEAKER]: H.R. 278.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH87-2", "word_count": 67, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001490", "text": "I would have expected the international community to unequivocally condemn these barbaric terrorist attacks by [ORG] and support Israel's fight for survival. However, corrupt international organizations like [ORG] have issued arrest warrants against Israeli officials for simply trying to defend themselves and defend their country. The [ORG]'s anti-Semitism speaks volumes.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH67-6", "word_count": 53, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear", "ad_hominem"], "evidence": "barbaric terrorist attacks, fight for survival, corrupt international organizations, anti-Semitism"}
{"id": "crec_006766", "text": "But independent folks, like on [ORG] and [ORG], found that their corporate tax cuts did not pay for themselves, but they drove our government into a multitrillion-dollar and more deficit. The benefits within this idea of trickle-down economics--said by the same groups I just mentioned--were that 90 percent of workers didn't see a dime. Overwhelmingly, it expanded corporate wealth and the wealth of the top 1 percent significantly and didn't inure to the benefit of the postal worker, the cop, the firefighter, the plumber, the teacher.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 93, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "independent folks, like on [ORG] and [ORG], found that their corporate tax cuts did not pay for themselves"}
{"id": "crec_002962", "text": "----------------------------------------------------------------------- Senate The Senate met at 3 p.m. and was called to order by the Honorable [PERSON] , a Senator from [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS83", "word_count": 38, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009641", "text": "I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS245-6", "word_count": 12, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009666", "text": "Our children deserve better, and that is exactly what we are giving them today. My colleague from Colorado speaks of DACA. Of the 537,000 DACA recipients in this Nation, there is not one that is under the age of 17.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS245-6", "word_count": 40, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "Our children deserve better, and that is exactly what we are giving them today"}
{"id": "crec_000026", "text": "Madam President, the certificate of the electoral vote of the State of Minnesota seems to be regular in form and authentic, and it appears therefrom that [PERSON] of the State of California received 10 votes for President and [PERSON] of the State of Minnesota received 10 votes for Vice President. Senator [PERSON] . Madam President, the certificate of the electoral vote of the State of Mississippi seems to be regular in form and authentic, and it appears therefrom that [PERSON] of the State of Florida received 6 votes for President and J.D.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-06", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-06-pt1-PgH45-10", "word_count": 96, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006188", "text": "Come Monday, President [PERSON] will be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, and it can't come a moment too soon. For everybody watching what is happening to our country, what this current administration is doing to our border, to our national security, to our spending, to the state of our culture, to the rule of law in the streets, the use of lawfare, the abuse of power, this can't come fast enough for most Americans. The question before us right now as Republicans is whether or not we are going to deliver.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH178", "word_count": 96, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "description of current administration's actions as harmful to 'border, national security, spending, culture, rule of law' combined with 'lawfare' and 'abuse of power'"}
{"id": "crec_001706", "text": "This is just an example of what it means when you are carrying $36 trillion in debt. Understand, we are adding another trillion of debt about every 125 days. Let me say that again.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH79", "word_count": 34, "labels": ["repetition", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "repetition of 'Let me say that again' combined with alarming debt figures ($36 trillion, trillion every 125 days) designed to create anxiety about fiscal crisis"}
{"id": "crec_005992", "text": "UNITED STATES-TAIWAN EXPEDITED DOUBLE-TAX RELIEF ACT [SPEAKER]. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfinished business is the vote on passage of the bill (H.R. 33) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide special rules for the taxation of certain residents of Taiwan with income from sources within the United States, on which the yeas and nays were ordered.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH170", "word_count": 76, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_003990", "text": "Madam Speaker, I congratulate each runner and their coaches, families, and supporters. Their hard work and dedication have inspired us all. Congratulating Kathryn Ha [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH119-2", "word_count": 25, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001191", "text": "AMRAAM capabilities include look-down/shoot-down, multiple launches against multiple targets, resistance to electronic countermeasures, and interception of high- and low-flying and maneuvering targets. The AIM-120D-3 features a quadrangle target detection device and an electronics unit within the guidance section that performs all radar signal processing, mid-course and terminal guidance, flight control, target detection, and warhead detonation. Precise positioning will be provided by either [PERSON] Anti-Spoofing Module or M-Code.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS62", "word_count": 68, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004509", "text": "[[ORG]] THESE ISSUES AREN'T POLITICAL ([SPEAKER] asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.) [SPEAKER]. Madam Speaker, it is an honor to speak on the House floor today representing New York's Fourth Congressional District, and I am ready to get to work to deliver solutions for the issues that matter most to Long Island.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH141-5", "word_count": 77, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008547", "text": "But even as I stand here today--as we stand here today--the fires are still burning, and the fight continues. Our hearts go out to all the impacted families, and they also go out to the heroic firefighters and other first responders working tirelessly through multiday shifts to put out these fires--not only the brave [ORG] and local firefighters, but I want to acknowledge the [ORG] firefighters too. To the [ORG] and local officials working day and night to protect our [ORG] and our communities, thank you.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 86, "labels": ["flag_waving", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "heroic firefighters and other first responders working tirelessly; acknowledgment of brave officials and communities"}
{"id": "crec_001944", "text": "A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the alcohol fuels credit, the biodiesels fuel credit, the sustainable aviation fuel credit, the clean fuel production credit, the alcohol fuel, biodiesel, and alternative fuel mixtures credit, and other related provisions; to [ORG]. By [SPEAKER] (for himself, Mr. [PERSON] , and Mr. [PERSON] ): H.R. 312.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH87-2", "word_count": 61, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002995", "text": "That money is going to help me pay for my cancer surgery. [PERSON] , a disability rights advocate and low-income, single mother living in Rhode Island, shared that she plays ukulele on [ORG] for tips, which pays for her groceries. She explained: While the district failed me, I found a community on [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS85-2", "word_count": 52, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000357", "text": "Well, isn't that sweet. We see exactly how much faith and confidence they really have in the American criminal justice system and how much they really stand on the side of law enforcement. Yeah, it was a just a leisurely stroll by a bunch of peaceful grandmothers on January 6.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH53-4", "word_count": 50, "labels": ["loaded_language"], "evidence": "isn't that sweet\" and \"leisurely stroll by a bunch of peaceful grandmothers\"}\n```\n\nWait, let me reconsider - \"sarcasm\" is not in the allowed labels list.\n\n```json\n{\"labels\": [\"loaded_language\"], \"evidence\": \"'leisurely stroll by a bunch of peaceful grandmothers' - dismissive characterization of January 6"}
{"id": "crec_007146", "text": "MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT Messages from the President of the United States were communicated to the Senate by Mr. [PERSON] , one of his secretaries.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS184", "word_count": 37, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009006", "text": "He married his beloved [PERSON] in 1963, and together, they embarked on a lifelong ministry journey, pastoring thriving churches in Michigan and Indiana. Throughout his ministry, Reverend [PERSON] was entrusted by his colleagues in [ORG]) to serve as superintendent of both the Michigan and Indiana districts. He was later elevated to assistant general superintendent of the international fellowship, which encompasses more than 5 million constituents.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS223", "word_count": 70, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "thriving churches, lifelong ministry journey, entrusted by colleagues, elevated to assistant general superintendent"}
{"id": "crec_001232", "text": "The new guidance and control system uses a mixture of commercial-off-the-shelf and custom-built electronics. The warhead, fuel tank, and propulsion system from the [PERSON] 46 torpedo are re-used in the [PERSON] 54 MOD 0 configuration with minor modifications. 2.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS64", "word_count": 39, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009653", "text": "The American people want us to work together to make their lives better. Democrats are ready to do just that. We have been and always will be.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS245-6", "word_count": 27, "labels": ["bandwagon", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "The American people want us to work together; Democrats are ready to do just that"}
{"id": "crec_008988", "text": "Elise threw parties for any reason at all--to recognize staff milestones, a holiday, a Friday, or because the azaleas blooming in spring were lovely. She was devoted to her family, including her husband [PERSON] and her sons [PERSON] and [PERSON] , and delighted in getting to know the families of her staff and friends. She looked for the good in people, in our government, and created more good in the world.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS222-2", "word_count": 70, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000113", "text": "[ORG]. (15) Committee on transportation and infrastructure.--Mr. [PERSON] of Washington.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-06", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-06-pt1-PgH49", "word_count": 10, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007517", "text": "Do we want to give domestic abusers more power over their victims by giving them more opportunities to file charges, true or false, against their victims to keep them from reporting their abuse to authorities? It seems we live in a time, Mr. [PERSON] , when it is very easy to forgive sexual abusers, assailants, rapists, and sexual harassers who have a lot of power and wealth in society but very hard to forgive their victims for fighting back. Look what is going on across the hallway.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-3", "word_count": 86, "labels": ["false_dichotomy", "loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "presents abusive power dynamics as a binary choice ('do we want to give...more power'); uses charged language ('domestic abusers,' 'sexual abusers, assailants, rapists'); implies imminent threat to victims' ability to report abuse"}
{"id": "crec_002832", "text": "This dramatic change would alter the way that vehicles across our [ORG] are sold at a time when our electric grid is not prepared to meet the demands of a fully electric fleet. It is time to put a stop to the [PERSON] administration's far-left agenda. It is time to allow American drivers to be able to choose the vehicle that they want to drive.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH96", "word_count": 65, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "electric grid is not prepared to meet the demands; far-left agenda; framing as choice between government mandate and freedom"}
{"id": "crec_007054", "text": "I urge adoption of my amendment. I yield the floor. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 11, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006362", "text": "By [SPEAKER]: [PERSON] . 44. A resolution electing Members to certain standing committees of [ORG]; considered and agreed to.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH182-3", "word_count": 22, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007948", "text": "They are going to find a species there to keep it from being raised. It is an existing dam which already had plans on the books to make it taller to begin with, except the war came along, and they kind of put off raising it more. They will find a species to try and stop it from being raised a mere 18 feet and adding 600,000 acre-feet.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH206-2", "word_count": 68, "labels": ["doubt", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "They are going to find a species there to keep it from being raised / They will find a species to try and stop it"}
{"id": "crec_005009", "text": "I don't recall the Senator from Arkansas or any of his Republican colleagues introducing similar resolutions to criticize any of President [PERSON] 's pardons, and I haven't heard any Senate Republicans urging President-elect [PERSON] not to pardon the January 6 rioters. President [PERSON] 's commutations providing for life imprisonment without parole are far more defensible than President [PERSON] 's use of the pardon power during his first term or what he is planning for the first day of his second term. For these reasons, I object.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS130-5", "word_count": 83, "labels": ["whataboutism", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "comparing pardons across different presidents and suggesting Republican silence on one president's pardons invalidates criticism of another's; presenting comparison as reason to object without addressing the actual merits"}
{"id": "crec_005042", "text": "In 2019, [PERSON] and [PERSON] helped found a software company Tractics to support contractors with asset tracking, project management, and timekeeping for civil construction projects. Beyond their contributions to civil construction, the [ORG] also focus on enhancing [PERSON] 's built infrastructure. In 2020, they purchased eight buildings in the downtown area that were in disrepair and rehabbed them to a usable condition.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS137-2", "word_count": 61, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000654", "text": "Well, that compares with well under 10 per year under the [PERSON] administration. But I think the point is pretty obvious: This is dangerous. Those are only the aliens who the Border Patrol encountered or apprehended.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgS38", "word_count": 36, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "describing immigration encounters as 'dangerous' and using the term 'aliens' in a pejorative context to amplify threat perception"}
{"id": "crec_007953", "text": "What does that mean? Does that mean people are going to have choices? Does it mean they are going to have freedoms?", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH206-2", "word_count": 22, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_005869", "text": "It will help support our domestic semiconductor and chip manufacturing capabilities, securing strategic supply chains and helping us further move away from China. Citizens and companies from countries like Great Britain, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand and [ORG] all enjoy better tax treatment than Americans in Taiwan currently do. That is not right.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH160-6", "word_count": 55, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "securing strategic supply chains and helping us further move away from China"}
{"id": "crec_008990", "text": "[[ORG] [SPEAKER]. Mr. President, I appreciate that we are beginning an amendment process on S. 5 in the Senate. I hope we continue with that process, as there are still significant improvements to be made to this bill.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS222", "word_count": 53, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004826", "text": "Over the decades I have known President [PERSON] , he has proven to be one of the finest public servants America has seen. Coming from humble beginnings, he worked hard and put himself in positions to give back to this Nation that has given so much to him. When it came to making decisions of consequences on issues that mattered most to the American people, [PERSON] put America first.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS129-2", "word_count": 70, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "'one of the finest public servants America has seen' and 'put America first'"}
{"id": "crec_001725", "text": "We just need to recognize our own problems. Once again, for every dollar the United States takes in in tax receipts, we spend $1.39. Right now, I need to go back to an oldie but a goodie.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH79", "word_count": 37, "labels": ["repetition", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "Once again, for every dollar the United States takes in in tax receipts, we spend $1.39"}
{"id": "crec_008405", "text": "For the record, we can thank [PERSON] and the fracking boom for unleashing a lot of that energy. In 2019, America became energy independent for the first time in 50 years. Why?", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 33, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "thanking a specific person for energy independence achievement"}
{"id": "crec_001651", "text": "Just get rid of all of it. Over a fiscal year, it is about $1.9 billion. That is a lot of money.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH79", "word_count": 22, "labels": ["loaded_language"], "evidence": "just get rid of all of it"}
{"id": "crec_001155", "text": "The total estimated program cost was $2.150 billion. [ORG] ([ORG]) constituted $.375 billion of this total. On September 12, 2019, Congress was notified by congressional certification transmittal number 0Q-19 of an increase in capability from the Navigation Sensor System Interface ([ORG]) originally notified to [ORG] (GPS)-based Positioning, [PERSON] , and [ORG] (GPNTS) capability, which is [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS61", "word_count": 61, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000466", "text": "The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 264, nays 159, not voting 11, as follows: [Roll No. 6] YEAS--264 [PERSON] (NV) [PERSON] (FL) [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] (PA) [PERSON] (GA) [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] (NC) [PERSON] (FL) [PERSON] (CO) [PERSON] , [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] (ME) [PERSON] ([ORG]) Gonzales, [PERSON] , [PERSON] (TN) Greene (GA) [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] (CA) [PERSON] (MD) [PERSON] (NC) [PERSON] (OK) [PERSON] (LA) [PERSON] (AR) [PERSON] (OR) [PERSON] (CO) [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] (LA) [PERSON] (SD) [PERSON] (OH) [PERSON] (PA) [PERSON] (MS) [PERSON] (PA) [PERSON] (UT) [PERSON] (VA) [PERSON] (CA) [PERSON] (FL) [PERSON] (NV) [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] (OH) [PERSON] (WV) [ORG] [PERSON] (AL) [PERSON] (NC) [PERSON] (UT) [PERSON] (WV) [PERSON] (IA) [PERSON] Perez [PERSON] (NY) [PERSON] (AL) [PERSON] (KY) [PERSON] , [PERSON] (MO) [PERSON] (NE) [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] (PA) [ORG] ([ORG]) [PERSON] (OH) [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] (FL) [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] Barragan [PERSON] (LA) [PERSON] (FL) [PERSON] ([ORG]) Cherfilus-[PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] (IL) [PERSON] (PA) [PERSON] [ORG] [PERSON] [ORG], [PERSON] (CA) [PERSON] (IL) [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] , Al ([ORG]) [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] (GA) [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] (IL) [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] (WA) [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] (PA) Leger [PERSON] (WI) [PERSON] Sanchez [PERSON] (VA) [PERSON] , [PERSON] (WA) [PERSON] Swalwell [PERSON] (CA) [PERSON] (MS) [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] Velazquez [PERSON] (GA) NOT VOTING--11 [PERSON] [ORG] (PA) [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] (FL) So the bill was passed. The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH61-3", "word_count": 579, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000844", "text": "Not content with a rocking- chair retirement, President [PERSON] devoted himself to human rights, conflict resolution, election monitoring, healthcare, affordable housing, and so much more. He was a humble man in a world of politics where humility is often the first casualty. But there is no doubt that in corners of the globe near and far, [PERSON] left his mark.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 61, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "devoted himself to human rights, conflict resolution, election monitoring, healthcare, affordable housing, and so much more"}
{"id": "crec_000953", "text": "I know many of us have been looking at the television and watching the structure fires and heard from friends who have children there or are themselves there, and I think it is just unimaginable. So I just want to let them know in California that we are praying for them and their families, for their safety, and that hopefully this will all come under control sooner than later. But I have seen this on the TV, and I would say it from this podium, that I urge all residents, if you are told to evacuate, don't waste any time.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 100, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "descriptions of 'structure fires' and 'unimaginable' situations combined with urgent evacuation warnings create an emotional appeal based on fear and danger"}
{"id": "crec_006698", "text": "Well, if you make $30,000 in this country, you are going to get about $100 back in your pocket. Of course, the theory is that if you just layer on tax cuts for corporations and for billionaires and millionaires, that money will eventually trickle down to everybody else, right? That is a lie.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 53, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "layer on tax cuts... That is a lie."}
{"id": "crec_006855", "text": "We also need to use this opportunity to address the high cost of housing, which is impacting families in Nevada and across the country. We must expand the low- income housing tax credit so that we can help build more housing and increase supply, and that ultimately lowers costs for you, for everyone. As someone who grew up in a working-class family, I know what it is like to work multiple jobs and rely on tips to make ends meet.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 80, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "As someone who grew up in a working-class family, I know what it is like to work multiple jobs and rely on tips to make ends meet"}
{"id": "crec_001487", "text": "[SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , the statement of the gentleman from the other side is as untrue now as it was when he gave the same speech a few months ago on this very floor. I would say the message is clear to everybody: Don't get in America's way as we are trying to work with our allies to get our Americans home and our allies home.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH67-6", "word_count": 65, "labels": ["ad_hominem", "repetition"], "evidence": "statement is 'as untrue now as it was when he gave the same speech a few months ago' - attacking the person's credibility and repeating the accusation of untruthfulness"}
{"id": "crec_002419", "text": "[[ORG] RECORD United States of America American eagle (seal) PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 119th CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g.,1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface Indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- (seal) recycle Printed on recycled paper. Vol.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH-FrontMatter-3", "word_count": 77, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004794", "text": "Then there are the national security implications. If we are not producing enough conventional energy here at home, we are going to have to make up the supply from abroad, most likely from hostile nations or volatile areas of the world. As European countries learned the hard way after Russia invaded Ukraine, relying on hostile nations for your energy supply is not a winning proposition.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS127-8", "word_count": 65, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "hostile nations or volatile areas of the world; relying on hostile nations for your energy supply is not a winning proposition"}
{"id": "crec_005544", "text": "[SPEAKER] submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment [ORG] proposed by Mr. [PERSON] (for [SPEAKER] (for herself and Mr. [PERSON] )) to the bill [ORG] . . .", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS153", "word_count": 31, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007831", "text": "Their forests are a little further east, a little higher up. They have attempted fuels reduction projects, but the environmental movement sometimes shuts them down. Let me tell you about those a little bit.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH206-2", "word_count": 34, "labels": ["strawman"], "evidence": "characterizing the environmental movement as shutting down fuels reduction projects without substantiation, creating a simplified opposition"}
{"id": "crec_005931", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] , I rise in strong support of the United States-Taiwan Expedited Double-Tax Relief Act. Taiwanese companies in America, including those in critical semiconductor sectors, face double tax burdens due to the lack of a U.S.-Taiwan tax agreement. Taiwan is one of our largest trading partners without such a treaty, yet it supports more than 22,000 U.S. jobs and contributed $185 million to U.S. research in 2021.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH160-6", "word_count": 67, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007841", "text": "This is a variety of vetch, milk vetch, and they claim it is unique only to that area. It was somewhere around the area where they were changing the poles, and they made them stop the project and put back whatever vetch they may have been disturbing there in the process. That is the one unique to that area supposedly.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH206-2", "word_count": 60, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009933", "text": "And, finally, we lift our hearts in gratitude for the beloved parents of President [PERSON] . Without [PERSON] and [PERSON] , this day would never be the miracle that has just begun. From their place in Heaven, may they shield their son from all harm by their loving protection and give him the strength to guide our [ORG] along the path that will make America great again.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS252-8", "word_count": 66, "labels": ["flag_waving", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "lift our hearts in gratitude...this day would never be the miracle...make America great again"}
{"id": "crec_002954", "text": "The majority leader is recognized. [PERSON] [SPEAKER]. Mr. President, by now, I think a lot of Americans know the story of [PERSON] , a 22-year-old nursing student at [ORG] in Georgia with her whole life ahead of her.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS83-8", "word_count": 41, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007165", "text": "28 At the request of Mr. [PERSON] , the name of the Senator from Delaware (Ms. [PERSON] ) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 28 intended to be proposed to S. 5, a bill to require the Secretary of [ORG] to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes. AMENDMENT NO.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS186-2", "word_count": 63, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007591", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] , I thank [PERSON] Member [PERSON] for the time. Mr. [PERSON] , I am honored today to speak in this [ORG] as a survivor. Folks know back home that I have been doing this work for 30 years, day in and day out.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-3", "word_count": 43, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "I have been doing this work for 30 years, day in and day out"}
{"id": "crec_009907", "text": "We will stand bravely. We will live proudly. We will dream boldly.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS252-8", "word_count": 12, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "stand bravely, live proudly, dream boldly - abstract virtuous concepts without specific policy content; patriotic and inspirational framing"}
{"id": "crec_002781", "text": "By [SPEAKER]: H.R. 343. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution; whereby the Congress shall have Power to lay and collect [ORG], Duties, Imposts, and [PERSON] , to pay the [PERSON] and provide for the common [ORG] and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH112-6", "word_count": 85, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009885", "text": "Like in 2017, we will again build the strongest military the world has ever seen. We will measure our success not only by the battles we win but also by the wars that we end and, perhaps most importantly, the wars we never get into. (Applause.)", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS252-8", "word_count": 46, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "strongest military the world has ever seen; wars we never get into"}
{"id": "crec_002977", "text": "If we are going to consider this bill, we must have a chance to offer amendments to fix a few of these problems and assure the bill would accomplish its goal. Nomination of [PERSON] President, this week [ORG] will hold a confirmation hearing for [PERSON] --President-elect [ORG]'s choice for Attorney General. I appreciated meeting with Ms. [PERSON] last week to discuss issues of great importance to the American people.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS85-2", "word_count": 75, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001530", "text": "22 Resolved, That the following named Members be, and are hereby, elected to the following standing committees of [ORG]: Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Georgia, Ms. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] of Florida, Mrs. [PERSON] , Mrs. [PERSON] of California, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of California, Ms. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] of Nevada, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] of Pennsylvania, Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] . [ORG]: Ms. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] of Florida, Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] of New York, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mrs. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] of Illinois, Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Mrs. [PERSON] , Mrs. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Louisiana, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] .", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH74-3", "word_count": 152, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006237", "text": "Unfortunately, all too often too many of my colleagues want to play games. Mr. [PERSON] , I yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. [PERSON] ). [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH178", "word_count": 25, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008567", "text": "We know so many families impacted by these fires because they are our neighbors and friends. I represented Altadena in [ORG] for decades. It is a vibrant, diverse community, a city of families, of places of worship, and of deep culture and history.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 46, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_005355", "text": "The online Record has been corrected to read: SA 37. [SPEAKER] submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment [ORG] proposed by Mr. [PERSON] (for [SPEAKER] (for herself and Mr. [PERSON] )) to the bill [ORG], supra . .", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS141", "word_count": 41, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006755", "text": "The lowest thing I saw the corporations asking for was 25 percent. What were those conversations like when you were talking to our colleagues on the other side? How did they end up at 21 percent and then not even support an amendment to bring it back up to what the corporate leaders were asking for to the benefit of working-class people?", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 62, "labels": ["loaded_language", "strawman"], "evidence": "framing corporate requests as 'to the benefit of working-class people' and implying opponents abandoned their stated position without support"}
{"id": "crec_008700", "text": "Here is what I am suggesting. Set those other scenarios aside. President [PERSON] was just elected.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 16, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002333", "text": "[PERSON] , Vice President of the United States, [ORG], Washington, DC. [PERSON] Vice President: I have enclosed a letter of resignation addressed to the Governor of Ohio, announcing my resignation from the office of United States Senator effective January 10, 2025. I would like to bring this letter to your attention in your capacity as President of the Senate.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS76", "word_count": 62, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004232", "text": "I have seen their grit, determination, and pride as they worked hard, hoping to be victorious. Even when they are not, these moments of competing add to the lifelong building blocks of character. What message are we sending to our girls when we tell them their hard work doesn't matter?", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 50, "labels": ["false_dichotomy", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "Setting up false choice between accepting participation/hard work value versus telling girls 'their hard work doesn't matter' - implies only two positions exist; 'grit, determination, and pride' and 'lifelong building blocks of character' use emotionally charged language to frame the argument"}
{"id": "crec_009626", "text": "[PERSON] 's [PERSON] will support these efforts. I would like to thank my colleague Senator [PERSON] for her long and tireless efforts to get this bill passed. Senator [PERSON] first introduced [PERSON] 's Law almost a decade ago, and I was proud to join as an original cosponsor and colead this effort.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS245-6", "word_count": 50, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "thanking colleague Senator for long and tireless efforts, positioning her as credible authority on the bill"}
{"id": "crec_007650", "text": "30 exacerbates the real concerns that these victims will be swept up by this bill. As noted by a wide range of stakeholders, immigrant victims are particularly vulnerable to being arrested and prosecuted for domestic violence or acting in self-defense, even if they are falsely accused by an abuser of being a primary aggressor. We know that this comes straight out of a playbook by some of our historic traffickers and pimps.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-3", "word_count": 72, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "victims will be swept up by this bill; immigrant victims are particularly vulnerable to being arrested; falsely accused by an abuser; comes straight out of a playbook by...traffickers and pimps"}
{"id": "crec_002318", "text": "The resolution ([PERSON] . 19) was agreed to. The preamble was agreed to.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS76-3", "word_count": 13, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000682", "text": "And the only way we can do that is not only be responsible in the way we handle things like discretionary spending but to dig deeper into the areas that [ORG] spends like mandatory spending. I know [ORG] and [ORG] are particularly fraught. And without bipartisan support, it is really hard to save [ORG] and [ORG], particularly if the Democrats aren't going to be willing to help.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgS38", "word_count": 71, "labels": ["false_dichotomy", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "presents only two options (discretionary vs mandatory spending) and implies Democrats must help or programs cannot be saved, without acknowledging alternative solutions"}
{"id": "crec_003004", "text": "And the Surgeon General tells us that there is a mental health crisis amongst young people in our country. This doesn't solve the problem. If we are going to deal with it, let's deal with it, but let's step back and understand that it is not just a [ORG] issue; it is social media in general.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS85-2", "word_count": 56, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "Surgeon General tells us that there is a mental health crisis; presents choice between one organization vs. social media in general as only options"}
{"id": "crec_005608", "text": "He served as a preventive medicine specialist in Germany and participated in Operation Desert Storm. Throughout injuries, surgeries, and reassignments, [PERSON] served his country in many different roles. His final assignment brought him to Missouri at Whiteman Air Force Base in our district.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH151-5", "word_count": 43, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004239", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] , in light of the comment that the gentleman from Michigan, who is managing the time on the other side of the aisle, made about birth certificates, I want to remind my colleagues that in the discussion on a similar bill, we had a conversation about how out of the millions of birth certificates in this country, there are a considerable number of children who are born either intersex or with ambiguous genitalia. How does the gentleman plan to enforce this bill? Because he is saying birth certificates but those aren't necessarily reliable.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 94, "labels": ["strawman"], "evidence": "characterizing the opposing position as relying on birth certificates being 'reliable' when the actual argument may be narrower in scope, then attacking that reframed position rather than the original claim"}
{"id": "crec_006172", "text": "The ability to compete and play and enjoy this, above anything else, with all of the extra pressures that are placed on kids nowadays with social media pressure and everything, the concepts of teamwork that you learn, achieving something, getting better at something, and having the ability to say that you have a shot to win that competition cannot be beaten into my nieces. They have to be able to say, with a level playing field, they can go win this, not because it is important to win that gold ribbon or this or that or win the track meet. It is because they need to know that the effort they put in can achieve something.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH175-6", "word_count": 116, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "the ability to compete and play and enjoy this, above anything else... concepts of teamwork... achieving something, getting better at something"}
{"id": "crec_000320", "text": "The Democrats have studiously ignored this law, and now they are saying ignore this law even if the illegal has now been charged with committing other crimes as well. Let them back onto the streets, as they did with [PERSON] murderer. If a few innocent teens happen to get raped and murdered along the way, well, too bad.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH53-4", "word_count": 59, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language", "strawman"], "evidence": "hypothetical scenario of 'innocent teens' being 'raped and murdered' combined with dismissive 'too bad' to emotionally inflame; characterizes Democratic position as wanting criminals back on streets without nuance"}
{"id": "crec_007760", "text": "I would like to take this opportunity to commend them and celebrate the exceptional leadership of their head coach, [PERSON] , whose dedication to excellence has been instrumental in guiding these young athletes to achieve great success on and off the field. Furthermore, I would like to express my gratitude to Cocoa Mayor [PERSON] for his support of the team and his efforts to promote athletics within our community. To the many seniors who will continue their athletic career at exceptional universities across the country, I wish them the best of luck.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH204-5", "word_count": 93, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "dedication to excellence has been instrumental in guiding these young athletes to achieve great success"}
{"id": "crec_002531", "text": "It is time for Congress to return the [ORG]'s leasing authority to the [ORG], [ORG] civilian real estate arm. Mr. [PERSON] , I urge my colleagues to support this bill, and I reserve the balance of my time. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH104", "word_count": 40, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000578", "text": "But it was, perhaps, his post- Presidency that came to define his legacy the most. [PERSON] left office in 1981, and during the four decades that followed, he dedicated himself to making a difference to the causes of peace and human rights and to improving the wellbeing of his fellow man. Together, with his wife [PERSON] , he founded [ORG], which, among other things, works for the eradication of disease in some of the poorest areas of the globe.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgS35-7", "word_count": 81, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "dedicated himself to making a difference to the causes of peace and human rights and to improving the wellbeing of his fellow man"}
{"id": "crec_002938", "text": "His job will be to keep our troops safe and keep our country safe. If there is any [ORG] position that ought to have a steady and drama-free individual, it is certainly Secretary of [ORG]. Unfortunately, Mr. [PERSON] 's background is deeply troubling, to put it generously.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS83-8", "word_count": 46, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001866", "text": "The FAIR Plan is now on the verge of collapse, accounting for the absolutely catastrophic losses that we are seeing in Los Angeles. Mr. [PERSON] , what is happening and is still ongoing, sadly, in Los Angeles is a truly unimaginable tragedy in terms of the images that we are seeing, in terms of the dislocation that it is causing. I expect that we will learn that, at least to an extent, it was an avoidable one.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH85", "word_count": 76, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "'absolutely catastrophic losses' and 'verge of collapse' combined with 'unimaginable tragedy'"}
{"id": "crec_004334", "text": "The [PERSON] administration fought to tear down the decades of progress women have made in athletics. Women have been stripped of their earned titles and live in fear for their safety in the locker rooms of America, women like [ORG], [PERSON] , [PERSON] , and so many others with unspoken stories. Last week, the [ORG] court ruled in favor of reality.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH126", "word_count": 62, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "women...live in fear for their safety in the locker rooms"}
{"id": "crec_009058", "text": "By [SPEAKER] (for himself, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mrs. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Florida, Mr. [PERSON] , and Mr. [PERSON] ): S. 124. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for disciplinary procedures for supervisors and managers at [ORG] and to modify the procedures of personnel actions against employees of the Department, and for other purposes; to [ORG]. By [SPEAKER]: S. 125.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS225", "word_count": 84, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002427", "text": "[SPEAKER]. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. [PERSON] ) and the gentlewoman from Oregon (Ms. [PERSON] ) each will control 20 minutes. The [PERSON] recognizes the gentleman from Missouri.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH100", "word_count": 30, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007553", "text": "Language and cultural barriers, fear of the abuser and the authorities, confusion, intimidation, a lack of awareness of rights, and a lack of access to advocates and other resources, all may prevent an immigrant victim from being able to communicate what really happened. Once in custody and/or facing trial, and desperate to be released and reunited with their children, these same factors--combined with poor legal counsel, particularly about the immigration consequences of criminal pleas and convictions--could lead to ineligibility for status, or the deportation of wrongly accused victims who may have pled to or been unfairly convicted of domestic violence charges. The legislation's expansion of the definition of domestic violence, which was expressly included in [ORG] to allow for the provision of a greater array of victim services, to include circumstances that may not involve violence, physical force, or threats of such is also likely to sweep more survivors into the scope of the ground of inadmissibility or deportability.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-3", "word_count": 163, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "desperate to be released and reunited with their children, wrongly accused victims, deportation of innocent people"}
{"id": "crec_009087", "text": "Well, when it comes to the environment, liberal politicians want to control what car we drive, what kind of stove we cook on, how long we can take in the shower. Yet they neglect our forests. They put up roadblocks to forest management tools that work.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS227-3", "word_count": 46, "labels": ["strawman", "false_dichotomy", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "characterizes environmental regulations as totalitarian control over personal choices while presenting forest management as the only legitimate environmental concern"}
{"id": "crec_008538", "text": "[SPEAKER]. [SPEAKER] will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 16, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_003024", "text": "PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE ECONOMIC REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT TOGETHER WITH THE ANNUAL REPORT OF [ORG], [ORG] ON JANUARY 10, 2025--PM 2 [SPEAKER] laid before the Senate the following message from the President of the United States, together with an accompanying report; which was referred to [ORG]: To [ORG]: In the last four years, America has overcome some of the most challenging economic conditions in our history. When I took office, our economy was in the grips of worst pandemic in a century, and decades of trickle-down policies had left us especially vulnerable to its shocks. Hundreds of thousands of businesses had closed, and millions of Americans risked losing their homes.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS88-2", "word_count": 139, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "describing economic conditions as 'worst pandemic in a century' and 'most challenging economic conditions in our history' with 'trickle-down policies' characterization; positioning presidential authority as having overcome these conditions"}
{"id": "crec_004987", "text": "[PERSON] also saved the life of [PERSON] , another rapist and serial killer. While facing trial for raping 19-year-old [PERSON] --yes, that is right. He was on trial for raping a 19-year-old girl.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS130-5", "word_count": 34, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "repetition of 'rapist and serial killer' and emphasis on 'yes, that is right. He was on trial for raping a 19-year-old girl' uses inflammatory descriptors and repetition to provoke emotional response"}
{"id": "crec_006279", "text": "\\2\\ If foreign currency is used, enter U.S. dollar equivalent; if U.S. currency is used, enter amount expended. [ORG]. [PERSON] , Jan. 2, 2025.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH181-2", "word_count": 24, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001763", "text": "I am going to walk through the legislation, and then I will give the two reasons as to why the legislation didn't pass. The legislation. I have noted six pieces of legislation: The PRO Act, [ORG]--I have shortened the title--[PERSON] in Policing Act, comprehensive immigration reform, and legislation to raise the minimum wage, as well as to pass the Equality Act.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH82", "word_count": 68, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002759", "text": "[PERSON] , and Mr. [PERSON] . H.R. 31: Mr. [PERSON] .", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH112-41", "word_count": 8, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009736", "text": "6 Leg.] YEAS--75 [ORG] [PERSON] (FL) [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] NAYS--24 [PERSON] Rochester [PERSON] The amendment (No. 8), as amended, was agreed to.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS245-6", "word_count": 117, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007107", "text": "He is a true role model for his players, employees, family, and friends. It is my honor to recognize [PERSON] as the January Veteran of the Month.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS183-3", "word_count": 28, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "true role model for his players, employees, family, and friends"}
{"id": "crec_001833", "text": "Chief [ORG]'s lifetime dedication to service and public safety will leave a longstanding legacy, as his selfless leadership will benefit the [ORG] area for many, many years to come. The unwavering commitment to the public and leadership by example of people like Chief [PERSON] ensures the [ORG] area will remain a wonderful and safe place to live. Therefore, on behalf of [ORG], it is a great honor and privilege to recognize [PERSON] Chief [PERSON] for his career in public service.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH85", "word_count": 88, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "lifetime dedication to service, selfless leadership, unwavering commitment, wonderful and safe place to live"}
{"id": "crec_008486", "text": "First among them is going to be [ORG]. It makes it a Federal crime for anyone who knowingly causes or attempts to cause bodily harm or injury to a law enforcement officer. It is amazing it is not a crime already.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 45, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "framing harm to law enforcement as something that 'amazingly' isn't already criminalized, implying danger and creating urgency"}
{"id": "crec_008100", "text": "A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the application of the income tax on qualified tips through a deduction allowed to all individual taxpayers, and for other purposes; to [ORG]. By [SPEAKER] (for himself, Mr. [PERSON] , and Mr. [PERSON] ): H.R. 483.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH217-3", "word_count": 51, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000744", "text": "A bill to prohibit certain telework employees from receiving certain annual adjustments to pay schedules, and for other purposes; to [ORG] and [ORG]. By [SPEAKER] (for himself, Ms. [PERSON] , and Mr. [PERSON] ): S. 28. A bill to require the disclosure of a camera or recording capability in certain internet-connected devices; to [ORG], and [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgS42", "word_count": 63, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008625", "text": "It could punish people who come here to engage in trade and in commerce that helps our economy grow. It could even punish American citizens if they are hoping to get a visa for their spouse. With a Federal immigration system that is already too chaotic and complicated, just wait until any [ORG] can overrule ICE, undermine the President, and throw thousands of legal--legal--visa applications into limbo.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 68, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "punish people, punish American citizens, chaotic and complicated, throw thousands of legal visa applications into limbo"}
{"id": "crec_009047", "text": "A bill to amend the Lumbee Act of 1956; to [ORG]. By [SPEAKER]: S. 108. A bill to make members of [ORG] and their family members ineligible for F or J visas, and for other purposes; to [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS225", "word_count": 49, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009370", "text": "That is what [ORG] does. It will help ensure other families will not have to endure the pain a criminal illegal alien inflicted on [PERSON] and her loved ones. This bill will prevent countless nightmares so daughters like [PERSON] can go on a jog and not have their dreams forever stolen from them.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-17", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-17-pt1-PgS237-5", "word_count": 56, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "pain a criminal illegal alien inflicted...prevent countless nightmares...dreams forever stolen"}
{"id": "crec_002997", "text": "That is 170 million Americans--170 million reasons to think very carefully about their position on the [ORG] ban. Make no mistake, these communities cannot be replicated on another app. Creators and small businesses cannot rebuild their audiences overnight.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS85-2", "word_count": 38, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "170 million Americans... cannot be replicated on another app. Creators and small businesses cannot rebuild their audiences overnight."}
{"id": "crec_008845", "text": "Everything she does is excellent. But we got confirmation from her good friend [PERSON] --on my staff, my deputy chief of staff here in DC--who went to school with [PERSON] and remains very close, that, yes, [PERSON] was a straight-A student. We knew that.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 44, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "appeal to authority through personal connections and staff credentials; glittering generalities with 'everything she does is excellent' and 'straight-A student'"}
{"id": "crec_002306", "text": "The marker bill calls for the establishment of a new governing body at [ORG], a board of regents composed of Native American leaders, educators, and community members who will be directly accountable to the students, staff, and to the [PERSON] that [ORG] serves. The board would manage the university's budget, make decisions regarding academic programming, faculty, and facilities, ensure that the institution is providing a high-quality educational experience for students that attend [ORG]--an educational experience that they deserve. I appreciate the support from [ORG], the president of the board, [PERSON] , said this: These challenges underscore the critical need for a more tailored governance model empowered by a U.S. Congressional charter--one that enables the [ORG] to thrive while better serving its students and communities.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS69-6", "word_count": 129, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "high-quality educational experience for students that they deserve"}
{"id": "crec_004673", "text": "868); to [ORG]. EC-22. A letter from [ORG], [ORG], [ORG], transmitting the [ORG]'s final rule -- Fisheries Off West Coast States; [ORG]; Annual Specifications; 2024-2025 Annual [ORG] for [ORG] [Docket No.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH147-2", "word_count": 50, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004881", "text": "By slow-walking her background check and causing delays for such a critical appointment, the [PERSON] administration is posing a threat--an unnecessary threat--to our national security. We all know we are living in a dangerous world, and now is not the time to have some prolonged and unnecessary vacancy for the Director of [ORG]. I would hope our Democratic colleagues and the administration--the current administration--would abandon this futile and dangerous tactic.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS130-5", "word_count": 71, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "posing a threat to our national security; living in a dangerous world; dangerous tactic"}
{"id": "crec_001755", "text": "That was the moral high ground. That is something that the United States of America has had, and she was reclaiming it for the world to let the world know that in the United States of America, we know how to win, but, more importantly, we know how to lose. She claimed the moral high ground for this country, and in so doing, she was more than an example.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH82", "word_count": 69, "labels": ["flag_waving", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "moral high ground for the United States of America...we know how to win...we know how to lose"}
{"id": "crec_004824", "text": "History says Don't hope on this side of the grave But then, once in a lifetime The longed-for tidal wave Of justice can rise up And hope and history rhyme. I recited these words--some of President [PERSON] 's favorites, by Irish poet [PERSON] --on the evening of his inauguration as our [ORG]'s Vice President in 2008. As I reflect on his time in our [ORG]'s highest office, I think it is only right to use these words again.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS129-2", "word_count": 77, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "use of inspirational poetic language about 'hope and history rhyme' combined with attribution to the President's stated favorites to lend authority and emotional weight"}
{"id": "crec_008772", "text": "Look at [PERSON] , who last Friday would have celebrated her 23rd birthday had she still been on this Earth. Had this bill been enacted, [PERSON] would still be alive. This bill is a lifesaving bill.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 37, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "would have celebrated her 23rd birthday had she still been on this Earth - invoking emotional imagery of death to persuade support for the bill"}
{"id": "crec_008493", "text": "We need a Secretary of [ORG] who will be ready at 2 in the morning to give life-or-death national security advice to the President. Would you trust [PERSON] , who has allegedly been so drunk at work events that he passed out on a bus and urinated in front of the hotel where his colleagues were staying, to answer that call? We need a Secretary of [ORG] who will help us root out the problem of sexual assault in the military.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 81, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "ad_hominem"], "evidence": "life-or-death national security advice combined with allegations of personal misconduct (drunk behavior, urination) to question trustworthiness for the role"}
{"id": "crec_006183", "text": "We will never forget the passion for education that he showed us and his efforts to create future leaders for our great Nation. We will miss [PERSON] .", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH175", "word_count": 27, "labels": ["flag_waving", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "passion for education, create future leaders for our great Nation"}
{"id": "crec_003259", "text": "1324a) or [ORG] of 1986 for the prior unlawful employment of that alien regardless of the outcome of such application. (c) Additional Protections.--Employers that provide unauthorized aliens with copies of employment records or other evidence of employment in support of an application for certified agricultural worker status or adjustment of status under this title shall not be subject to civil and criminal liability pursuant to such section 274A for employing such unauthorized aliens. Records or other evidence of employment provided by employers in response to a request for such records for the purpose of establishing eligibility for status under this title may not be used for any purpose other than establishing such eligibility.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS92-2", "word_count": 116, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004993", "text": "Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate now proceed to the en bloc consideration of the following Senate resolutions, which are at the desk: [PERSON] . 24 and [PERSON] . 25; further, I ask unanimous consent that the resolutions be agreed to, the preambles be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate, all en bloc.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS130-5", "word_count": 72, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001059", "text": "That is, roughly, a 55-percent increase in just 5 years. Folks, that is not sustainable. That is why what [ORG], the [ORG], and what this incoming administration are going to do is so important.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 38, "labels": ["loaded_language"], "evidence": "not sustainable"}
{"id": "crec_002566", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] , I thank the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. [PERSON] ) for his cosponsorship. I urge passage of [ORG], and I reserve the balance of my time.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH105", "word_count": 27, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000832", "text": "Here at home, we are seeing another type of [PERSON] jailbreak. Last month, the President pardoned 39 convicts and commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 more--more commutations in a single day than the last three Presidents combined. These people are hardened criminals.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 43, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear", "name_calling"], "evidence": "describing pardoned/commuted individuals as 'hardened criminals' and 'jailbreak' without evidence of their actual offense severity"}
{"id": "crec_003944", "text": "He also served in Vietnam back in 1968. Mr. [PERSON] ' career in law enforcement began in 1971 with [ORG] and he later joined the city of [ORG]. After joining the city of Darien, Mr. [PERSON] was promoted to the chief of police.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH116", "word_count": 47, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002495", "text": "[SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. [PERSON] , following a natural disaster, electric utilities work tirelessly to restore power to their customers.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH103", "word_count": 28, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "electric utilities work tirelessly to restore power"}
{"id": "crec_002520", "text": "(4) Identifying progress made on implementing the recommendations in such report. [SPEAKER]. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. [PERSON] ) and the gentlewoman from Oregon (Ms. [PERSON] ) each will control 20 minutes.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH104", "word_count": 34, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008761", "text": "So I come here to say let's work together to fix this bill. That is what we are looking to do today. I have three amendments.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 26, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000455", "text": "[SPEAKER]. All time for debate has expired. Pursuant to House Resolution 5, the previous question is ordered on the bill.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH53-4", "word_count": 20, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000720", "text": "EC-13. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for [ORG], [ORG], transmitting, pursuant to law, [ORG] 2024 annual report to Congress; to [ORG], and [ORG]. EC-14.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgS41-5", "word_count": 38, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009393", "text": "Somebody is going to pay. Every dollar that was borrowed will, eventually, be repaid by somebody. It is just a matter of who that someone is.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-17", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-17-pt1-PgS237-5", "word_count": 26, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "Somebody is going to pay. Every dollar that was borrowed will, eventually, be repaid by somebody."}
{"id": "crec_002127", "text": "Without objection, it is so ordered. Recognition of the Majority Leader The majority leader is recognized. Nominations [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS69-6", "word_count": 18, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007766", "text": "THANKING TEXAS' EIGHTH DISTRICT FIREFIGHTERS ([SPEAKER] asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , sadly, wildfires are devastating our neighbors in California.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH204", "word_count": 49, "labels": ["loaded_language"], "evidence": "use of 'sadly' and 'devastating' to create emotional response to wildfires"}
{"id": "crec_004790", "text": "All told--all told--he is closing off more than 625 million acres to new oil and gas development, on top of the bans that were already in place. The President's decision last week was particularly notable for its size and for the clear snub to American voters. But this is just the latest in a long series of actions by the President hostile to conventional energy development: a pause on approvals of liquefied natural gas exports; a sharp decline in leases issued for oil and natural gas on public lands and waters; restrictions on drilling in large areas of [ORG] in Alaska; the cancellation of leases in the Arctic; the administration's so-called good neighbor rule, designed to effectively force fossil-fuel-powered powerplants to close.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS127-8", "word_count": 125, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear", "repetition"], "evidence": "Phrases like 'closing off,' 'snub to American voters,' 'hostile to conventional energy development,' and the repetition of 'all told' at the beginning create negative framing around energy policy decisions, while the accumulation of examples implies escalating threat to energy interests"}
{"id": "crec_008302", "text": "429: Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , and Mr. [PERSON] of North Carolina. H.R. 452: Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Nebraska, and Mr. [PERSON] .", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH224-3", "word_count": 24, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008416", "text": "These criminals were not the only people that got a last-minute gift from President [PERSON] . On January 4, President [PERSON] announced a list of 19--19--new recipients of [ORG]. This included [PERSON] and others.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 38, "labels": ["loaded_language", "repetition"], "evidence": "\"criminals\" to describe pardon recipients; \"19--19--\" repetition emphasizing the number"}
{"id": "crec_008480", "text": "These officers took an oath to protect and serve our communities. These heroes made the ultimate sacrifice, giving their lives to protect their communities. I will not get into all the details about each officer.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 35, "labels": ["flag_waving", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "officers took an oath to protect and serve our communities; heroes made the ultimate sacrifice"}
{"id": "crec_003985", "text": "What parent would want to put their daughter through that? I know I wouldn't. Madam Speaker, we won't be able to find common ground on this issue today, but this debate has made one thing abundantly clear: Members of Congress are the last people who should decide who gets to play sports in America.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH118", "word_count": 54, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "What parent would want to put their daughter through that? [...] this debate has made one thing abundantly clear"}
{"id": "crec_007505", "text": "That has been the law for decades in America. Our immigration law establishes a similar policy on the way in. It provides that anyone seeking admission to America who has committed a violent sex offense or a crime of domestic violence is inadmissible to our country.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-3", "word_count": 46, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000816", "text": "Mr. President, 2 months ago, the American people gave Republicans a clear mandate. It is a mandate to get America back on track. Senate Republicans won 53 seats.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 28, "labels": ["bandwagon", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "American people gave Republicans a clear mandate to get America back on track"}
{"id": "crec_004975", "text": "Just 2 days before Christmas--2 days before Christmas--when most kids had visions of sugarplum fairies dancing in their heads, the President announced that he was commuting the death sentence of 37 rapists, murderers, and sadists. With that action, he brought relief to 37 depraved monsters on death row and despair to the families of their victims during the holiday season. It is difficult to express the cruelty of reminding these families of the worst days of their lives and robbing them of justice right before Christmas--a Christmas gift to 37 savage murderers and a reminder to those families that, not only will they never spend Christmas with their loved ones again, but they won't get justice for their loved ones.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS130-5", "word_count": 120, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "depraved monsters, sadists, savage murderers, robbing them of justice"}
{"id": "crec_001349", "text": "[SPEAKER] read the title of the bill. [SPEAKER]. Pursuant to House Resolution 5, the bill is considered read.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH67-6", "word_count": 18, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007133", "text": "MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE At 12:02 p.m., a message from [ORG], delivered by Mrs. [PERSON] , one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has passed the following bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate: H.R. 28. An act to amend [ORG] of 1972 to provide that for purposes of determining compliance with title IX of such Act in athletics, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS184-4", "word_count": 96, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006243", "text": "We want to secure that. We wish we could have done that then, but since that time, the [PERSON] administration has increased spending by $6 trillion. Somehow, something has to give.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH178", "word_count": 31, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "Increased spending by $6 trillion; 'something has to give' implies inevitable negative consequences"}
{"id": "crec_009740", "text": "[SPEAKER]. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS245-6", "word_count": 13, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000432", "text": "29, [ORG]. It is long overdue that we actually take law and order seriously, that we enforce the laws that are on the books. [PERSON] is not an isolated incident, unfortunately.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH53-4", "word_count": 35, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "law and order seriously, enforce the laws, not an isolated incident"}
{"id": "crec_006261", "text": "I am speaking for myself right here. There are some of my colleagues who want to attach the border funding to the bills that we are moving forward without--they don't believe that we will get to the spending cuts that will make those of us who believe we need deficits to go down happy. They want to try to force us to eat increased deficits in order to achieve the border security funding.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH178", "word_count": 73, "labels": ["doubt", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "they don't believe that we will get to the spending cuts; want to try to force us to eat increased deficits"}
{"id": "crec_002974", "text": "ICE told my office that this legislation would require them to detain more than 65,000 immigrants, but Congress has only provided ICE with funding to detain 42,000, and the [ORG] is already holding nearly that many. So if this legislation becomes law, ICE would be forced to release tens of thousands of other immigrants who were detained under ICE's current policies, which prioritize those who pose a threat to public safety. This bill would also grant [ORG] attorneys general the standing to sue if the [ORG] disagrees with many unrelated decisions made by [ORG] authorities.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS85-2", "word_count": 96, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "forced to release tens of thousands of other immigrants who were detained under ICE's current policies, which prioritize those who pose a threat to public safety"}
{"id": "crec_008025", "text": "Across his life, Dr. [PERSON] was awarded five honorary degrees, named Man of the Year by [ORG] magazine, and, at the age of 35, became the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize, but all of that didn't matter to him. All the accolades and the other things that had been heaped upon him during his life--and, I am sure, since his death--really would not stack up to mean very much in the heart, soul, and mind of [PERSON] , Jr. At 39 years of age, the person who led the nonviolent movement was taken from us in a cruel manner by the single bullet of a lone assassin. It really didn't matter, as he said, as he preached his own eulogy, what people said.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH213", "word_count": 128, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "descriptive accolades like 'honorary degrees', 'Man of the Year', 'youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize' establish authority and honor; 'cruel manner' and 'single bullet of a lone assassin' use loaded emotional language"}
{"id": "crec_004551", "text": "The law says the tax cuts for individuals, passthroughs, estate, and alternative minimum tax, all those things, expire at the end of 2025. We have made up a term around here saying we are just going to extend current policy. I heard someone this morning say we are going to extend current law.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH142-3", "word_count": 53, "labels": ["loaded_language", "doubt"], "evidence": "describing tax policy extension as 'made up term' and questioning alternative framing ('extend current law') to cast doubt on legitimacy of policy language"}
{"id": "crec_004728", "text": "By [SPEAKER]: [PERSON] . 38. A resolution electing Members to certain standing committees of [ORG]; considered and agreed to.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH148", "word_count": 22, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001019", "text": "By its own estimates, [ORG] wastes $125 billion on bloated bureaucracy and inefficiency. DoD could save $527 million just by streamlining the duplication and unnecessary overlap within its storage and distribution centers. DoD overpayments are legendary and the department is still overpaying nearly $1 million for spare parts.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 48, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "words like 'wastes,' 'bloated,' 'legendary' used to characterize DoD inefficiency; large dollar figures ($125 billion, $527 million) presented to amplify concern about government waste"}
{"id": "crec_004992", "text": "That is all I am asking for today--unanimous consent for two resolutions. The first one condemns the commutation of [PERSON] , a rapist and serial killer. The second condemns the commutation of [PERSON] , who raped and murdered a U.S. marine and bludgeoned a correctional officer to death.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgS130-5", "word_count": 48, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "describing commuted individuals as 'rapist and serial killer' and detailing violent crimes (raped, murdered, bludgeoned) to emphasize severity and danger"}
{"id": "crec_000975", "text": "I ask that she be recognized to speak. [SPEAKER]. The Senator from Iowa.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 13, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001073", "text": "Meanwhile, [ORG] adds $6 billion of debt daily. So we are at $6 billion. By the time you wake up in the morning, go to bed, and wake up the next day, we have added another $6 billion of debt.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 42, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "repetitive framing of '$6 billion of debt daily' with vivid temporal markers ('by the time you wake up... go to bed... wake up the next day') to emphasize scale and create urgency about financial burden"}
{"id": "crec_004472", "text": "11] YEAS--208 [PERSON] Barragan [PERSON] (PA) [PERSON] (LA) [PERSON] (FL) [PERSON] ([ORG]) Cherfilus-[PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] (NC) [PERSON] (PA) [PERSON] [ORG] (PA) [PERSON] [ORG], [PERSON] (CA) [PERSON] (IL) [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] (ME) [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] , [PERSON] , [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] (CA) [PERSON] (OR) [PERSON] (GA) [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] (IL) [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] (WA) [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] (NV) [PERSON] (PA) Leger [PERSON] (WI) [PERSON] (NY) [PERSON] Sanchez [PERSON] (VA) [PERSON] , [PERSON] (WA) [PERSON] (CA) [PERSON] (MS) [PERSON] (CA) [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] Velazquez [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] (FL) NAYS--218 [PERSON] (NV) [PERSON] (FL) [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] (GA) [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] (FL) [PERSON] (CO) [PERSON] , [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] ([ORG]) Gonzales, [PERSON] (TN) Greene (GA) [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] (MD) [PERSON] (NC) [PERSON] (OK) [PERSON] (LA) [PERSON] (AR) [PERSON] (CO) [PERSON] (IL) [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] (LA) [PERSON] (SD) [PERSON] (OH) [PERSON] (PA) [PERSON] (MS) [PERSON] (PA) [PERSON] (UT) [PERSON] (VA) [PERSON] (CA) [PERSON] (FL) [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] (OH) [PERSON] (WV) [ORG] (AL) [PERSON] (NC) [PERSON] (UT) [PERSON] (WV) [PERSON] (IA) [PERSON] (AL) [PERSON] (KY) [PERSON] , [PERSON] (MO) [PERSON] (NE) [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] (PA) [ORG] (OH) [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] (FL) [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] ([ORG]) [PERSON] NOT VOTING--8 [PERSON] Swalwell [PERSON] Announcement by [SPEAKER] [SPEAKER] (during the vote). There are 2 minutes remaining. So the motion to recommit was rejected.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH139", "word_count": 563, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001628", "text": "Interest. We are what is called interest fragile. I am going to show you some charts where tiny movements on U.S. sovereign debt become trillions and trillions of dollars.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH79", "word_count": 29, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "tiny movements on U.S. sovereign debt become trillions and trillions of dollars"}
{"id": "crec_002360", "text": "A bill to increase the maximum reward amount for information leading to the arrest and conviction of [ORG] to $100,000,000, which shall be paid out by [ORG] from all assets being withheld from [PERSON] , officials of the [ORG] regime and their co-conspirators; to [ORG]. By [SPEAKER] (for himself, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Ms. [PERSON] , Mrs. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] , and Mr. [PERSON] ): S. 40. A bill to address the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the United States and the 13 American colonies between 1619 and 1865 and to establish a commission to study and consider a national apology and proposal for reparations for the institution of slavery, its subsequent de jure and de facto racial and economic discrimination against African Americans, and the impact of these forces on living African Americans, to make recommendations to the Congress on appropriate remedies, and for other purposes; to [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS78-2", "word_count": 186, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery; multiple Congressional co-sponsors lending institutional authority"}
{"id": "crec_001679", "text": "We borrow from the [ORG] trust fund, and we borrow other moneys internally, but we still have to pay interest. Remember, we are one of the only countries in the world that engages in this scam of saying it is only the publicly borrowed money. No.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH79", "word_count": 47, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "characterizing borrowing practices as a 'scam' and claiming 'we are one of the only countries' engaging in such practices"}
{"id": "crec_003251", "text": "Such alien shall not be required to file a separate motion to reopen, reconsider, or vacate the order of removal. If the Secretary approves the application, the Secretary shall notify the Attorney General of such approval, and the Attorney General shall cancel the order of removal. If the Secretary renders a final administrative decision to deny the application, the order of removal or permission to depart shall be effective and enforceable to the same extent as if the application had not been made, only after all available administrative and judicial remedies have been exhausted.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS92-2", "word_count": 94, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_004510", "text": "We need to address the cost-of-living crisis, secure our border, and give hardworking [PERSON] a middle-class tax cut by reinstating the full SALT tax deduction. These issues aren't political. The American people are counting on all of us to put our differences aside and work together to put money back in people's pockets and get things done.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-14", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-14-pt1-PgH141-5", "word_count": 58, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "hardworking [PERSON], American people are counting on us, put our differences aside and work together"}
{"id": "crec_005874", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] , I rise in strong support of H.R. 33, the United States- Taiwan Expedited Double-Tax Relief Act. I thank [PERSON] Member [PERSON] and Chairman [PERSON] for working on this significant legislation, which was reported out of [ORG] unanimously last Congress.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH160-6", "word_count": 45, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009335", "text": "We adopted Senator [PERSON] 's amendment to require illegal immigrants who assault a police officer to be detained. Staggeringly, under current law, this is not the case. But 2 days ago, 25 of our Democratic colleagues could not even bring themselves to support detaining an illegal immigrant who assaults a police officer.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-17", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-17-pt1-PgS237-5", "word_count": 51, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "illegal immigrants who assault a police officer...Democratic colleagues could not even bring themselves to support detaining"}
{"id": "crec_001720", "text": "Here is the reality of today: For every dollar we take in in tax receipts, we spend $1.39. Yet, what we call discretionary, military has been substantially flat, all other nondefense discretionary is basically flat, almost all the growth is two things: in healthcare and in interest. We can't do anything about interest.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH79", "word_count": 53, "labels": ["loaded_language"], "evidence": "characterization of spending reality with selective framing that emphasizes deficit ($1.39 spent per $1 received) while implying limited options for change"}
{"id": "crec_006218", "text": "The American people didn't send us here to keep racking up debt. We are $36.3 trillion in debt. It is piling up around our ears.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH178", "word_count": 25, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "'piling up around our ears' and '$36.3 trillion in debt' used to create urgency and alarm about fiscal crisis"}
{"id": "crec_000977", "text": "Essential government employees showed up to do their jobs while the others enjoyed days off. My telework report revealed that just 6 percent of workers report in- person full time, and these bureaucrats are doing anything but working. This is sadly just more business as usual.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 46, "labels": ["loaded_language", "name_calling", "doubt"], "evidence": "'bureaucrats are doing anything but working' and 'sadly just more business as usual'"}
{"id": "crec_000055", "text": "[PERSON] of the State of Minnesota has received 226 votes. Announcement by the Vice President The VICE PRESIDENT. This announcement of the state of the vote by the President of the Senate shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons elected President and Vice President of the United States, each for the term beginning on the 20th day of January, 2025, and shall be entered, together with the list of the votes, on [ORG] and [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-06", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-06-pt1-PgH45-10", "word_count": 84, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006614", "text": "He should have been detained when he was arrested in Georgia for shoplifting, but he wasn't. The chain of these events is downright shameful. We must make sure that these don't ever happen again, and that is why I worked with my good friend Senator [PERSON] of Alabama to reintroduce [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 55, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "'chain of these events is downright shameful' and reference to working with 'good friend Senator' to establish credibility"}
{"id": "crec_003265", "text": "The Secretary shall collect and provide to the Commissioner such information as the Commissioner deems necessary for the Commissioner to assign a social security account number, which information may be used by the Commissioner for any purpose for which the Commissioner is otherwise authorized under Federal law. The Commissioner may maintain, use, and disclose such information only as permitted by the Privacy Act and other Federal law.''. [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS92-2", "word_count": 68, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007885", "text": "They have an effect on air quality. When we had a huge fire in my district known as the Dixie fire a couple of years ago, it ended up being a 1-million-acre forest fire and consumed a couple of towns, which I mentioned to you, Mr. [PERSON] . That smoke plume was big enough and dense enough that it was actually able to rise up, come all across the country, and affect the East Coast.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH206-2", "word_count": 74, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_006142", "text": "We have to do better in the preparation ahead of time before fire season on how we treat the lands and have the apparatus ready, instead of complications due to contracts, for example, with [ORG] not being ready to have the equipment that would be there in the forests, and on and on. I appreciate that, and we are going to do the best we can to move as quickly as possible for the folks in southern California and then ongoing to build up the infrastructure and the work that needs to be done. As tonight's topic has been, when we are talking about protecting our citizens and our border, California, as well, under the direction of [PERSON] , has become a haven for illegal immigration.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH175-6", "word_count": 128, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "California described as 'a haven for illegal immigration' and framed as a problem requiring protection against"}
{"id": "crec_002434", "text": "[SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise in support of H.R.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH100", "word_count": 18, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_005797", "text": "I was grateful to attend the hearing where he qualified for Secretary of [ORG], ably conducted by Chairman [PERSON] .", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH159-4", "word_count": 20, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_007432", "text": "Remind us again, and all those who are overwhelmed by disaster and destruction, warfare, and ill will, that in Your esteem, we, as Your children, are much more precious than the most valuable treasure on Earth. In all things, may we find it within our hearts, minds, and spirits, even in the face of the harshest of tests, to bring praise and honor to You and proclaim our belief that Your powerful hand directs our lives. In Your enduring name we pray.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH189-2", "word_count": 82, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "references to divine esteem, God's powerful hand, and appeals to spiritual/religious authority while using vague, emotionally elevated language about human worth and purpose"}
{"id": "crec_009363", "text": "She had hopes and dreams to strive for over the course of her life that will never have an opportunity to become a reality, and that is because of the [PERSON] -[PERSON] open border policies. Her killer was allowed to roam free in our country despite having been apprehended at the border and committing multiple crimes after being paroled into the U.S. interior. Then he reached the darkest depths of criminality and took [PERSON] from this world 330 days ago.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-17", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-17-pt1-PgS237-5", "word_count": 79, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "emphasis on victim's lost dreams, killer allowed to 'roam free,' 'darkest depths of criminality' - emotionally charged language designed to create fear about border policies"}
{"id": "crec_008644", "text": "These are statements I am going to give you that [ORG], Jr., has made. These are in his own words. He has said: I do believe that autism does come from vaccines.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 32, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "Attribution of vaccine-autism claim to a named individual presented as source of credible belief"}
{"id": "crec_009607", "text": "PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE [SPEAKER] led the Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS245-3", "word_count": 55, "labels": ["flag_waving"], "evidence": "pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America"}
{"id": "crec_002196", "text": "[PERSON] and the Democrats broke the border, opened the border, allowed and actually invited into this country people who are part of criminal cartels, drug dealers, terror suspects. This action turned every [ORG], including my home [ORG], into a border [ORG]. It is time for even more Democrats to join Republicans today in securing our border, saving our lives, and passing this important piece of legislation that is coming before us today.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS69-6", "word_count": 75, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language", "false_dichotomy"], "evidence": "allowed and actually invited into this country people who are part of criminal cartels, drug dealers, terror suspects"}
{"id": "crec_007590", "text": "[SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman from California (Ms. [PERSON] ). [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH191-3", "word_count": 16, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_000262", "text": "REMEMBERING DR. [PERSON] ([SPEAKER] asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) [SPEAKER]. Mr. [PERSON] , I rise today to grieve the loss of Dr. [PERSON] , who passed away on December 20.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH53-3", "word_count": 57, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008006", "text": "Inspired by one woman's act of moral courage, in the face of an immoral systemic system of law, Dr. [PERSON] led the Montgomery Bus Boycott that lasted 381 days and is heralded as the catalyst, that one act that began the modern civil rights movement. Now, in order to understand it, you have to keep it in its proper context. [ORG] were so outraged that they could pay and were forced like everyone else to pay their taxes, that they could contribute to the economy, that they could find a way to sustain families, and that they could find a way, as all citizens did, to support the government there, only to be told that they could not ride a bus to get to work unless they sat in the back of the bus because of the color of their skin.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH213", "word_count": 143, "labels": ["loaded_language", "appeal_to_fear"], "evidence": "immoral systemic system of law, outraged, forced like everyone else, could not ride a bus...because of the color of their skin"}
{"id": "crec_006815", "text": "[ORG], Hurricane Helene--remember them last fall--two storms, 2 weeks? It was $300 billion worth of damage--$300 billion. They are saying: Let's cut the $300 billion for clean energy programs.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgS161", "word_count": 30, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "highlighting '$300 billion worth of damage' from hurricanes followed by opposing clean energy cuts creates fear-based argument about climate/disaster consequences"}
{"id": "crec_002564", "text": "Last Congress, a fair compromise was reached between our legitimate congressional oversight responsibilities over [ORG] and the need of [ORG] to retain and maintain a pool of talented, diverse, and effective management staff and executives. This bill would help ensure that Congress has the ability to provide effective oversight of the [ORG] and its management and executives. My prime cosponsor is [PERSON] .", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH105", "word_count": 63, "labels": ["glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "fair compromise, legitimate congressional oversight responsibilities, talented, diverse, and effective management staff"}
{"id": "crec_002412", "text": "(c) Constitutional Authority.--This resolution is adopted pursuant to the power granted to [ORG] to determine the Rules of its Proceedings in article I, section 5, clause 2 of the Constitution of the United States.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgS80-5", "word_count": 37, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority"], "evidence": "Constitutional Authority citing article I, section 5, clause 2 of the Constitution of the United States"}
{"id": "crec_000986", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] and Mr. [PERSON] , [ORG]. Dear Mr. [PERSON] and Mr. [PERSON] : Thank you for stepping up to take on the challenge of saving taxpayers from Washington's out-of-control spending that put our nation $36 trillion in debt. Your mission could not be more urgent, and there's no team better suited to lead the effort.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 60, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "characterizing addressees as 'team better suited to lead' and describing spending as 'out-of-control' that 'put our nation $36 trillion in debt'"}
{"id": "crec_000301", "text": "Last year, President [PERSON] and Senate Democrats worked with the ultraconservative Republican Senator [PERSON] to arrive at a tough bipartisan border security deal, but President [PERSON] aggressively tanked the deal, openly expressing his preference for rallying against a border crisis rather than actually developing a border solution. Now, today, the Republicans are on the floor but not with their long- awaited, entirely missing policy solutions to the problems of inflation or immigration. Instead, their bill today is an empty and opportunistic measure.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH53-4", "word_count": 83, "labels": ["loaded_language", "ad_hominem", "strawman"], "evidence": "ultraconservative Republican Senator, aggressively tanked the deal, empty and opportunistic measure"}
{"id": "crec_000318", "text": "Mr. [PERSON] . Mr. [PERSON] , I yield myself such time as I may consume. I want you to listen to what my friend just said, that we shouldn't be placing illegals in detention simply for being charged with a crime; and, besides, shoplifting is no big deal anyway.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH53-4", "word_count": 47, "labels": ["strawman", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "misrepresents opponent's position by conflating detention policy with minimizing shoplifting; 'illegals' is loaded language"}
{"id": "crec_005867", "text": "It comes at a high price, as communities across this country lose jobs and live with little hope for the future. It also puts America's national security at risk. This bill before us establishes fair tax treatment for both American workers and businesses operating in Taiwan and puts Americans on equal footing with our competitors around the world.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-15", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-15-pt1-PgH160-6", "word_count": 58, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "communities lose jobs and live with little hope for the future; puts America's national security at risk"}
{"id": "crec_007896", "text": "These are family operations in many cases. They go on generation after generation. Yet, they are having that taken away--farming, ranching, timbering, mining.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH206-2", "word_count": 23, "labels": ["appeal_to_fear", "loaded_language"], "evidence": "having that taken away--farming, ranching, timbering, mining"}
{"id": "crec_000915", "text": "These provisions became law, and they strengthened our national security. We also fought to end the modern-day slavery of human trafficking, especially with my bipartisan REPORT Act and [ORG]. Both of those were signed into law last year; and standing up for women with the Speak Out Act--Senator [PERSON] and I worked diligently on that--and [ORG].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 66, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "strengthened our national security, standing up for women, fought to end modern-day slavery"}
{"id": "crec_007436", "text": "GEORGIA AND AMERICA ARE VALUED PARTNERS ([SPEAKER] Carolina asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) [SPEAKER] Carolina. Mr. [PERSON] , the nation of Georgia and America are valued partners.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgH189-6", "word_count": 53, "labels": ["flag_waving"], "evidence": "GEORGIA AND AMERICA ARE VALUED PARTNERS"}
{"id": "crec_009861", "text": "We will make his dream come true. (Applause.) National unity is now returning to America, and confidence and pride is soaring like never before.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS252-8", "word_count": 24, "labels": ["glittering_generalities", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "National unity is now returning to America, and confidence and pride is soaring like never before"}
{"id": "crec_008931", "text": "PRESIDING AT MEETINGS AND HEARINGS The Chair shall preside at all [ORG] meetings and hearings except that the [PERSON] shall designate a temporary [ORG] to act in the [ORG]'s place if the [ORG] is unable to be present at a scheduled meeting or hearing. If the [PERSON] (or a designee) is absent 10 minutes after the scheduled time set for a meeting or hearing, the [ORG] Majority Member present shall preside until the [ORG]'s arrival. If there is no Member of the Majority present, the [ORG] Member present, with the prior approval of the [ORG], may open and conduct the meeting or hearing until such time as a Member of the Majority arrives.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS218-2", "word_count": 114, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001075", "text": "What can DOGE do here? I am proud to be one of the founding members. I appreciate Senator [PERSON] 's leadership on this.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS46-3", "word_count": 22, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009814", "text": "It allows nations, like our United States, both to avoid the obstacles and to seize the opportunities God has placed before us, all while staying true to our founding principles. Today is our country's 60th inauguration ceremony. Like all the others before it, it is a celebration of our right to set our uniquely American course.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS252-8", "word_count": 56, "labels": ["flag_waving", "glittering_generalities"], "evidence": "God has placed before us, all while staying true to our founding principles; celebration of our right to set our uniquely American course"}
{"id": "crec_001499", "text": "I really do. Again, I said at the opening of my statement to the new chairman that I hope we can find areas where we can work together to help improve the quality of life for people all around the world. This bill is not going to do that.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-09", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-09-pt1-PgH67-6", "word_count": 49, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002471", "text": "153 passed the House in the 116th, 117th, and [ORG], and I urge continued support for this commonsense legislation. Mr. [PERSON] , I thank the gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. [PERSON] ) for his leadership on this important legislation, and I reserve the balance of my time. [SPEAKER].", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH101", "word_count": 46, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_002760", "text": "33: Mr. [PERSON] of Texas, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Georgia, Mr. [PERSON] , Mr. [PERSON] of Iowa, Mr. [PERSON] of South Dakota, Mr. [PERSON] , and Mr. [PERSON] . H.R. 35: Mr. [PERSON] .", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgH112-41", "word_count": 31, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_003127", "text": "The table of contents for this Act is as follows: [ORG]. 1. Table of contents.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-13", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-13-pt1-PgS92-2", "word_count": 15, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_009870", "text": "(Applause.) The inflation crisis was caused by massive overspending and escalating energy prices, and that is why, today, I will also declare a national energy emergency. We will drill, baby, drill.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-20", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgS252-8", "word_count": 31, "labels": ["loaded_language", "repetition"], "evidence": "Inflammatory phrase 'drill, baby, drill' combined with repeated emphasis on emergency declarations to create urgency and emotional resonance around energy policy"}
{"id": "crec_000247", "text": "He is most proud of bringing every soldier there home to their families. He received many honors for his service and retired in 2017. He now lives in Columbia, Missouri, with his beloved family, working full-time for the State of Missouri's [ORG], helping veterans find employment.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "house", "date": "2025-01-07", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-07-pt1-PgH52-4", "word_count": 48, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_001189", "text": "Implementation of this proposed sale will not require the assignment of any additional [ORG] or contractor representatives to Japan. There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a result of this proposed sale. Transmittal No.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-08", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-08-pt1-PgS62", "word_count": 39, "labels": ["none"], "evidence": ""}
{"id": "crec_008533", "text": "We need to open investigations into DOJ Civil Rights and [ORG], and that starts by confirming [PERSON] and [PERSON] to the posts where President [PERSON] needs them and needs them in a hurry. We need to be aggressive in these pursuits. Senate Republicans need to demonstrate courage and will and resolve like President [PERSON] showed on the campaign trail.", "source": "US Congressional Record (public domain)", "chamber": "senate", "date": "2025-01-16", "granule_id": "CREC-2025-01-16-pt1-PgS198", "word_count": 63, "labels": ["appeal_to_authority", "flag_waving"], "evidence": "President [PERSON] showed on the campaign trail; Senate Republicans need to demonstrate courage and will and resolve"}