[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 58 (Tuesday, April 1, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H1400]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          LAWS HAVE LOOPHOLES

  (Mr. HARRIS of Maryland asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HARRIS of Maryland. Mr. Speaker, the average American already 
thinks that you actually have to be a U.S. citizen to vote in a Federal 
election. The fact of the matter is that our laws have loopholes. You 
don't actually have to be a U.S. citizen in some States or don't have 
to prove that you are a U.S. citizen to vote.
  Now, the straw man is presented that if you get married, you change 
your name. I suggest that anyone who feels that just read the bill. It 
says an accommodation has to be made in every State for people whose 
name changed from an otherwise valid proof of citizenship such as a 
birth certificate.
  The bottom line is that Americans expect that only American citizens, 
and not the 12 million illegal aliens who entered under the last 
administration, are going to be voting in Federal elections.
  Americans expect it, and they expect Congress to do something about 
it. Mr. Speaker, I urge Congress to take action and pass the SAVE Act.

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