On the recordFebruary 10, 2024
That is too bad, Madam President. As we just saw, my Democratic colleague just blocked an amendment--not just blocked the amendment from becoming law, not just blocked the amendment from becoming a part of the bill that we are debating, but blocked it even from being made pending so that it could be thoroughly debated and disposed of by a vote, a point of order, or otherwise. It is an amendment that would prevent illegal aliens--people who are not American citizens, one way or another--from voting in our elections. What possible reason, what possible justification could there be for opposing the integrity of our ballot box in that specific way? Again, back to the phonebook--if phonebooks still exist--if you pull people randomly from the phonebook or some other source and ask people, I think you would struggle to find many who would say, yes, it is just fine for illegal aliens to vote in a Federal election, because, in fact, it is not legal; it is just that we don't have the tools in place that we need to make that law effective, to ensure compliance, to enforce the law. So I still wonder what possible reason there could be, what possible valid reason there could be to oppose that. I suppose we really do need--as some would say, we need more immigrants to come into this country to do jobs that Americans don't want to do. I have always found that argument offensive on multiple levels. I don't even really know what that means exactly.…
