In remarks on the House floor before the Congressional recess, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke about the SAVE Act.
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00:00Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Last night, the Rules Committee met and produced a rule, H. Res. 294,
00:08providing for consideration of four measures. S.J. Res. 18, disapproving of the rules submitted
00:15by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection related to, quote, overdraft lending, very large
00:22financial institutions, end quote. S.J. Res. 28, disapproving of the rules submitted by the Bureau
00:30of Consumer Financial Protection relating to, quote, defining larger participants of a market
00:36for general use digital consumer payment applications, end quote. H.R. 1526, the No Rogue
00:44Rulings Act of 2025 and H.R. 22, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act. House Resolution
00:55294 provides for consideration of S.J. Res. 18 and S.J. Res. 28, both under closed rules
01:03and one hour of general debate each, equally divided control by the chair and ranking minority
01:09member of the committee on financial services or their respective designees, and provides
01:15each one motion to commit. The rule further provides for consideration of H.R. 1526, the
01:23No Rogue Rulings Act of 2025, under a closed rule. The rule provides one hour of general debate,
01:30equally divided in control by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on the judiciary
01:36or their respective designees, and provides for one motion to recommit. The rule further provides for
01:45consideration of H.R. 22, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, under a closed rule. The rule
01:53provides one hour of general debate, equally divided in control by the chair and ranking minority member
01:58of the committee on House administration or their respective designees, and provides for one motion
02:04to recommit. Finally, the rule provides that House Resolution 293 is hereby adopted and provides that
02:12House Resolution 164 is laid on the table. The rule before us today provides Congress with yet another
02:20opportunity to stand for consumer choice and business innovation in our nation. It provides an
02:28opportunity to defend the integrity of our elections, and it provides for a historic opportunity to rein in
02:37rogue judges and return public policy decisions to their rightful branches of government. H.R. 22,
02:46the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or SAVE Act, would amend the National Voter Registration Act of
02:53Congress in 1993 to require proof of U.S. citizenship to register an individual to vote in elections for
03:01federal office. The only people who should vote in American elections are American citizens. There should
03:09be no debate or question about that. The SAVE Act adds additional layers of protection to elections right here in
03:19our own country. It's an opportunity worthy of bipartisan support. H.R. 1526, the No Rogue Rulings Act of 2025 would
03:33limit the authority of district judges to provide sweeping injunctive relief on a nationwide or exceedingly broad
03:43scale. As of late, we have certainly seen a slew of rulings by rogue judges that surpassed their own
03:52constitutional authority. Americans are rightfully concerned about this very issue. Let me be clear,
04:01this is judicial warfare in the flesh. Without question, exceeding constitutional mandates as a matter of
04:10judicial philosophy does nothing more than blight justice itself. SJRES 18, a Congressional Review Act
04:21resolution, would overturn a midnight rule issued by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, CFPB, that
04:29undercuts the ability of lower-income Americans to access liquidity. To put it very simply, this CFPB
04:40rule hurts the very consumers that it purports to protect. One of the likely outcomes of this rule
04:49being fully implemented would be low-income Americans being expelled from the financial system entirely due
04:57to a lack of overdraft protection. It's time that we add this midnight rule to the burn pile.
05:03As SJRES 28, another Congressional Review Act resolution would overturn another CFPB rule that unjustly shackles
05:15private sector companies that operate within the digital asset marketplace. This rule is billed as a
05:23quote consumer protection like a quote, consumer protection end quote mechanism but what it really does is misclassify
05:31an entire segment of digital project products with the aim of regulating them straight into
05:39the ground. The CFPB overstepped its regulatory authority in its pursuit of subjugating the American economy in the
05:50name of consumer protection. This is another misguided rule that we must render
05:57null and void. Mr. Speaker, before I reserve, I want to take a moment to
06:03recognize the good faith efforts of Speaker Johnson in helping maintain a
06:09strong family-centric posture here in the People's House. Leading from the front
06:17and building consensus are not always easy endeavors. All of us understand this
06:24to be true. However, when done in the right ways and for the right reasons, like
06:30what the Speaker has done, we get positive resolutions. It's obvious that we have a
06:37critical mass of members on what I consider an existential question for this
06:43body and that the related discharge effort derailed our agenda for a short
06:49time. However, we're back at our post and our objective right here and now is to
06:55move forward. At the end of the day, our eyes must remain affixed to our very own
07:02North Star. Our North Star is governance, Mr. Speaker. Deviating from governing does
07:10not serve the American people, nor does it make good on the mandate they entrusted us
07:16with. The compromise agreement of dead pairing that was formulated and led by the
07:22Speaker and others is grounded in existing precedence, practices, and ultimately
07:29common sense. This is a viable pathway forward that meets two critical imperatives. It
07:39allows the clockwork and business of this body to remain unabated while extending due deference
07:47to our own majority's own governing principles. It is not the prerogative of this Republican
07:56majority now, nor will it ever be, to use tools of the minority to secure legislative victories.
08:05Johnston's are the ones manning the helm here and we must act like it. In addition, I'll add that I firmly
08:13believe, as do many others, that Speaker Johnson's work in addressing the concerns raised last week and
08:19taking sizable steps to further intertwine rock solid family values into the fabric of this house are very
08:29commendable. With that, Mr. Speaker, I reserve.
08:32The gentleman who deserves the balance of her time.
08:34The gentleman who deserves the balance of her time.