[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 141 (Wednesday, September 11, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H5167]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP IS A POLL TAX

  (Ms. McCLELLAN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. McCLELLAN. Mr. Speaker, once again, we find ourselves in the 
position where rather than passing bipartisan appropriation bills, 
House Republicans have, once again, loaded must-pass legislation with 
their MAGA wish list.
  This time it is the SAVE Act, which seeks to address noncitizen 
voting, which is already illegal and punishable by up to 5 years in 
prison, despite no evidence of a widespread problem.
  What the SAVE Act really is is the latest Republican effort to 
restrict access to the ballot box with burdensome proof-of-citizenship 
requirements. However, under this bill, Americans would not be able to 
use their driver's license, any State-provided ID, or military or 
travel ID. The only acceptable form of proof of citizenship will cost 
money, such as a passport.
  That is a poll tax.
  I took my oath of office in this body on the Bible in which my father 
kept the poll tax receipt that he had to pay as a reminder of how my 
family had to fight for the sacred right to vote.
  I will not stand for a new poll tax to be put in Federal law, and I 
urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on today's CR.

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