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Claudia Tenney

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

465 words · 21 sentences · 31 clauses

Statement grade

Average 93 / 100

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

Claims 67%Procedure 4%Thanks 3%Anecdote 9%Reasoning 9%The ask 8%

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Madam Chair, Claims · 64 wordsthe Temple Mount, or Har HaBayit, as it is called, is the holiest site in the world to the Jewish people. During the periods of the First and Second Temples, Jews from across the land of Israel would travel to the Temple during the three annual pilgrimages.⁴ These pilgrims included figures like King Solomon, King Herod, and Jesus of Nazareth, our Lord and Savior. Procedure · 1 wordsHowever, ProcedureClaims · 188 wordswhereas Christians and Muslims enjoy broad access and religious prayer rights at their holiest sites, Jews are severely discriminated against upon the Temple Mount. Muslims can currently enter the Temple Mount at 11 different gates, ¹but Jews can only enter from 1 gate.² Muslims can visit the Temple Mount any day of the week, but Jews cannot ascend the Temple Mount on Friday or Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath.³ Muslims have broad access to the Temple Mount and can pray openly upon the Temple Mount. Jews are severely restricted in their visits and do not enjoy the freedom to worship or the ability to wear their tallit and tefillin upon the Temple Mount. And for the Jews that ascend in spite of all these restrictions, they still face harassment from Muslims upon the Temple Mount. In fact, Muslim leaders have actively desecrated the site, including the planting and cultivating of trees at the inner courts of the Temple, expressly prohibited by Jewish law. Muslim children play soccer, practice boxing, and have picnics upon the Temple Mount, desecrating its holiness, while Jews cannot even freely worship upon the Temple Mount. Procedure · 11 wordsYou don’t have to take my word for it, Madam Chair.Procedure Claims · 25 wordsThere is photo and video evidence of all this freely available. Individuals like Dr. Melissa Jane Kronfeld have spent extensive time documenting all of this. Thanks · 13 wordsI thank her for her efforts to draw attention to this critical issue.Thanks Anecdote · 42 wordsFurther, when one of my staffers ascended the Temple Mount last year, he was harassed by Muslim onlookers, restricted from visiting most of the site, and was only allowed to be upon the Temple Mount for a very short duration of time.Anecdote Madam Chair, Reasoning · 43 wordsit is unconscionable that Jews do not enjoy the same access rights to visit and pray at their holiest site that other religions do. This is a basic tenet and principle of religious freedom, and the U.S. must do more on this issue.Vague promise Claims · 34 wordsThat is why my amendment would emphasize the need for the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom to work to ensure religious freedom and equal access for all with respect to the Temple Mount. The ask · 37 wordsI urge all my colleagues to vote for this commonsense amendment and to support religious freedom for all and support the rights of the Jewish people to freely worship at their very holiest site, the Temple Mount. Madam Chair, Procedure · 7 wordsI reserve the balance of my time.Procedure

At a glance

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What the tags mean

Signal · 82

6 of 7 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.

Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “However,”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “You don’t have to take my word for it, Madam Chair.”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Thanks and tributes.What the tags mean “I thank her for her efforts to draw attention to this critical issue.”Thanks: no claim, reason or ask.
A story that illustrates instead of making a point.What the tags mean “Further, when one of my staffers ascended the Temple Mount last year, he was harassed by Muslim onlookers, restricted from visiting most of the site,”An anecdote: it illustrates, it does not claim, reason or ask.
A story that illustrates instead of making a point.What the tags mean “and was only allowed to be upon the Temple Mount for a very short duration of time.”An anecdote: it illustrates, it does not 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 · 100

0 of 7 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 · 97

1 of 7 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 “the U.S. must do more on this issue”No specific actor, action, measure, or success condition is given for what ‘more’ would entail.

Claims · 4

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“Muslims can currently enter the Temple Mount at 11 different gates”Muslims currently can enter the Temple Mount through 11 different gates.search
2“Jews can only enter from 1 gate”Jews visiting the Temple Mount are permitted entry through only one gate.search
3“Jews cannot ascend the Temple Mount on Friday or Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath”Jews are not allowed to ascend the Temple Mount on Fridays or Saturdays.search
4“During the periods of the First and Second Temples, Jews from across the land of Israel would travel to the Temple during the three annual pilgrimages.”During the periods of the First and Second Temples, Jews traveled to the Temple in Jerusalem during the three annual biblical pilgrimage festivals.search

Analyzed on 2026-09-15