Analysis · Speech on a bill · beta

Chip Roy

Republican on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2027 2026-07-15

249 words · 11 sentences · 12 clauses

Statement grade

B+

Average 80 / 100

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

Positioning 29%Claims 66%Anecdote 2%Procedure 3%

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

Madam Chair, Positioning · 17 wordsI note that it is just not enough for us to say that they can do better.Positioning Claims · 45 wordsThis is an organization that has too often allowed terrorist infiltration within its own entities and sided with terrorist organizations directly against us and our allies. I have seen repeated reports of misconduct involving United Nations peacekeeping operations and too little accountability for those failures. Positioning · 34 wordsWe act as if the United States is not capable of working on unilateral, bilateral, and other bases to be able to do all the great things we want to do around the world.PositioningOff point Anecdote · 6 wordsMy dad is a polio survivor.Anecdote Claims · 119 wordsThere are a lot of things that we can do to try to make sure we are eradicating these things around the world.Vague promise We don’t necessarily need a bureaucratic organization that its entire organizational structure and bias is structured against us, despite the fact that we fund the overwhelming majority of its operations.¹ The United Nations has been operating against our interests. We are asking American taxpayers to continue to take those dollars and give them to an entity that has, in its open statements to the world, been against our interests so many times, time and time again, including siding with some of the worst countries on the Human Rights Council and the biggest abusers of human rights. Positioning · 21 wordsThe United Nations is put and exalted as somehow being those that we should listen to rather than the United States.Positioning Madam Chair, Procedure · 7 wordsI reserve the balance of my time.Procedure

At a glance

Lost points for

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What the tags mean

Signal · 64

6 of 9 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.

Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “I note that it is just not enough for us to say that they can do better.”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 “We act as if the United States is not capable of working on unilateral, bilateral,”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 other bases to be able to do all the great things we want to do around the world.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
A story that illustrates instead of making a point.What the tags mean “My dad is a polio survivor.”An anecdote: it illustrates, it does not claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “The United Nations is put and exalted as somehow being those that we should listen to rather than the United States.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “I reserve the balance of my time.”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.

Relevance · 85

2 of 9 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.

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 act as if the United States is not capable of working on unilateral, bilateral,”A rhetorical aside about unilateral capability rather than the appropriations before the House.
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 other bases to be able to do all the great things we want to do around the world.”Continues the aside about what the US can do on other bases, not the bill’s funding provisions.

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 · 90

1 of 9 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 “a lot of things that we can do to try to make sure”Names no specific action, actor, measure, or condition for success.

Claims · 1

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“we fund the overwhelming majority of its operations”The United States funds the overwhelming majority of the United Nations’ operations.search

Analyzed on 2026-09-15