Spencer Cox: “But what we are here today about is border security, border security and closing loopholes. I just want to thank both…”

“But what we are here today about is border security, border security and closing loopholes. I just want to thank both sides of the aisle for the thoughtful way that they have conducted this debate. I want to thank the gentleman from Wisconsin (Chairman Sensenbrenner) and the gentleman from Virginia (Chairman Tom Davis) and the gentleman from California (Chairman Cox) for their hard work in getting this bill to the floor so early in the new session. Of all of the issues being debated before us today, the controversy I find most confusing is the section regarding the standardization of driver's licenses. After all, Mr. Chairman, the war on terror is not being fought in a vacuum. There was a time, to be sure, when identification fraud was a matter of concern principally to bouncers and bartenders, but that was before September 11, 2001. Since that day, Mr. Chairman, ID fraud has represented a clear and present danger to the national security of the United States, plain and simple. Without standards for the issuance or content of driver's licenses, the American people are needlessly put at risk.”