Rand Paul: “With the utmost sincerity and a deep conviction, I am quite confident that this bill, if you vote for it, you will be…”

“With the utmost sincerity and a deep conviction, I am quite confident that this bill, if you vote for it, you will be voting for a national ID card. I know some will argue against that and they say this is voluntary, but it really cannot be voluntary. If a State opts out, nobody is going to accept their driver's license. So this is not voluntary. As a matter of fact, even the House Republican Conference, which sent a statement around with some points about this bill, said ``the Federal Government should set standards for the issuance of birth certificates and sources of identification such as driver's licenses.'' This is nationalization of all identification. It will be the confirmation of the notion that we will be carrying our papers. As a matter of fact, I think it might be worse than just carrying our papers and showing our papers, because in this bill there are no limitations as to the information that may be placed on this identification card. There are minimum standards, but no maximum limitations. The Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security can add anything it wants.…”