Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to the so-called SAVE Act. This bill, coupled with the President's executive order on elections, is a crazy, disgusting, thinly veiled attempt at disenfranchising legal citizens from voting. It claims to make it illegal for noncitizens to vote, which we already know is not a problem, but this bill would also disenfranchise millions of Americans who don't even have a passport. Millions of Americans do not have a passport. It also hurts people who were born in rural America, people who were born during a time when births were recorded in family Bibles. This would just really be devastating. It would also hurt women whose legal names do not match their birth names. It would end automatic voter registration, voter registration by mail, and other reforms many States have adopted, overriding federalism and State control over elections. This bill is part of a long-term effort by Republicans to literally make it harder to vote. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues, when this bill comes up, to vote ``no'' because it will be a disaster for America and a disaster for democracy. ____________________”