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Statement grade
The average of Signal, Relevance, Reasoning and Clarity. Reasoning rests on 2 conclusions, too few to hold the grade down. Average 82 / 100
Signal
82 / 100
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Relevance
58 / 100
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Reasoning
93 / 100
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Respect
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Clarity
96 / 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 6% Positioning 10% Claims 46% Reasoning 17% The ask 13% Promise 9%
Structure · 25 steps
Claims · 5
This view breaks the statement into its steps and names what each one does.
Mr. Speaker, Procedure · 5 words I am a little confused. Procedure Positioning · 9 words The gentleman who just spoke maybe doesn’t know this, Positioning Claims · 19 words but the government funding deadline isn’t for months away, 1 and he is scolding us as if it is now. Procedure · 12 words I am going to tell you what the crisis is right now. Procedure Claims · 24 words It is that people can’t afford to live. The gentlewoman from North Carolina said that our priority is about national security and national defense. Procedure · 5 words I have news for her. Procedure Reasoning · 73 words National security means more than the number of bombs we have. It also means healthcare for people. It means whether people can afford food, whether they can afford rent, whether they can afford to put gas in the tank of their car or pay their everyday bills, and whether they have a good job that allows them to support their family. Those are all sources of our national defense and our national security. Procedure · 7 words I will just say one other thing. Procedure Claims · 66 words I don’t know how the hell our national defense and national security are served when the President takes us into an illegal, risky war in the Middle East, a war of choice, that he has no plan for. Our troops are being put into harm’s way, and this President has no plan about how to conduct this war or what the heck he is doing there. Positioning · 5 words That is not national security. Positioning Off point Mr. Speaker, The ask · 8 words I urge that we defeat the previous question. Promise · 34 words If we do that, I will offer an amendment to the rule to make in order an amendment to H.R. 7008 consisting of the text of H.R. 6731, the Restore Trust in Government Act. Claims · 38 words This bill is the Democratic proposal for a more comprehensive and robust stock trading ban than is found in the Republican plan. It is one which also includes the President of the United States and the Vice President.2 Positioning · 40 words There is a level of corruption that we have never ever seen in the White House. Unearned certainty What is the response from our Republican colleagues? Silence. They are scared of the guy in the White House. They won’t challenge this corruption, Positioning Claims · 12 words so he makes billions and billions of dollars while hardworking Americans struggle. Mr. Speaker, Claims · 74 words in the first year of his term, President Trump cashed in to the tune of more than $2 billion--billion with a b.3 In 2025 alone, the President completed over 21,000 stock trades.4 His investment accounts grew by over $850 million.5 He tweets out glowing endorsements of companies after he buys their stocks. Now, he is considering having people pay to get early access to his social media posts so they can cash in, too. Reasoning · 18 words We need to ensure that people can trust their government to work for them and not enrich himself. Promise · 11 words This means banning stock ownership by Members and by this President. Claims · 8 words That is what the Democratic proposal will do. The ask · 30 words Let the House decide and make this amendment in order. That is all we are asking, is to allow us to have this debate. You can vote however you want. Mr. Speaker, The ask · 28 words I ask unanimous consent to insert the text of my amendment into the Record, along with any extraneous material, immediately prior to the vote on the previous question.
At a glance
Lost points for Off point ×18 Positioning ×7 Procedure ×4 Unearned certainty
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What the tags mean →
Signal · 82
11 of 30 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 am a little confused.” 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 gentleman who just spoke maybe doesn’t know this,” 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 → “I am going to tell you what the crisis is right now.” 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 have news for her.” 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 will just say one other thing.” 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 → “That is not national security.” 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 → “There is a level of corruption that we have never ever seen in the White House.” 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 → “What is the response from our Republican colleagues?” 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 → “Silence.” 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 → “They are scared of the guy in the White House.” 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 → “They won’t challenge this corruption,” Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Relevance · 58
18 of 30 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 → “I am a little confused.” Addresses the prior speaker’s remarks, not the rule or the bills.
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 gentleman who just spoke maybe doesn’t know this,” A jab at the previous speaker rather than an argument on the rule before the House.
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 the government funding deadline isn’t for months away,” Debates the funding timeline with another member instead of the resolutions under consideration.
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 he is scolding us as if it is now.” Continues the rebuttal to the previous speaker rather than addressing the rule.
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 am going to tell you what the crisis is right now.” Pivots to a separate affordability topic not raised by the rule or the bills.
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 → “It is that people can’t afford to live.” General political point about cost of living, unrelated to the measures 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 → “The gentlewoman from North Carolina said that our priority is about national security and national defense.” Engages another member’s speech rather than the business before the House.
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 have news for her.” Rhetorical aside toward another member, not an argument on the rule.
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 → “National security means more than the number of bombs we have.” General statement about national security that does not address the rule or the bills.
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 → “It also means healthcare for people.” Expands the affordability argument without connection to the measures under consideration.
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 → “It means whether people can afford food, whether they can afford rent, whether they can afford to put gas in the tank of their car or pay their everyday bills,” Further general commentary on household costs, not the rule before the House.
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 whether they have a good job that allows them to support their family.” More general commentary on jobs and family support, not the pending business.
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 → “Those are all sources of our national defense and our national security.” Concludes the affordability argument without addressing the rule or bills.
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 will just say one other thing.” A transition aside rather than an argument on the pending measures.
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 don’t know how the hell our national defense and national security are served when the President takes us into an illegal, risky war in the Middle East, a war of choice, that he has no plan for.” Criticism of the President’s war in the Middle East, unrelated to the rule or the bills listed.
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 → “Our troops are being put into harm’s way,” General remark about troops in harm’s way, not the business 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 → “and this President has no plan about how to conduct this war or what the heck he is doing there.” Further criticism of the President’s war planning, not the rule before the House.
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 → “That is not national security.” Concludes the war argument without touching the pending resolutions.
Reasoning · 93
0 of 30 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.
Nothing lost points.
Conclusions found · 2
Conclusion “We need to ensure that people can trust their government to work for them and not enrich himself.”
Because “in the first year of his term, President Trump cashed in to the tune of more than $2 billion--billion with a b.”
“His investment accounts grew by over $850 million.”
“This means banning stock ownership by Members and by this President.”
Conclusion “Let the House decide and make this amendment in order.”
Because “This means banning stock ownership by Members and by this President.”
“That is what the Democratic proposal will do.”
“That is all we are asking, is to allow us to have this debate.”
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 · 96
1 of 30 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 → “a level of corruption that we have never ever seen” Asserts an unprecedented superlative without offering any source or comparison.
Claims · 5
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 “the government funding deadline isn’t for months away” As of July 21, 2026, the U.S. government funding deadline is not for several months away. search 2 “It is one which also includes the President of the United States and the Vice President.” The Restore Trust in Government Act (H.R. 6731) would apply a stock trading ban to the President of the United States and the Vice President. search 3 “in the first year of his term, President Trump cashed in to the tune of more than $2 billion” President Trump cashed in more than $2 billion in the first year of his term. search 4 “In 2025 alone, the President completed over 21,000 stock trades.” In 2025, President Trump completed over 21,000 stock trades. search 5 “His investment accounts grew by over $850 million.” President Trump’s investment accounts grew by over $850 million in 2025. search
