Procedure 6% Claims 38% Positioning 48% Reasoning 8%
Structure · 19 steps
Claims · 5
This view breaks the statement into its steps and names what each one does.
Mr. Chairman, Procedure · 9 words I yield myself such time as I may consume. Procedure Mr. Speaker, Procedure · 22 words I go back to a comment I made earlier in my opening about the timing of this bill and the effective date. Procedure Claims · 68 words Ninety days from now is October 20, 2 weeks before election day.1 There will be millions of ballots, mail-in ballots, absentee ballots. Several years ago, this Congress passed the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act.2 For uniformed and overseas persons who are eligible to vote, UOCAVA ballots will already be en route to voters. Voters will have already cast ballots, perhaps in the millions, by that time. Positioning · 65 words How are election administrators across the United States supposed to comply with this new Federal law dropped right in the middle of the final weeks of the 2026 midterm elections? It is effectively election malpractice. It is creating discord. It will create countless questions. I don’t know who is going to pay for the retraining. I don’t even know how one would do the retraining. Positioning Claims · 36 words Election workers are going to be stuck, as I envision it, with envelopes which will need to have not only photocopies--by the way, I don’t know where any of this information gets stored after the fact. Positioning · 62 words Is it going to be in a vault somewhere? Is a voter’s driver’s license or proper ID going to be kept somewhere? By the way, how will they make sure that when someone, as they will no doubt do, puts their ID in their ballot, eliminating any chance that they have secrecy of their ballot--who is managing that? The local election administrators? Positioning Claims · 118 words They are going to train all their workers within 2 weeks of election day on a brand-new system that has never been done anywhere in this country. I went through this in the Rules Committee. Most of the IDs in most of our States, even the most conservative States in America, have broader ID requirements than this. Student IDs are not allowed.3 Most States allow it.4 All kinds of IDs that people have, they won’t be able to use them anymore. Texas won’t be in compliance. Florida won’t be in compliance. The Governor of Ohio just vetoed a bill like this, 5 which effectively criticized the intent of the bill and said it wouldn’t do anything for voter security. Positioning · 26 words How does this all happen? The purpose of the change is to throw election administration into disarray. Unearned certainty I don’t know how we can see it otherwise. Positioning Unearned certainty Reasoning · 50 words At the very least, if you were thinking about this, you would make it effective next year or the year after to give local administrators time to prepare and probably give them some resources so they could do all manner of things necessary to comply with admittedly a bad law. Positioning · 104 words But at least it would be something you could say with a straight face was serious or an attempt to be serious. This isn’t serious. This is creating discord. It is reckless. It is irresponsible and ultimately will, once again, put the question in front of American voters of: Are they really sure they should have confidence in our system? I think it is clear some people want Americans to doubt our system, Unearned certainty which, by the way, they should have confidence in. These election administrators, Democrats and Republicans, at the local level care deeply about their work. They see this as a sacred trust. Positioning Claims · 6 words People are getting in and voting, Positioning · 20 words and there is no design to have all manner of things that they suggest happen. It is simply not true. Positioning Unearned certainty Claims · 15 words That is why people will look at this and will look at January 6, 2021, Positioning · 25 words and will look at all these things and conclude rightly that all we want to do is create discord and subversion of this democratic system. Positioning Off point Unearned certainty Mr. Speaker, Procedure · 10 words I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from California (Mrs. Procedure Positioning · 12 words Torres), my colleague, friend, and partner on the Committee on House Administration. Positioning
At a glance
Lost points for Off point ×49 Positioning ×29 Unearned certainty ×5 Procedure ×3 Off topic Only 2% of this speech directly addressed the bill under debate. Little substance Much of this statement went to praise, blame, greetings, routine procedure or general stories rather than reasons, requests or specific points.
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Signal · 43
32 of 86 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 → “I go back to a comment I made earlier in my opening about the timing of this bill and the effective date.” 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 → “How are election administrators across the United States supposed to comply with this new Federal law dropped right in the middle of the final weeks of the 2026 midterm elections?” 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 → “It is effectively election malpractice.” 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 → “It is creating discord.” 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 → “It will create countless questions.” 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 → “I don’t know who is going to pay for the retraining.” 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 → “I don’t even know how one would do the retraining.” 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 → “Is it going to be in a vault somewhere?” 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 → “Is a voter’s driver’s license or proper ID going to be kept somewhere?” 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 → “By the way, how will they make sure that when someone,” 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 → “as they will no doubt do, puts their ID in their ballot, eliminating any chance that they have secrecy of their ballot--who is managing that?” 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 → “The local election administrators?” 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 → “How does this all happen?” 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 → “The purpose of the change is to throw election administration into disarray.” 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 → “I don’t know how we can see it otherwise.” 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 → “But at least it would be something you could say with a straight face was serious or an attempt to be serious.” 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 → “This isn’t serious.” 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 → “This is creating discord.” 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 → “It is reckless.” 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 → “It is irresponsible and ultimately will, once again, put the question in front of American voters of:” 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 → “Are they really sure they should have confidence in our system?” 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 → “I think it is clear some people want Americans to doubt our system,” 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 → “which, by the way, they should have confidence in.” 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 → “These election administrators, Democrats and Republicans, at the local level care deeply about their work.” 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 see this as a sacred trust.” 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 → “and there is no design to have all manner of things that they suggest happen.” 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 → “It is simply not true.” 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 → “and will look at all these things and conclude rightly that all we want to do is create discord and subversion of this democratic system.” 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 → “I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from California (Mrs.” 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 → “Torres), my colleague, friend,” 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 → “and partner on the Committee on House Administration.” Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Relevance · 2
49 of 86 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 → “I go back to a comment I made earlier in my opening about the timing of this bill and the effective date.” Opens a discussion of a bill’s effective date for election administration, not insider trading restrictions.
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 → “Ninety days from now is October 20, 2 weeks before election day.” Discusses a date near election day, unrelated to stock trading by Members.
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 → “There will be millions of ballots, mail-in ballots, absentee ballots.” Talks about mail-in and absentee ballots, not 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 → “Several years ago, this Congress passed the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act.” Cites the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, a different subject from the bill.
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 → “For uniformed and overseas persons who are eligible to vote, UOCAVA ballots will already be en route to voters.” Discusses UOCAVA ballots in transit, not covered investments or stock sales.
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 → “Voters will have already cast ballots, perhaps in the millions, by that time.” About voters casting ballots before a date, not insider trading.
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 → “How are election administrators across the United States supposed to comply with this new Federal law dropped right in the middle of the final weeks of the 2026 midterm elections?” Asks how election administrators will comply with an election law, not anything in the bill.
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 effectively election malpractice.” Calls the timing election malpractice, a point about election law rather than the bill.
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 creating discord.” Claims it is creating discord, about election administration, not stock trading.
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 will create countless questions.” Predicts questions about elections, not about the bill’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 → “I don’t know who is going to pay for the retraining.” Raises who pays for retraining election workers, unrelated to the bill.
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 → “I don’t even know how one would do the retraining.” Questions how election worker retraining would occur, not the bill’s terms.
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 → “Election workers are going to be stuck,” About election workers handling envelopes, unrelated to insider trading.
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 → “as I envision it, with envelopes which will need to have not only photocopies--by the way, I don’t know where any of this information gets stored after the fact.” Discusses storage of voter information, not 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 → “Is it going to be in a vault somewhere?” Asks whether information will be stored in a vault, unrelated to the bill.
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 → “Is a voter’s driver’s license or proper ID going to be kept somewhere?” Asks whether voter IDs will be kept somewhere, not a question about the bill.
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 → “By the way, how will they make sure that when someone,” Raises voters putting IDs in ballots, unrelated to stock trading.
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 → “as they will no doubt do, puts their ID in their ballot, eliminating any chance that they have secrecy of their ballot--who is managing that?” About ballot secrecy management, not 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 → “The local election administrators?” Asks whether local administrators manage this, unrelated to the bill.
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 are going to train all their workers within 2 weeks of election day on a brand-new system that has never been done anywhere in this country.” Discusses training election workers on a new system, not insider trading rules.
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 → “I went through this in the Rules Committee.” Recalls the Rules Committee proceedings, procedural aside not about the bill’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 → “Most of the IDs in most of our States, even the most conservative States in America, have broader ID requirements than this.” Compares State ID requirements to the bill’s, about voter ID rather than stock trading.
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 → “Student IDs are not allowed.” Says student IDs are not allowed, a voter ID point unrelated to the bill.
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 → “Most States allow it.” Says most States allow student IDs, again about voter ID.
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 → “All kinds of IDs that people have, they won’t be able to use them anymore.” Claims people could not use various IDs, unrelated to 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 → “Texas won’t be in compliance.” Says Texas will not be in compliance, a voter ID claim not about the bill.
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 → “Florida won’t be in compliance.” Says Florida will not be in compliance, again about voter ID rules.
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 Governor of Ohio just vetoed a bill like this,” Cites Ohio’s Governor vetoing a similar bill, about voter ID not insider trading.
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 effectively criticized the intent of the bill and said it wouldn’t do anything for voter security.” Discusses the veto’s criticism of a voter security bill, unrelated to the bill.
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 → “How does this all happen?” Asks how this election scheme happens, not about 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 → “The purpose of the change is to throw election administration into disarray.” Alleges the purpose is to throw election administration into disarray, not about stock trading.
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 → “I don’t know how we can see it otherwise.” Says there is no other way to see it, continuing the election point.
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 → “At the very least,” Offers an alternative effective date for an election law, not the bill.
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 → “if you were thinking about this, you would make it effective next year or the year after to give local administrators time to prepare and probably give them some resources so they could do all manner of things necessary to comply with admittedly a bad law.” Suggests delaying and resourcing an election law, unrelated to insider trading.
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 → “But at least it would be something you could say with a straight face was serious or an attempt to be serious.” Comments on seriousness of the election law, not 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 → “This isn’t serious.” Says this is not serious, about the election measure not the bill.
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 creating discord.” Repeats that it is creating discord, on the election topic.
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 reckless.” Calls it reckless, again about the election measure.
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 irresponsible and ultimately will, once again, put the question in front of American voters of:” Says it will raise voter confidence questions, unrelated to the bill.
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 → “Are they really sure they should have confidence in our system?” Quotes the question of confidence in the election system, not the bill.
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 → “I think it is clear some people want Americans to doubt our system,” Alleges some want Americans to doubt the system, an election point not about the bill.
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, by the way, they should have confidence in.” Says Americans should have confidence in the system, unrelated to stock trading.
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 → “These election administrators, Democrats and Republicans, at the local level care deeply about their work.” Praises local election administrators, unrelated to 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 see this as a sacred trust.” Says administrators see the work as a sacred trust, not about the bill.
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 → “People are getting in and voting,” Says people are voting, unrelated to insider trading.
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 → “and there is no design to have all manner of things that they suggest happen.” Denies a design behind the alleged problems, continuing the election topic.
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 simply not true.” Says it is not true, about the election claims not the bill.
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 why people will look at this and will look at January 6, 2021,” Links the bill’s subject to January 6 in an election discussion, not the insider trading bill.
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 → “and will look at all these things and conclude rightly that all we want to do is create discord and subversion of this democratic system.” Concludes the aim is discord and subversion, an election point not about the bill.
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 · 88
5 of 86 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.
Unearned certainty Something stated as certain with nothing to back it. What the tags mean → “The purpose of the change is to throw election administration into disarray” Asserts the purpose of others’ action with no evidence offered, presented as fact.
Unearned certainty Something stated as certain with nothing to back it. What the tags mean → “I don’t know how we can see it otherwise” Dismisses all alternative readings as impossible without giving any source.
Unearned certainty Something stated as certain with nothing to back it. What the tags mean → “it is clear some people want Americans to doubt our system” Certainty formula (‘it is clear’) substituting for any named actor or evidence.
Unearned certainty Something stated as certain with nothing to back it. What the tags mean → “It is simply not true” Flatly rejects a claim without identifying it or offering a source.
Unearned certainty Something stated as certain with nothing to back it. What the tags mean → “conclude rightly” Declares the speaker’s conclusion correct as if self-evident, with no source.
Claims · 5
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 “Ninety days from now is October 20, 2 weeks before election day.” Ninety days after the July 22, 2026 debate date is October 20, 2026, which falls two weeks before the 2026 election day. search 2 “this Congress passed the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act” Congress passed the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act. search 3 “Student IDs are not allowed.” Under the bill under debate, student IDs are not acceptable as identification. search 4 “Most States allow it.” Most U.S. states allow student IDs as acceptable identification for voting. search 5 “The Governor of Ohio just vetoed a bill like this” The Governor of Ohio recently vetoed a bill similar to the one under debate. search
