[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 47 (Monday, March 16, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S1055]
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                            SAVE America Act

  Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I come to the floor having just heard 
the minority leader address this body in talking about a fringe 
position. It has to do with voting in America in our elections.
  And, essentially, what the minority leader said--he said it is fringe 
to have to prove that you are a citizen in order to vote. Apparently, 
the Democrats view that as a fringe position that you have to prove you 
are a citizen in order to vote in elections in the United States of 
America in a national election.
  The minority leader additionally said it was basically fringe to have 
to show a photo ID when you cast a vote in an election. Those are 
mainstream, commonsense ideas.
  The Democrats and Joe Biden let 10 million--if not more--illegal 
immigrants flood into this country over the 4 years of the Biden 
administration; and now, what do the Democrats want to do? They want to 
make it easier for illegal immigrants to go to the polls and to 
influence and have an impact on the elections in the United States of 
America.
  To me, that is a fringe idea to allow illegal immigrants to vote, but 
that is what the Democrats are here promoting. I believe you should 
prove you are a citizen if you want to vote in the United States. I 
believe you need to show a photo ID when you need to vote.
  That is what we have to do in my home State of Wyoming. Many States 
require it. But not the Democrat States that have been swamped with 
illegal immigrants and the sanctuary cities to allow anyone to come in, 
abuse the laws of the land, abuse the privileges of citizens.
  That, to me, is a fringe idea, but that is what Democrats are going 
to stand for this week on the floor of the U.S. Senate.
  You need to show an ID if you board a plane. You have got to show an 
ID if you go to a sporting event and buy a beer.
  Why would you not have to show an ID to vote in an election in the 
United States? And then to hear the minority leader--I mean, it is 
astonishing. I wrote it down. He said: No more voter registration when 
you get a driver's license, as if there is something wrong with that.
  Nineteen States give driver's licenses to people who are in this 
country illegally. So, of course, I don't want those people to be able 
to be registering to vote when they get a driver's license. I don't 
want them to even get a driver's license.
  The minority leader thinks that is business as usual--give the 
illegal immigrants a driver's license and sign them up to vote, one 
step after another. We don't care if they are here legally or 
illegally. Sign them up. Maybe they will vote for us. That is the 
Democrat position in all of this.
  The bill that we are going to be addressing this week on the floor, 
the SAVE America Act, that is the way we can have safe, secure 
elections that reflect the viewpoints of the American people.
  So when I hear what is fringe, what I think is fringe is the 
Democrats in this body--and I think every one of them is going to stand 
with the extreme wing of their party--who want to allow illegal 
immigrants to vote and have an influence in the elections in this 
country. It is absolutely wrong.
  This week, we are going to put every one of them on the record, and 
by the time this is over, every American is going to know that the 
Democrats are the party--that they are the party of illegal immigrants, 
open borders, and illegal voters.
  I yield the floor.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. BARRASSO. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Capito). Without objection, it is so 
ordered.

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