Political Quotes

“protecting the integrity of elections is a constitutional principle. That is why I am a proud cosponsor of the SAVE America Act requiring a photo ID when someone goes to vote. Now, Americans have to show a photo ID or proof of citizenship on a weekly basis--sometimes on a daily basis. The Presiding Officer and I both fly regularly to Washington, DC, and then back home. You have got to show who you are. You open a bank account, you show a photo ID. You cash a check, you show a photo ID. We mentioned boarding a plane. To require doing the same thing when you go to polls to vote in a Federal election is merely common sense. It is also not new. It is already a requirement in many States. The SAVE America Act does not make it harder to vote; it ensures that only American citizens vote in American elections, and that is constitutional. By the way, this is incredibly popular with the American people. Madam President, 71 percent of Democrats and 95 percent of Republicans agree you should have to show a photo ID when you go to vote, so why hasn't it passed? Why isn't it popular in Congress? Because Senate Democrats are dead set on pleasing, appeasing a small leftwing base of the 16 percent of the American people who oppose, so they come up with reasons not to pass the SAVE America Act, but these concerns have been addressed.”