[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7628]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   PHOTO IDENTIFICATION SECURITY ACT

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, you know, one of the things that we 
heard about so often during the campaign last year was illegal 
immigration. And coming back to Congress, one of the things we are 
hearing about as we hold our town hall meetings is the impact of 
illegal immigrants having access to credit cards and to financial 
services in this country. Banking institutions, the Federal Reserve, 
the U.S. Treasury, and the IRS are allowing illegal immigrants the 
ability to sign up for credit cards, mortgages, taxpayer identification 
numbers, and to transfer money back to their country.
  It is a problem, and there is a solution. H.R. 1314 is a piece of 
legislation I have filed. It is bipartisan legislation with over 50 
cosponsors. The Photo ID Security Act will close the loophole that 
illegal immigrants are using to obtain valid financial service 
information and access to these services. What it will do is change the 
identification that is required, requiring them to present a photo ID 
issued from their home country or the U.S. Everyone in the U.S. can 
legally obtain these documents.
  I encourage all Members to cosponsor H.R. 1314.

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