Sam Farr: “I cannot believe the number of misstatements I have heard tonight. I think this is an argument between dumb and dumber.…”

“I cannot believe the number of misstatements I have heard tonight. I think this is an argument between dumb and dumber. This is a debate about ID. Let us look at the facts. Mexico has a national statistics ID program. The United States does not. Mexico uses the exact same ID protections in their ID form that the FBI uses for their badges. We do not have that for American civilians at all. Mexico has a database on life, death, divorce. It has a base that they can rely upon. We do not. So what happens in retaliation? What happens the next time you want to go to a foreign country, you want to rent a car, you want to cash a check? Where is your national ID? Are you going to pull out your voter card? That is not recognized as an international ID. It is probably the only thing we have closest to it. It would not even be recognized at an airport. You pull out your California driver's license? That is not a national ID. What are you going to show as your national ID? A Social Security card? It does not even exist. Allow a program that has assurances for protection, moderate protection. The propriety of this protection in this card is owned by a United States company. It is the same propriety that is used in our top security cards. That is what they want to use, and all this is, is an ID card. All this is, is an ID card. Let this amendment pass.”