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Bernie Moreno

Republican on Unanimous Consent Requests (Executive Session) 2026-09-17

325 words · 20 sentences · 22 clauses

Statement grade

Average 78 / 100

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

Procedure 8%Claims 61%Positioning 25%Thanks 6%Aside 1%

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

Mr. President, Procedure · 20 wordsreserving my right to object, I just want to make it crystal clear for everybody as to what just happened.Procedure Claims · 71 wordsIf we had passed my colleague from Ohio’s bill--the one he spent an enormous amount of time writing, the bill that he spent enormous time in lobbying support for from the House of Representatives--all we had to do was not have an objection from a Democrat Senator. That bill would have become law today, and taxpayers all over America and electricity users all over this country would have seen immediate relief. Positioning · 14 wordsWe would have advanced the ball. The term ``do-nothing Congress’’ exists for a reason.Positioning Claims · 28 wordsWe absolutely accomplished that right now. We did nothing here in the Senate because of, again, Democrat obstruction. This bill would have done something. That is not nothing. Thanks · 19 wordsSo I applaud my colleague from Ohio for putting the work in and for having a massive, bipartisan win.Thanks Claims · 61 wordsBy the way, just on policy alone in comparing the two solutions, the last thing we need is a new Federal interconnection queue to make Google pay for a transformer.¹ My colleague from Ohio’s bill would have actually required a deposit before steel is put in the ground for a new data center.² The other would have required a FERC NOPR.³ Aside · 3 wordsLook that up.Aside Positioning · 44 wordsIt is a bunch of bureaucratic nonsense. What you saw now is just, over and over again, Democrat obstruction after Democrat obstruction so they can just put up another TV ad saying that electricity prices are high so that they can win an election.Positioning Claims · 38 wordsInstead, the victim of all of this is the taxpayer of the United States of America, who is going to see electricity prices continue to go up, when we could have passed a law to have solved it. Positioning · 22 wordsInstead, it is more games after more games. Like the American people, I am sick of it, and I know they are.Positioning Procedure · 5 wordsFor that reason, I object.Procedure

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What the tags mean

Signal · 57

11 of 11 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 “reserving my right to object, I just want to make it crystal clear for everybody as to what just happened.”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “We would have advanced the ball.”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 “The term ``do-nothing Congress’’ exists for a reason.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Thanks and tributes.What the tags mean “So I applaud my colleague from Ohio for putting the work in and for having a massive, bipartisan win.”Thanks: no claim, reason or ask.
A remark off to the side of the point.What the tags mean “Look that up.”An aside: no claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “It is a bunch of bureaucratic nonsense.”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 “What you saw now is just, over and over again, Democrat obstruction after Democrat obstruction so they can just put up another TV ad saying that electricity prices are high so that they can win an election.”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 “Instead, it is more games after more games.”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 “Like the American people, I am sick of it,”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 I know they are.”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 “For that reason, I object.”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.

Relevance · no score

Not applicable: nothing to answer. Excluded from the average.

Relevance checks whether the speaker stays on topic and answers the question asked. A low score means the speaker dodged the issue.

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 · 100

0 of 11 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.

Nothing lost points.

Claims · 3

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“a new Federal interconnection queue to make Google pay for a transformer”One of the two proposals under consideration would create a new Federal interconnection queue requiring Google to pay for a transformer.search
2“required a deposit before steel is put in the ground for a new data center”The Ohio senator’s bill would have required a deposit before steel is put in the ground for a new data center.search
3“required a FERC NOPR”The other of the two proposals would have required a FERC notice of proposed rulemaking.search

Analyzed on 2026-10-17