Mark Alford: “I thank Chairman Burgess for leading this rule debate. Madam Speaker, as I travel the Fourth Congressional District of…”

“I thank Chairman Burgess for leading this rule debate. Madam Speaker, as I travel the Fourth Congressional District of the great State of Missouri, I get one question repeated often, over and over: What are we going to do to secure our elections? We can pass a lot of laws in Congress, but if we don't secure our elections, we don't have a democracy. We don't have a Republic. Voters in the Fourth Congressional District of the great State of Missouri want to make sure that only those who should be voting are voting--one vote, one person, one citizen of the United States of America. Madam Speaker, that is why I rise today in support of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or SAVE Act, H.R. 8281. For years, progressive Democrats have falsely claimed that 2016 was stolen because of foreign election interference. Yet, today, they are ignoring the real threat of foreign interference: noncitizens registering and voting in U.S. elections. The SAVE Act will address this threat head-on by requiring proof of citizenship in order to register to vote. It is pretty simple. It allows State officials to accept a wide variety of documents that will actually make it easier for citizens to register to vote. The bill also ensures that States can access the databases they need to clean up our voter registration rolls and remove noncitizens. It is very simple, Madam Speaker.…”