Round 1 A

• The United States federal government should increase its H1B visa quota

• Tariffs will be the largest barrier to a clean energy transition in the United States

• The Federative Republic of Brazil should significantly curtail its investment in dredging operations in the Amazon River

• Grey zone war tactics are a greater threat than outright military conflict

• Argument is war.

Round 1 B

• The United States federal government should provide universal work authorization for migrants on H4 visas

• Tariffs will be the largest barrier to the development of future artificial intelligence in the United States

• The Republic of Peru should cease its construction of the Port of Chancay

• Military escalation is preferable to the destruction of sovereignty

• A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Round 2 A

• Biden should pardon Leonard Peltier

• Content moderation on social media fails to prevent the spread of misinformation substantively

• The Togolese Republic should join the Alliance of Sahel States

• Counterterrorism does more harm than good

• A watched pot never boils.

Round 2 B

• The United States should restrict the president’s ability to grant clemency

• Social media is a detriment to U.S. democracy

• The Alliance of Sahel States should disband

• Drone strikes do more harm than good

• Better late than never.

Round 3 A

• The United States should significantly increase funding for federal disaster relief

• Sanctions are an ineffective tool to promote human rights

• The United States should increase its funding to the Economic Community of West African States

• Personal privacy is more important than national security.

• Football is unhealthy for all players.

Round 3 B

• The United States should significantly increase its development of climate-resilient infrastructure

• UN Peacekeeping efforts are ineffective at preventing human rights abuses

• The French Republic should increase efforts to counter disinformation from the Wagner Group in Africa

• Parents are better for limiting their children’s Internet use than social media apps are.

• Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.

Round 4 A

• The United States federal government should significantly increase its funding for autonomous vehicles

• Fossil fuels will be obsolete in 30 years.

• The Republic of Korea should significantly restrict the president's ability to declare martial law

• The harms of cancel culture outweigh the good.

• This house would drop it like it’s hot. 

Round 4 B

• The United States federal government should significantly increase its funding for electric vehicles

• The war on terror is unwinnable.

• The United States should significantly increase its support for resistance groups in Myanmar

• Concealed carry does more harm than good.

• People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.