Proverbs 7:2
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https://www.c-span.org/congress/?chamber=senate&date=2026-03-22
THE REVEREND, SENATOR JAMES LANKFORD R OKLAHOMA
Minister
MR. LANKFORD
LANKFORD: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. WE'RE TALKING AGAIN ABOUT THE SAVE AMERICA ACT. IT FOCUSES ON TWO KEY IDEAS. IF YOU'RE AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY LAW, YOU JUST SHOW IT.
I CALL THAT THE TRUST AND VERIFY PORTION OF THE BILL.
THE 1965 VOTING RIGHTS ACT BEGINS WITH THE STATEMENT, ALL CITIZENS. IT IS ALREADY REQUIRED UNDER FEDERAL LAW THAT YOU HAVE TO BE A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES TO VOTE. WE'VE ALL AGREED ON THAT. THERE'S NO ONE DISPUTING THAT. REPUBLICAN, DEMOCRAT, INDEPENDENT,
WE ALL AGREE, AMERICAN CITIZENS ARE THE ONES THAT SHOULD DECIDE THE FUTURE OF AMERICA.
WHAT WE DISAGREE ON IS, SHOULD WE CHECK? OR SHOULD WE JUST TRUST THAT IT ACTUALLY IS TRUE? I'VE SHARED IN THIS BODY BEFORE THAT IN OKLAHOMA, WE PASSED A STATUTE SEVERAL YEARS AGO SAYING THAT IF YOU GO TO JURY DUTY AND YOU TELL A JUDGE, I'M NOT ELIGIBLE TO BE ABLE TO SERVE ON A JURY BECAUSE I'M NOT A CITIZEN IN THE UNITED STATES, IN OKLAHOMA, WE THEN CHECK TO SEE IF YOU'RE REGISTERED TO VOTE,
AND WE FOUND QUITE A FEW FOLKS THAT TELL A JUDGE, I'M NOT A CITIZEN, BUT TOLD THE ELECTION BOARD, I WANT TO VOTE ANYWAY. WELL, THAT'S NOT LEGAL,
BUT IN OKLAHOMA, WE PURGED THE VOTER ROLL WHEN THAT HAPPENS, TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE ALREADY GIVEN SWORN TESTIMONY THEY'RE NOT A CITIZEN ARE NOT ALSO REGISTERED TO VOTE. THAT'S NOT TRUE EVERYWHERE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. LOTS OF FOLKS SAY, WE JUST TRUST, BUT WE NEVER VERIFY. WE ACTUALLY DON'T CLEAN UP THE VOTER ROLL AT ALL.
THERE ARE SOME STATES, IT'S REALLY FASCINATING TO ME, LIKE ARIZONA.
ARIZONA HAS A STATE LAW IN PLACE RIGHT NOW THAT SAYS, EVERY PERSON THAT REGISTERS TO VOTE MUST ALSO PROVE THEIR CITIZEN SHIP. THIS ALREADY EXISTS RIGHT NOW.
NEW HAMPSHIRE HAS A LAW THAT SAYS, EVERY PERSON THAT REGISTERS TO VOTE HAS TO SHOW THEY'RE A CITIZEN.
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THIS IS NOT CRAZY POLICY. THIS IS ALREADY HAPPENING IN SOME OF OUR STATES RIGHT NOW. THAT THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THEY'RE A CITIZEN. IN ARIZONA, IT'S INTERESTING, IN ARIZONA, YOU CAN REGISTER TO VOTE FOR A STATE ELECTION OR A COUNTY ELECTION AND YOU'VE GOT TO BE A CITIZEN, BUT IF YOU WANT TO VOTE FOR A FEDERAL ELECTION, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SHOW THAT YOU'RE A CITIZEN. YOU WANT TO TALK BACKWARDS.
THIS -- THIS WAS A CASE THAT BROKE OUT THERE IN A COURT CASE FOR THEM WHERE THEY ESTABLISHED OH, NO, YOU'VE GOT TO SHOW THAT YOU'RE AN AMERICAN CITIZEN TO VOTE FOR THE GOVERNOR OF ARIZONA, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO SHOW THAT YOU'RE AN AMERICAN CITIZEN TO VOTE FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. IT -- IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO BE ABLE TO DO REGISTRATION TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS IN ARIZONA TO BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR THEIR GOVERNOR IF THEY'RE AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, SURELY WE CAN DO THIS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. THE SAVE AMERICA ACT IS SIMPLE.
IT JUST SAYS, IT'S ALREADY THE LAW THAT YOU HAVE TO BE AN AMERICAN CITIZEN TO VOTE. LET'S JUST VERIFY. THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE IS NOT TRYING TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE VOTING. THEY'RE JUST FOLLOWING FEDERAL LAW. THEN THE SECOND PART OF IT. PRETTY SIMPLE. YOU HAVE TO SHOW I.D. TO VOTE. NOW, 36 STATES ALREADY HAVE THIS REQUIREMENT.
LET ME JUST RUN THROUGH WHAT THIS MEANS. THERE ARE ALREADY 36 STATES THAT SAY YOU HAVE TO SHOW AN I.D. NOW, SOME OF THEM ARE VERY NARROW. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIFIC TYPE OF PHOTO I.D. ON THAT. THAT'S ARKANSAS, GEORGIA, INDIANA, KANSAS, MISSISSIPPI, MONTANA, NEBRASKA, OHIO, TENNESSEE, WISCONSIN. THEY ALL HAVE IN THEIR STATE LAW, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A CERTAIN TYPE OF PHOTO I.D. TO ACTUALLY QUALIFY YOU TO BE ABLE TO SHOW UP AND TO BE ABLE TO VOTE. MULTIPLE OTHER STATES HAVE SOME OTHER LIMITATION WHERE IT'S A PHOTO I.D. MAYBE PREFERRED BUT THEY CAN ALSO BRING
OTHER I.D.'S. THAT'S ARIZONA, NORTH DAKOTA, UTAH, WYOMING, ALABAMA, FLORIDA, IDAHO, IOWA, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MICHIGAN, MISSOURI, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NORTH CAROLINA, RHODE ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, SOUTH DAKOTA, TEXAS, WASHINGTON STATE, WEST VIRGINIA, ALASKA, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, HAWAII, OKLAHOMA, VIRGINIA, AND PENNSYLVANIA. THIS DOESN'T SEEM VERY CONTROVERSIAL TO ME. IF YOU'RE KEEPING COUNT ON FINGERS AND TOES, YOU RAN OUT AWHILE AGO. IT'S 36 STATES. 36 STATES ALREADY HAVE SOME KIND OF REQUIREMENT FOR I.D. TO BE ABLE TO VOTE. THIS HAS GOT TO BE THE MOST NONCONTROVERSIAL PROPOSAL SITTING OUT THERE TO SAY, HOW CAN WE DISAGREE WHEN 36 STATES ALREADY DO THIS? BUT FOR SOME REASON, IN THIS BODY, IT'S CONTROVERSIAL FOR US AS A NATION TO DO WHAT 36 STATES ALREADY DO. SO, WE BRING THIS TO THE BODY YET AGAIN, AS WE HAVE NOW FOR DAYS AND DAYS AND DAYS. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE JUST NOT OFFENDED WITH PULLING OUT AN I.D. AT AN AIRPORT TO BE ABLE TO GET ON A PLANE. THEY'RE JUST NOT OFFENDED BY SHOWING I.D. WHEN THEY WALK INTO A FEDERAL BUILDING. THEY'RE JUST NOT OFFENDED BY PULLING OUT AN I.D. IN SOME PLACES WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO WRITE A CHECK, FOR THOSE WHO STILL KNOW HOW TO WRITE A CHECK IN AMERICA. IT'S JUST NOT THAT OFFENSIVE TO BE ABLE TO PULL OUT SOME KIND OF IDENTIFICATION. AND STATE AFTER STATE HAVE SHOWN THIS DOESN'T LIMIT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT CAN SHOW UP TO VOTE. IT JUST LIMITS THE AMOUNT OF FRAUD THAT CAN HAPPEN IN THAT STATE WHEN PEOPLE VOTE.
YOU JUST CAN'T WALK UP TO A POLLING PLACE AND SAY, MY NAME IS, AND PICK A NAME. YOU GOT TO SHOW SOMETHING WITH YOUR NAME ON IT TO VOTE. IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. 36 STATES ALREADY AGREE, AND THEY'VE ALREADY PUT THIS IN PRACTICE. SO, ALL WE'RE TRYING TO SAY IS, CAN WE CONTINUE THIS AS FEDERAL LAW? I THINK WE CAN. NOT JUST SAYING, IT'S FEDERAL LAW, BUT ACTUALLY VERIFYING THAT IT'S ACTUALLY APPLIED. I'M A BIG FAN OF THE PHRASE TRUST AND VERIFY. THAT'S ALL THAT THIS DOES. I WOULD HOPE AT SOME POINT WE'D HAVE A BREAKTHROUGH HERE. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND TO SAY, WHY CAN'T WE ALL AGREE ON WHAT MOST AMERICANS NOD THEIR HEAD AND SAY, THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD IDEA, AND JUST GET IT DONE? MR. PRESIDENT,
MR. WARNOCK D Georgia
Pro Choice Union Theological Degree. . On Easter Sunday 2021, Warnock's Twitter account tweeted, "The meaning of Easter is more transcendent than the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Whether you are a Christian or not, through a commitment to helping others we are able to save ourselves."
WARNOCK: MR. PRESIDENT, I COULD NOT HELP BUT RESPOND TO MY COLLEAGUE FROM THE GREAT STATE OF OKLAHOMA. I REALLY WISH THINGS WERE AS SIMPLE AS MY REPUBLICAN FRIENDS WOULD HAVE US TO BELIEVE. THEY WANT US TO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS SIMPLY A BASIC VOTER I.D. BILL.
A STUDENT ID
Should be considered valid? This is the ID of choice to keep your identity hidden, Mr. Warnock.
He is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Utah, a seat he has held since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, Lee became Utah's senior senator in 2019, when Orrin Hatch retired, and the dean of Utah's congressional delegation in 2021, when Representative Rob Bishop retired.
The son of U.S. Solicitor General Rex E. Lee and brother of Utah Supreme Court Justice Thomas Rex Lee, Lee began his career as a clerk for the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah before clerking for Samuel Alito, who was then a judge on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO ON THAT DRIVER'S LICENSE APPLICATION IS CHECK A BOX SAYING, YES, I'D LIKE TO REGISTER TO VOTE AND AT THE BOTTOM SIGN YOUR NAME SAYING, YES, I WANT TO REGISTER TO VOTE AND I AM ENTITLED TO VOTE. THERE IS NO ILLEGAL IMPEDIMENT TO ME VOTING, I'M A U.S. CITIZEN AND NOT OTHERWISE BARRED FROM VOTING. THAT'S IT. NO SPECIFIC INFORMATION IS REQUIRED, NO SPECIFIC INFORMATION IS EVEN ALLOWED FOR THIS SUPREME COURT PRECEDENT WRONGLY INTERPRETING THE NVRA, YOU CAN'T ASK ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS TO VERIFY THAT. WHY? WHY ARE THEY SO DEFIANTLY, ADAMANTLY OF FUNDING THE DEPARTMENT THAT PROTECTS OUR HOMELAND AND PROTECTS OUR IMMIGRATION LAWS AND OPPOSED TO LEGISLATION THAT WOULD REQUIRE PEOPLE TO GO THROUGH THE SIMPLE PROCESS OF ESTABLISHING WHO THEY ARE AND THAT THEY ARE ENTITLED TO VOTE IN U.S. ELECTIONS? WHY? WHEN YOU ADD UP THE ABSURDITY AND THE HYPERBOLIC NATURE AND ULTIMATELY THE LACK OF FOUNDATION BEHIND THE ARGUMENTS THEY RAISE WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING, IT'S ALARMING, IT'S DAMNING, MR. PRESIDENT. WE ARE A NATION OF LAWS. WE ARE A NATION. WE CAN NEITHER BE A NATION OR NATION OF LAWS IF YOU DON'T ENFORCE YOUR BORDER LAWS,
IF YOU DON'T ENFORCE WHO IS AN AMERICAN, IF YOU DON'T ENFORCE WHO CAN CAST A VOTE. WE MAKE A LOT OF LAWS HERE. SOME WOULD SAY TOO MANY, AND THEY MIGHT BE RIGHT. BUT THIS ONE IS DIFFERENT. IN IS UPSTREAM FROM ALL OF THEM. YOU MIGHT SAY IT'S A META LAW OR A PROTA LAW. IT'S UPSTREAM FROM SO MANY OTHERS. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A LAW THAT DETERMINES WHO WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE OUR LAWS.
WHEN VOTERS ARE CASTING VOTES DECIDING WHO WILL REPRESENT THEM IN THE U.S. SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE VOTES ARE KEPT IN THE FAMILY AND WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF WHO IS ALLOWED TO VOTE. ONLY AMERICAN CITIZENS ARE ALLOWED TO VOTE.
IF THAT UPSETS THE DEMOCRATS, THEY SHOULD SAY SO. I HAVEN'T HEARD CALLS FOR REPEALING NONCITIZENS FROM VOTING IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS.
IT WOULD BE INTERESTING IF THEY RAISED THAT. THAT WOULD BE ON INTERESTING DEBATE. THAT WOULD BE A MORE HONEST DISCUSSION. THEY HAVEN'T. THEY SAID WE DON'T NEED THE SAVE AMERICA ACT BECAUSE, AND THIS ONE IS A KICKER,
WHAT THEY'RE SAYING HERE. WE DON'T NEED A LAWMAKING OUR LAWS PROHIBITING NONCITIZEN VOTING BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY AGAINST THE LAW AND WE TAKE THAT DEFIANT ILLOGICAL ABSURD POSITION EVEN KNOWING THAT IT -- THAT WE'VE MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DETECT AND THEREFORE PUNISH ANYONE WHO MAKES THAT LAW. MR. PRESIDENT, WE HAVE TO CLEAR BOTH OF THESE LOG JAMS, WE HAVE TO GET MARKWAYNE MULLIN, HE HAS IS A MAN WITH A LOT OF ENERGY AND IDEAS, AND IT WILL TAKE SUCH A MAN TO RUN THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. WE ALSO HAVE TO GET THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FUNDED AND WE HAVE TO FULLY ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TO PROTECT THE AMERICAN, NOT JUST BY PAYING THEM, WHICH IS LONG OVERDUE, BUT ALSO BY GIVING THEM THE AUTHORITY TO GET THE DATA THEY NEED FROM STATES TO MAKE SURE THAT ONLY AMERICANS VOTE IN U.S. ELECTIONS. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. A SENATOR: MR. PRESIDENT.
♔ Lord Jesus Saves †
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