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Statement grade
The average of Signal, Relevance, Reasoning and Clarity. Average 78 / 100
Signal
76 / 100
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Relevance
78 / 100
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Reasoning
62 / 100
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Respect
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Clarity
95 / 100
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A score under 50 is red. Choose a measurement to see where it lost points and why; choose it again to clear.
Procedure 2% Positioning 20% Claims 49% Reasoning 21% The ask 8%
Structure · 12 steps
Claims · 5
This view breaks the statement into its steps and names what each one does.
Mr. Speaker, Procedure · 7 words I rise in opposition to this bill. Procedure Positioning · 28 words This administration’s corruption playbook is impacting industries across the board and raising costs for working families like the ones I represent. Their next target is the mining industry. Positioning Off point Claims · 52 words Representative Grijalva offered an amendment that would require the Secretary to ensure there is meaningful and robust Tribal consultation for any mining project to be eligible to be covered under FAST-41.1 This amendment was not accepted.2 I represent four of Oregon’s nine Tribal nations and one-third of the members of two others.3 Reasoning · 11 words Tribal consultation is critical to my district and to our State. Claims · 30 words We tried to make this bill better and protect Tribal consultation, but Republicans voted against it.4 Too often, essential Tribal consultation and community engagement are treated as a box-checking exercise. Unearned certainty Reasoning · 39 words Consultation is a process, not an event, and it is our trust responsibility to ensure this happens. Tribes deserve a real say in mining projects that could forever alter and destroy the lands they have stewarded since time immemorial. Claims · 65 words This legislation does not make our supply chains more secure or even ensure that more of the domestic critical minerals that we need will get mined for American workers. No reason given This issue affects mine and Representative Huffman’s district in that there is a foreign company that is looking to mine low-value minerals that will destroy drinking water, fish habitat, 5 and recreational opportunities on the Smith River. Positioning · 33 words We do not need to be a cheap date for foreign entities so the President and his family and his donors can get rich off the companies that they are personally invested in. Positioning Off point Logical leap Reasoning · 12 words That is not in the best interests of Americans or American workers. Mr. Speaker, The ask · 24 words I urge my colleagues to oppose this bill and work on something better for the American people and the resources that we depend on.
At a glance
Lost points for Positioning ×3 Off point ×3 Procedure Unearned certainty No reason given Logical leap
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What the tags mean →
Signal · 76
4 of 10 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 rise in opposition to this bill.” 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 → “This administration’s corruption playbook is impacting industries across the board and raising costs for working families like the ones I represent.” 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 → “Their next target is the mining industry.” 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 → “We do not need to be a cheap date for foreign entities so the President and his family and his donors can get rich off the companies that they are personally invested in.” Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Relevance · 78
3 of 10 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 → “This administration’s corruption playbook is impacting industries across the board and raising costs for working families like the ones I represent.” Broad corruption accusation against the administration, not an argument about the bill’s permitting 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 → “Their next target is the mining industry.” Assertion about the administration’s targets rather than the bill before the House.
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 do not need to be a cheap date for foreign entities so the President and his family and his donors can get rich off the companies that they are personally invested in.” Claim that the President and his family will get rich, a political point unrelated to the bill’s terms.
Reasoning · 62
2 of 10 deductions are Reasoning
Reasoning checks for sound logic and solid support for any conclusion. A low score means the speaker made unsupported leaps or used weak arguments.
No reason given A conclusion stated with no reason given for it. What the tags mean → “This legislation does not make our supply chains more secure or even ensure that more of the domestic critical minerals that we need will get mined for American workers.” The claim is asserted without any supporting evidence or reasoning elsewhere in the statement.
Logical leap A conclusion that does not follow from the reasons given for it. What the tags mean → “We do not need to be a cheap date for foreign entities so the President and his family and his donors can get rich off the companies that they are personally invested in.” One foreign mining project in one district is made to carry a general claim about foreign and personal interests harming Americans.
Conclusions found · 4
Conclusion “I rise in opposition to this bill.”
Because “I urge my colleagues to oppose this bill and work on something better for the American people and the resources that we depend on.”
Conclusion “This legislation does not make our supply chains more secure or even ensure that more of the domestic critical minerals that we need will get mined for American workers.”
Because No reason given
No reason given The claim is asserted without any supporting evidence or reasoning elsewhere in the statement.
Conclusion “That is not in the best interests of Americans or American workers.”
Because “This issue affects mine and Representative Huffman’s district in that there is a foreign company that is looking to mine low-value minerals that will destroy drinking water, fish habitat,”
“and recreational opportunities on the Smith River.”
“We do not need to be a cheap date for foreign entities so the President and his family and his donors can get rich off the companies that they are personally invested in.”
Reason flawed One foreign mining project in one district is made to carry a general claim about foreign and personal interests harming Americans.
Conclusion “I urge my colleagues to oppose this bill and work on something better for the American people and the resources that we depend on.”
Because Given in the same sentence
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 · 95
1 of 10 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 → “Too often” Asserts a recurring pattern without any source or measure.
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 “Representative Grijalva offered an amendment that would require the Secretary to ensure there is meaningful and robust Tribal consultation” search 2 “This amendment was not accepted.” search 3 “I represent four of Oregon’s nine Tribal nations and one-third of the members of two others.” search 4 “Republicans voted against it.” search 5 “there is a foreign company that is looking to mine low-value minerals” search
