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Statement grade
The average of Signal, Relevance and Clarity is 59. The grade is held to 37, 30 above Relevance. 37 / 100, held down by Relevance
Signal
71 / 100
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Relevance
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Respect
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Clarity
100 / 100
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Procedure 17% Positioning 7% Claims 55% Reasoning 17% Thanks 3%
Structure · 12 steps
Claims · 2
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Mr. Chair, Procedure · 15 words I yield myself such time as I may consume. This has been a remarkable debate. Procedure Positioning · 22 words It seems the other side wants to talk about pretty much any other issue than affordability. They want to talk about Ukraine, Positioning Off point Procedure · 16 words which I heard cited. Let me just correct what the chair said a few minutes ago. Procedure Claims · 27 words This is not the Democrats’ war in Ukraine. It is Mr. Putin’s war in Ukraine because he launched a brutal, unprovoked invasion on the people of Ukraine.1 Reasoning · 51 words The reason why the United States and our NATO allies have stood together in financially supporting freedom in Ukraine is because it is not just about Ukraine. It is about whether we will have peace in Europe or whether we will repeat the mistakes that got us into World War II. Claims · 95 words That used to be a bipartisan consensus, by the way, in this country for the last 80 years until this recent President. We also then heard an absurd charge that somehow the folks on the other side have brought down the deficit and debt. They even cited the CBO. That is funny because they have tended to ignore the bipartisan Congressional Budget Office when the CBO pointed out their bill last year, their big reconciliation 1.0, according to the CBO, added $4.7 trillion to our national debt, the biggest debt buster bill in American history.2 Procedure · 9 words We can talk about all of these ancillary issues, Procedure Claims · 40 words or we can talk about what is the number one issue on people’s minds, which is that things are too damn expensive. They want costs to come down. Instead, under this Republican Congress, costs are only going through the roof. Off point Mr. Chair, Procedure · 10 words I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from Minnesota (Ms. Procedure Thanks · 9 words Omar), a very distinguished member of the Budget Committee. Thanks
At a glance
Lost points for Off point ×14 Procedure ×6 Positioning ×2 Thanks Off topic Only 7% of this speech directly addressed the bill under debate.
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Signal · 71
9 of 23 deductions are Signal
Signal checks whether every part makes a point, gives a reason, or asks for action. A low score means the speaker filled time with fluff, pleasantries, or attacks.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “I yield myself such time as I may consume.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “This has been a remarkable debate.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Positioning Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it. What the tags mean → “It seems the other side wants to talk about pretty much any other issue than affordability.” Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Positioning Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it. What the tags mean → “They want to talk about Ukraine,” Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “which I heard cited.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “Let me just correct what the chair said a few minutes ago.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “We can talk about all of these ancillary issues,” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from Minnesota (Ms.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Thanks Thanks and tributes. What the tags mean → “Omar), a very distinguished member of the Budget Committee.” Thanks: no claim, reason or ask.
Relevance · 7
14 of 23 deductions are Relevance
Relevance checks whether the speaker stays on topic and answers the question asked. A low score means the speaker dodged the issue. Measured against the bill under debate.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “They want to talk about Ukraine,” Complains the other side wants to discuss Ukraine rather than anything in the budget resolution.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “This is not the Democrats’ war in Ukraine.” Disputes responsibility for the Ukraine war, a subject outside the budget resolution.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “It is Mr. Putin’s war in Ukraine because he launched a brutal, unprovoked invasion on the people of Ukraine.” Argues about the origins of the Ukraine invasion, not the resolution’s budget levels or instructions.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “The reason why the United States and our NATO allies have stood together in financially supporting freedom in Ukraine is because it is not just about Ukraine.” Debates the rationale for supporting Ukraine rather than the bill under debate.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “It is about whether we will have peace in Europe or whether we will repeat the mistakes that got us into World War II.” Discusses European peace and World War II, not the resolution.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “That used to be a bipartisan consensus, by the way, in this country for the last 80 years until this recent President.” Criticizes the President’s departure from a bipartisan consensus on Ukraine, off the resolution.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “We also then heard an absurd charge that somehow the folks on the other side have brought down the deficit and debt.” Echoes the deficit dispute but frames it as a charge against the other side rather than the resolution’s content.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “They even cited the CBO.” Comment on the other side citing the CBO, not on the resolution’s budgetary levels.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “That is funny because they have tended to ignore the bipartisan Congressional Budget Office when the CBO pointed out their bill last year, their big reconciliation 1.0, according to the CBO, added $4.7 trillion to our national debt, the biggest debt buster bill in American history.” Attacks last year’s reconciliation bill as a debt buster, the other side’s record in place of the resolution under debate.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “We can talk about all of these ancillary issues,” Characterizes the preceding topics as ancillary without addressing the resolution.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “or we can talk about what is the number one issue on people’s minds,” Pivots to affordability, a subject outside the resolution’s budget levels.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “which is that things are too damn expensive.” Asserts prices are the top public concern, not a matter the resolution addresses.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “They want costs to come down.” States the public wants costs down, a general claim unrelated to the resolution’s provisions.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “Instead, under this Republican Congress, costs are only going through the roof.” Blames the Republican Congress for rising costs, a political point in place of addressing the resolution.
Respect · no score
Not checked: graded before this measurement existed. Excluded from the average.
Respect checks whether the speaker argued with people’s positions and records rather than attacking the people: insults, mockery, or bad motives assigned to them. Criticism of what someone did, however strong, is not marked.
Clarity · 100
0 of 23 deductions are Clarity
Clarity checks for plain speaking, clear ownership of actions, and honest limits on certainty. A low score means vague promises or evasive language.
Nothing lost points.
Claims · 2
This list shows the factual statements you can check for yourself: the words as said, and the claim restated to stand on its own.
1 “he launched a brutal, unprovoked invasion on the people of Ukraine” Vladimir Putin launched an invasion of Ukraine. search 2 “added $4.7 trillion to our national debt” The Congressional Budget Office estimated that the Republicans’ 2025 reconciliation bill would add $4.7 trillion to the national debt. search
