Continuing Appropriations and Other Matters Act, 2025

Floor Speech

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Mr. MEUSER. Mr. Speaker, I thank my good friend, the chairman of the Appropriations Committee, for yielding.

Mr. Speaker, a very fine gentleman and good friend by the name of Bill Rosado, who is a first-generation, very successful, and self-made Mexican-American entrepreneur in my district, recently said that allowing a free-for-all immigration system is in total violation of the law and unacceptable for most of us who came here legally.

Mr. Speaker, a free-for-all, out-of-control immigration system is exactly what the Biden-Harris administration and far too many in this House have delivered over the past 3\1/2\ years.

Mr. Speaker, 10 to 15 million-plus illegal crossings, drug cartels, human trafficking, migrant crime, and, yes, noncitizens registering to vote is an unmitigated disaster.

Nonetheless, the legislation we are considering here gives us an opportunity to address part of the problem by prohibiting noncitizens from voting while keeping our government running.

Mr. Speaker, while it is written in our Constitution that only U.S. citizens can vote, the SAVE Act attached to this continuing resolution prohibits bad actors from registering noncitizens and noncitizens from registering to vote and requires States to purge their voter rolls of all noncitizens, such as illegal immigrants.

To anyone considering opposing this bill, a ``no'' vote implies and states to the American people why the Biden administration has left the border open in the first place. It is for potentially more votes.

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Mr. MEUSER. The American people want this bill to pass. They need this bill to pass. It will help, as well, restore confidence in our elections. Let's do the right thing on a bipartisan basis as we head towards this momentous election. We came here today to ensure that only U.S. citizens can register and vote in Federal elections.

Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to pass the SAVE Act, safeguard our elections, and fund our government.

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