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Statement grade
The average of Signal, Relevance, Reasoning and Clarity. Average 79 / 100
Signal
83 / 100
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Relevance
64 / 100
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Reasoning
75 / 100
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Respect
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Clarity
94 / 100
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Procedure 8% Positioning 8% Claims 45% Reasoning 19% Promise 21%
Structure · 14 steps
Claims · 7
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Mr. Chair, Procedure · 7 words I rise in opposition to H.R. 8595. Procedure Positioning · 11 words This disastrous bill doesn’t just turn America’s back on the world. Positioning Claims · 51 words It makes Americans less safe and more vulnerable to disease. An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda has taken more than 700 lives and infected more than 1,900 people.1 American citizens have already been infected, 2 and the outbreak will spread if we fail to contain it. Procedure · 2 words Republicans’ solution? Procedure Off point Claims · 19 words Ban the United States from supporting the World Health Organization, the group coordinating the response to the Ebola outbreak.3 Logical leap Positioning · 13 words The story of outbreaks fueled by Republican shortsighted cuts does not end there. Positioning Claims · 68 words Here at home, we are responding to a growing cyclospora outbreak that has sickened more than 1,600 people across more than 30 States, with thousands more cases under investigation.4 Public health officials are still working to identify the source of the outbreak.5 They are facing an uphill battle thanks to Trump and Republicans’ deep cuts to the CDC’s public health workforce and the program that monitors foodborne illness. Procedure · 6 words The cause and effect is clear. Procedure Logical leap Unearned certainty Reasoning · 16 words When Republicans slash public health funding and stop monitoring the spread of disease, Americans get sick. Off point Unearned certainty Promise · 64 words For this reason, at the appropriate time, I will offer a motion to recommit this bill back to committee.6 If the House rules permitted, I would have offered the motion with an important amendment to this bill. My amendment would strike provisions that prohibit U.S. participation in international public health efforts through the World Health Organization and the pandemic prevention, preparedness, 7 and response accord. Reasoning · 42 words Disease prevention and surveillance at home and abroad protect American families. Infectious diseases do not stop at borders. We are safest when we work with partners around the world to detect outbreaks early, share information, and respond before disease reaches our borders. Mr. Chair, Procedure · 10 words I include in the Record the text of my amendment. Procedure
At a glance
Lost points for Off point ×7 Procedure ×5 Positioning ×2 Logical leap ×2 Unearned certainty ×2
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What the tags mean →
Signal · 83
7 of 18 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 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 → “8595.” 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 disastrous bill doesn’t just turn America’s back on the world.” 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 → “Republicans’ solution?” 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 → “The story of outbreaks fueled by Republican shortsighted cuts does not end there.” 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 → “The cause and effect is clear.” 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 include in the Record the text of my amendment.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Relevance · 64
7 of 18 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 → “Republicans’ solution?” A partisan rhetorical jab at Republicans rather than a point 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 → “The story of outbreaks fueled by Republican shortsighted cuts does not end there.” Partisan framing blaming ‘Republican shortsighted cuts’ rather than addressing 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 → “Here at home, we are responding to a growing cyclospora outbreak that has sickened more than 1,600 people across more than 30 States, with thousands more cases under investigation.” A domestic cyclospora outbreak statistic unrelated to the appropriations 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 → “Public health officials are still working to identify the source of the outbreak.” Details of a domestic foodborne illness investigation not connected 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 facing an uphill battle thanks to Trump and Republicans’ deep cuts to the CDC’s public health workforce and the program that monitors foodborne illness.” Blames cuts to the CDC, a point about past budgets rather than this 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 → “The cause and effect is clear.” A rhetorical assertion advancing a political argument rather than addressing 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 → “When Republicans slash public health funding and stop monitoring the spread of disease, Americans get sick.” A partisan claim about Republicans and public health funding, not about the bill’s contents.
Reasoning · 75
2 of 18 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.
Logical leap A conclusion that does not follow from the reasons given for it. What the tags mean → “Ban the United States from supporting the World Health Organization, the group coordinating the response to the Ebola outbreak.” An ongoing Ebola outbreak is treated as proof that the bill’s WHO prohibition will cause Americans to be less safe.
Logical leap A conclusion that does not follow from the reasons given for it. What the tags mean → “The cause and effect is clear.” The cause is asserted as clear even though c13 says officials have not yet identified the outbreak’s source.
Conclusions found · 4
Conclusion “It makes Americans less safe and more vulnerable to disease.”
Because “An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda has taken more than 700 lives and infected more than 1,900 people.”
“American citizens have already been infected,”
“Ban the United States from supporting the World Health Organization, the group coordinating the response to the Ebola outbreak.”
Reason flawed An ongoing Ebola outbreak is treated as proof that the bill’s WHO prohibition will cause Americans to be less safe.
Conclusion “When Republicans slash public health funding and stop monitoring the spread of disease, Americans get sick.”
Because “They are facing an uphill battle thanks to Trump and Republicans’ deep cuts to the CDC’s public health workforce and the program that monitors foodborne illness.”
Conclusion “For this reason, at the appropriate time, I will offer a motion to recommit this bill back to committee.”
Because “Ban the United States from supporting the World Health Organization, the group coordinating the response to the Ebola outbreak.”
“When Republicans slash public health funding and stop monitoring the spread of disease, Americans get sick.”
Conclusion “Disease prevention and surveillance at home and abroad protect American families.”
Because “Infectious diseases do not stop at borders.”
“We are safest when we work with partners around the world to detect outbreaks early, share information,”
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 · 94
2 of 18 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 cause and effect is clear” Asserts certainty in place of citing evidence for the causal claim.
Unearned certainty Something stated as certain with nothing to back it. What the tags mean → “Americans get sick” States a blanket causal formula linking funding cuts to illness without a source.
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 “An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda has taken more than 700 lives and infected more than 1,900 people” An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda has killed more than 700 people and infected more than 1,900 people. search 2 “American citizens have already been infected” American citizens have been infected in the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. search 3 “Ban the United States from supporting the World Health Organization” H.R. 8595 contains a provision banning the United States from supporting the World Health Organization. search 4 “a growing cyclospora outbreak that has sickened more than 1,600 people across more than 30 States” A cyclospora outbreak in the United States has sickened more than 1,600 people across more than 30 states. search 5 “Public health officials are still working to identify the source of the outbreak” Public health officials had not yet identified the source of the cyclospora outbreak as of July 2026. search 6 “I will offer a motion to recommit this bill back to committee” Gabe Amo said he would offer a motion to recommit H.R. 8595 to committee. search 7 “My amendment would strike provisions that prohibit U.S. participation in international public health efforts through the World Health Organization” Gabe Amo’s amendment to H.R. 8595 would strike provisions prohibiting U.S. participation in public health efforts through the World Health Organization. search
