On the recordFebruary 11, 2026
While I am clearly disappointed, this is the most commonsense bill there is. So none of us get to vote for the President of France. I would vote for Macron, but I don't get to. Nobody that is not a U.S. citizen should be voting in our elections. And we have to use ID for everything: Board a plane, get a lottery ticket, go to a doctor, they ask you for your ID. This is common sense. We don't want any fraud in our elections. All we say is just show your ID when you go vote, make sure you are a citizen to register, show your ID to vote. So I am disappointed that my colleague doesn't support this. I can't understand why he wouldn't support some commonsense standard like this, but I am going to keep working, and we are going to get this passed.
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