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Statement grade
The average of Signal, Relevance and Clarity. Average 82 / 100
Signal
62 / 100
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Relevance
100 / 100
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Respect
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Clarity
85 / 100
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Procedure 37% Claims 60% The ask 4%
Structure · 6 steps
Claims · 7
This view breaks the statement into its steps and names what each one does.
Mr. Speaker, Procedure · 8 words I yield myself the balance of my time. Procedure Claims · 133 words As you heard from my colleague from Colorado, $4.5 billion was brought in last year under the 9/11 Passenger Security Fee.1 What passengers don’t know is that the first $1.6 billion last year was diverted to something else other than passenger security.2 Hidden agency This bill would say the first $750 million of that passenger security fee would go directly to equipment, 3 and then the balance of that money would go to the TSA discretionary fund, 4 which actually would allow the TSA to get access to this money. Last year, the TSA discretionary fund didn’t have access to this money until the first $1.85 billion was spent.5 Now, they are going to get access, if this bill becomes law, after the first $750 million is spent on security equipment to make our traveling public safe. Mr. Speaker, The ask · 8 words I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 8770, 6 Procedure · 74 words and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Babin). The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from New York (Mr. Garbarino) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 8770, as amended. The question was taken; and (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the rules were suspended and the bill, 7 as amended, was passed. A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. Procedure
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Lost points for Procedure ×12 Hidden agency
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Signal · 62
12 of 13 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 the balance of my time.” 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 → “and I yield back the balance of my time.” 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 → “The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr.” 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 → “Babin).” 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 → “The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from New York (Mr.” 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 → “Garbarino) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R.” 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 → “8770,” 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 → “as amended.” 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 → “The question was taken;” 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 → “and (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the rules were suspended and the bill,” 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 → “as amended, was passed.” 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 → “A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Relevance · 100
0 of 13 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.
Nothing lost points.
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 · 85
1 of 13 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.
Hidden agency Wording that hides who did something, or who will. What the tags mean → “was diverted” The passive names no one responsible for redirecting the fee money away from passenger security.
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 “$4.5 billion was brought in last year under the 9/11 Passenger Security Fee” The 9/11 Passenger Security Fee collected $4.5 billion in fiscal year 2025. search 2 “the first $1.6 billion last year was diverted to something else other than passenger security” The first $1.6 billion of passenger security fee revenue in fiscal year 2025 was diverted to purposes other than passenger security. search 3 “the first $750 million of that passenger security fee would go directly to equipment” The SAFEGUARDS Act of 2026 would direct the first $750 million of passenger security fee revenue each fiscal year to aviation security equipment. search 4 “the balance of that money would go to the TSA discretionary fund” The SAFEGUARDS Act of 2026 would direct remaining passenger security fee revenue after the first $750 million to the TSA discretionary fund. search 5 “the TSA discretionary fund didn’t have access to this money until the first $1.85 billion was spent” In fiscal year 2025, TSA could not access passenger security fee revenue until $1.85 billion had been collected. search 6 “8770” The SAFEGUARDS Act of 2026 is H.R. 8770. search 7 “and (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the rules were suspended and the bill, ” The House passed H.R. 8770 as amended by a two-thirds vote under suspension of the rules on July 13, 2026. search
