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Statement grade
The average of Signal, Relevance, Reasoning and Clarity. Average 70 / 100
Signal
69 / 100
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Relevance
73 / 100
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Reasoning
50 / 100
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Respect
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Clarity
88 / 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 15% Claims 28% Positioning 15% Reasoning 38% The ask 3%
Structure · 14 steps
Claims · 0
This view breaks the statement into its steps and names what each one does.
Mr. Chairman, Procedure · 10 words I yield myself the balance of my time to close. Procedure Claims · 35 words Sadly, this bill arrives at a time when the Trump administration has chosen to put us into a war that is costing our country billions of dollars and countless lives, with no end in sight. Procedure · 12 words I hope I am wrong, but that is what it looks like. Procedure Off point Positioning · 24 words This bill should be a moment to strengthen America and show the world that American leadership is more than bombs, bullying, and illegal tariffs. Positioning Off point Reasoning · 13 words Done right, it could make our Nation more secure, at home and abroad. Positioning · 6 words Instead, it is falling painfully short. Positioning No reason given Claims · 10 words A strong America requires both hard power and soft power, Reasoning · 44 words because military strength alone cannot prevent every conflict, stop every pandemic, build every alliance, or open every new market for American workers. When America leads with diplomacy, development, and humanitarian leadership, we make our Nation stronger and safer. When America retreats, our adversaries advance. Off point Logical leap Claims · 12 words This bill retreats from American leadership, and it makes America less secure. Mr. Chairman, Reasoning · 19 words I hope and I expect that we can still improve this legislation as it moves through the legislative process. Vague promise The ask · 7 words Until then, I urge a ``no’’ vote, Procedure · 9 words and I yield back the balance of my time. Procedure
At a glance
Lost points for Off point ×5 Procedure ×4 Positioning ×3 No reason given Logical leap Vague promise
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What the tags mean →
Signal · 69
7 of 15 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 to close.” 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 hope I am wrong,” 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 → “but that is what it looks like.” 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 bill should be a moment to strengthen America and show the world that American leadership is more than bombs, bullying,” 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 illegal tariffs.” 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 → “Instead, it is falling painfully short.” 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 → “and I yield back the balance of my time.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Relevance · 73
5 of 15 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 → “Sadly, this bill arrives at a time when the Trump administration has chosen to put us into a war that is costing our country billions of dollars and countless lives, with no end in sight.” Attack on the administration’s war conduct rather than the bill’s appropriations.
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 hope I am wrong,” Aside about the war, 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 → “but that is what it looks like.” Aside about the war, 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 → “and illegal tariffs.” Attack on administration tariff policy unrelated to the bill’s contents.
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 America retreats, our adversaries advance.” General political claim about retreat and adversaries, not about the bill.
Reasoning · 50
2 of 15 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 → “Instead, it is falling painfully short.” The clauses on what the bill could do (c6-c8) are aspirational, and ‘falling painfully short’ is a characterisation, so no content-based reason remains.
Logical leap A conclusion that does not follow from the reasons given for it. What the tags mean → “When America retreats, our adversaries advance.” The support rests on the unsupported generalisation that ‘When America retreats, our adversaries advance’, with no evidence that either step applies to this bill.
Conclusions found · 3
Conclusion “Instead, it is falling painfully short.”
Because No reason given
Conclusion “and it makes America less secure.”
Because “When America retreats, our adversaries advance.”
Reason flawed The support rests on the unsupported generalisation that ‘When America retreats, our adversaries advance’, with no evidence that either step applies to this bill.
Conclusion “Until then, I urge a ``no’’ vote,”
Because “This bill retreats from American leadership,”
“and it makes America less secure.”
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
1 of 15 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.
Vague promise A promise with no date, no measure and no one responsible. What the tags mean → “I hope and I expect that we can still improve this legislation” A hoped-for improvement with no actor, date, measure, or condition attached.
Claims · 0
This list shows the factual statements you can check for yourself: the words as said, and the claim restated to stand on its own.
No checkable claims.
