Laurel Lee Champions Bill To Ensure ‘Illegal Aliens Are Not Slipping Through The Cracks & Voting’

4 months ago

During House floor remarks on Wednesday, Rep. Laurel Lee (R-FL) spoke in support of H.R.8281 - Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act.

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00:00Mr. Speaker, this bill should not be controversial. The vast majority of

00:05Americans agree that only U.S. citizens should be voting in our elections. The

00:11Safeguard American Voter Eligibility or SAVE Act is a crucial piece of

00:17legislation that will protect our elections and ensure American citizens

00:22have confidence in our election system and that their vote is not being

00:26canceled out by those who are not legally eligible to vote. As Florida's

00:31former Secretary of State, I oversaw all of Florida's elections working

00:36diligently to ensure that Floridians had accurate and fair elections that they

00:41could be confident in. Now, as the House Administration Subcommittee on

00:46Elections Chair, I am working to advance policies that lead to stronger elections

00:51across our nation, like the SAVE Act. While it is already illegal for

00:57non-citizens to vote, this legislation provides much-needed enforcement and

01:01tools for states to verify that their voter rolls are accurate and that

01:06illegal aliens are not slipping through the cracks and voting. We all know that

01:12President Biden's border crisis poses a clear threat to our election system as

01:17millions of illegal aliens have poured into our country at record levels. In

01:22recent years, election outcomes have included razor-thin margins. We must

01:27ensure that Americans can trust our elections administration process, and one

01:33of the sure ways to accomplish that is by ensuring that non-citizens do not

01:39vote in our federal elections. Recently, we have seen documented instances of

01:44non-citizen voting in jurisdictions across the country, including right here

01:49in our nation's capital. That is unacceptable. The SAVE Act will

01:53strengthen current law by requiring documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to

01:59register to vote in federal elections. As a former elections official myself, I

02:04urge my colleagues to support the SAVE Act to enhance election security, to

02:10minimize the risk of foreign interference, and restore Americans'

02:14confidence in U.S. elections. Thank you, and I yield back.

Laurel Lee Champions Bill To Ensure ‘Illegal Aliens Are Not Slipping Through The Cracks & Voting’

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