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Marcy Kaptur

Democrat on Honoring Cassy Dornbusch on Her Retirement 2026-07-22

212 words · 12 sentences · 16 clauses

Statement grade

Average 76 / 100

A score under 50 is red. Choose a measurement to see where it lost points and why; choose it again to clear.

Claims 44%Procedure 5%Reasoning 33%Positioning 17%

This view breaks the statement into its steps and names what each one does.

Mr. Speaker, Claims · 44 wordsa serious issue is facing our continent. Right now, wildfires are ravaging our neighbors in the Canadian Province of Ontario which Ohio adjoins through Lake Erie.¹ Many First Nation communities have been forced to evacuate.² Hundreds of thousands of hectares of forests have burned.³ Procedure · 11 wordsHowever, our northern neighbors were not the only ones who suffered.Procedure Claims · 50 wordsJust last week, in my hometown of Toledo, Ohio, hazardous air quality ranked among the highest levels in our Nation.⁴ As winds blew the smoke into northwestern Ohio, our community was at risk for the grave health concerns that accompany wildfire smoke: ⁵asthma attacks, heart attacks, ⁶and weakened immune systems.⁷ Reasoning · 71 wordsBurning forests remind us that environmental challenges like air pollution and wildfires, which will continue to be exacerbated by climate change, do not stop at national borders. We in the Great Lakes nation must continue to work with our continental neighbor and strongest trading partner to share expertise on forest management and wildfire response.Vague promise Joint efforts and collaboration are necessary to make both of our countries safer, healthier and more resilient.Vague promise Positioning · 36 wordsAmerica belongs to all of us, no matter what side of the border one lives on. As allies working together, we can heal our freshwater and forest systems in our precious, bountiful, and life-sustaining freshwater region.Positioning

At a glance

Lost points for

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What the tags mean

Signal · 75

4 of 6 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.

Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “However, our northern neighbors were not the only ones who suffered.”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “America belongs to all of us, no matter what side of the border one lives on.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “As allies working together, we can heal our freshwater and forest systems in our precious, bountiful,”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “and life-sustaining freshwater region.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.

Relevance · no score

Not applicable: nothing to answer. Excluded from the average.

Relevance checks whether the speaker stays on topic and answers the question asked. A low score means the speaker dodged the issue.

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 · 76

2 of 6 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.

A promise with no date, no measure and no one responsible.What the tags mean “must continue to work with our continental neighbor”A commitment with no actor, date, measure or success condition.
A promise with no date, no measure and no one responsible.What the tags mean “Joint efforts and collaboration are necessary”States a need for collaboration without naming an actor, step or measure.

Claims · 7

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“wildfires are ravaging our neighbors in the Canadian Province of Ontario”Wildfires are currently burning in the Canadian province of Ontario.search
2“Many First Nation communities have been forced to evacuate”Many First Nation communities in Ontario have been forced to evacuate because of the wildfires.search
3“Hundreds of thousands of hectares of forests have burned”Hundreds of thousands of hectares of forest have burned in the Canadian wildfires.search
4“Just last week, in my hometown of Toledo, Ohio, hazardous air quality ranked among the highest levels in our Nation”In the week before July 22, 2026, Toledo, Ohio’s hazardous air quality ranked among the highest levels in the United States.search
5“winds blew the smoke into northwestern Ohio”Winds blew wildfire smoke from Canada into northwestern Ohio.search
6“asthma attacks”Wildfire smoke exposure can cause asthma attacks.search
7“weakened immune systems”Wildfire smoke exposure can weaken immune systems.search

Analyzed on 2026-09-15