[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 72 (Friday, May 18, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H3107]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              THE PHOTO ID

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, you need a photo ID to rent a car, 
open a bank account, get admitted to a hospital, get out of the 
country, get into the country, buy a gun, check into a hotel, rent a U-
Haul, use a credit card, buy a lottery ticket, serve on a jury, get a 
fishing license, pick up a package at the post office, rent an 
apartment, visit a public school, and sell scrap metal at a junkyard or 
hear the Attorney General speak. You even need a photo ID to vote--in 
Mexico, but not the U.S.
  Yesterday, it was reported that 53,000 dead people and thousands of 
noncitizens may be illegally registered to vote in Florida. Sixty-four 
percent of U.S. voters think that voter fraud is a problem.
  Even though the Supreme Court has ruled voter ID laws are 
constitutional, the Attorney General is fighting against those legal 
laws. Why? It seems the people who would be disenfranchised by voter ID 
laws would be unlawful voters.
  And that's just the way it is.

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