Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act

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Mrs. BICE. Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend from Wisconsin for yielding.

First, I want to say that my colleague on the other side of the aisle referenced an issue with an election where 624 noncitizens illegally voted. He suggested that that actually wasn't accurate.

So my question would be: What is an accurate number?

Because in my opinion, one person voting illegally in an election is one too many.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the SAVE Act. Since taking office, more than 9.6 million illegal immigrants have crossed into the United States.

This crisis is not only a national security threat, but one that can seriously alter the outcome of our elections.

We have seen efforts from States and localities, including the District of Columbia, to allow noncitizens to vote.

Securing our elections is of paramount importance, and we must ensure that it is easy to vote and hard to cheat. The SAVE Act will strengthen our election security, improve voter confidence, and ensure American elections are only for American citizens.

Specifically, this legislation requires State election officials to ask about citizenship before providing voter registration forms, and it requires an individual to provide proof of citizenship in order to register to vote in Federal elections.

These commonsense solutions are not controversial, which is why I am deeply concerned that the President of the United States has threatened to veto this legislation. In fact, this step should alarm every citizen living in this country.

We must ask: Why?

Why is this administration refusing to take steps to safeguard our elections and protect the votes of every single American?

Mr. Speaker, I strongly support the SAVE Act, and I look forward to voting for it.

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