[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 58 (Tuesday, April 1, 2025)]
[House]
[Pages H1386-H1387]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    SUPPORTING ESSENTIAL LEGISLATION

  (Mr. Moore of North Carolina was recognized to address the House for 
5 minutes.)
  Mr. MOORE of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to support two 
critical pieces of legislation on the floor this week: first, the SAVE 
Act and, second, the No Rogue Rulings Act. Both are essential to the 
very fabric of this American Republic.
  Over the last 4 years, President Biden created a crisis at our 
southern border, presiding over an invasion of illegal immigrants from 
all across the world, including adversarial nations. Against the best 
interests of the American people and our national security, my 
colleagues across the aisle would like to allow these individuals, who 
are in our country illegally, to vote in our elections.
  We have seen instances of illegal aliens being issued Social Security 
numbers by the Biden administration and voting in the last election. In 
fact, in my home State, a study found that roughly 1,400 individuals 
who had questionable immigration status and were likely illegals were 
registered to vote in my own State.
  My colleagues will be dishonest with you and say that did not happen. 
I will tell you this: We need to open our eyes to the reality of this 
border invasion. The reality is, right now, we have a system where 
folks who are here illegally can vote. That is simply wrong.

  That is why we need to pass, this week, the SAVE Act. It is a 
commonsense measure that will ensure that States are required to verify 
citizenship when folks register to vote in a Federal election. This is 
the bare minimum to secure our elections and protect them from foreign 
influence.
  Again, you will hear dishonest statements from opponents of this 
bill, like married women who have changed their names won't be able to 
vote. That is simply not true.
  When someone gets married, look at their driver's license. Did the 
driver's license number change? Did a passport number change? No, that 
simply isn't accurate. Additionally, this bill allows up to six 
different forms of identification to verify citizenship.
  In North Carolina, we have voter ID where folks show up to vote. 
Folks may have gotten married in between when they registered to vote 
and when they go to vote, and nobody is being turned away. Again, this 
is just more misinformation from the left.
  One other thing the SAVE Act does is it requires States to clean up 
their voter rolls to remove noncitizens. Again, this is pretty 
straightforward, commonsense stuff.
  Governor Greg Abbott in Texas, in fact, removed thousands of 
noncitizens from their voter rolls, and every State should be doing 
this.
  At the end of the day, Mr. Speaker, only American citizens should 
vote in American elections. If we don't pass the SAVE Act, we are 
signaling to the world that American elections are open to fraud and 
foreign interference. It is, in fact, a betrayal to every citizen who 
plays by the rules, pays their taxes, and deserves a voice in their 
government.
  Election integrity starts with the passing of the SAVE Act.
  Another bill this week that I mentioned earlier, a great bill that I 
am supporting, is the No Rogue Rulings Act, which will put an end to 
the overreach of district court judges in issuing nationwide 
injunctions.
  As an attorney, I am just shocked by the blatant abuse of power that 
some of these radical activist judges are taking to block the lawful 
exercise of executive power.
  President Trump was overwhelmingly and duly elected by the American 
people to put our country back on the right track. In just the first 
few months of his term, President Trump has faced more than 16 
nationwide injunctions. That is more than Biden,

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Obama, and Bush had during the entirety of their terms.
  It is clear that these judges, time and time again, have encroached 
on the statutory authority of the President. Americans are outraged 
that D.C. District Court Judge James Boasberg told the Trump 
administration to turn a plane around that was full of heinous 
criminals, dangerous gang members who were in the U.S. illegally, and 
bring them back to American soil.
  Judges should not have the power to set nationwide policy and rip 
President Trump's constitutional powers away from him. Article II, 
Sections 1 and 3, of the Constitution vest the executive power in the 
President and charge the President with faithfully executing the laws 
of the United States. However, activist judges want to replace the will 
of the voters with their personal politics.
  I say to my friends that that is not how our system is supposed to 
work, and it undermines our democratic process. What we are seeing, in 
fact, is judicial tyranny.
  The No Rogue Rulings Act restores balance. It ensures that legal 
challenges are resolved properly and not through backdoor activism and 
overreaching judicial actions.
  Mr. Speaker, the American people are tired of unelected judges 
wielding unchecked power. Let's pass the No Rogue Rulings Act and 
restore the integrity of our judicial system.

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