{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://brooks.house.gov/media-center/news-releases/news-release-brooks-addresses-house-support-president-elect-trump", "Brooks Addresses House to Support President-elect Trump Assertion of Voter Fraud", "2016-11-30", "2016", "2016-11", "Republican", "House", "AL", "Mo Brooks", "B001274", "brooks.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. \u2013\u00a0This morning, Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) addressed the House floor to support President-elect Trump\u2019s assertion of voter fraud in the most recent election and challenged left-wing media efforts to silence serious discussion on the problem of noncitizens illegally voting in U.S. elections.\u00a0Brooks stated, \u201cIn January of 2016, the United States Election Assistance Commission approved Alabama\u2019s proof of citizenship voter registration requirement. \u00a0The League of Women Voters then challenged proof of citizenship laws in the Washington, D.C., federal courts. \u00a0In an astonishing ruling in September of 2016, a mere six weeks before the election, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia entered a preliminary injunction that barred Alabama, Kansas, Georgia, and, indirectly, any other state, from requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote.\u201dBrooks continued, \u201cNow what does all of this mean? \u00a0It means that, right before the presidential election, federal courts created a massive legal hole that empowers noncitizens to register to vote and, once registered, to vote in America\u2019s elections with impunity, thereby undermining and diluting the vote of lawful Americans and striking at the very heart of our democracy.\u201d\u00a0Brooks concluded, \u201cQuite frankly, Mr. Speaker, we will never know for sure if hundreds of thousands or millions of noncitizens voted in the 2016 elections.\u00a0 Worse yet, if the left-wing media and pundits continue to summarily dismiss and turn a blind eye to the problem, it will be harder to stop future elections from being stolen.\u201d\u00a0or on the image above.\n\tText of Congressman Brooks\u2019 remarks:\n\tMr. Speaker, President-elect Donald Trump opined in a tweet on November 27 that \u201cIn addition to winning the Electoral College in a landslide, I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally.\u201d \u00a0As would be expected, a circus of left-wing, media pundits immediately pounced on President-elect Trump\u2019s opinion in an effort to silence serious discussion of the noncitizen voter fraud problem.\u00a0\n\tFor example, PolitiFact, a self-proclaimed purveyor of truth, gave Trump\u2019s statement a \u201cPants on Fire\u201d evaluation and stated \u201cNeither Trump nor his allies have presented any evidence of widespread illegal voting. \u00a0In reality, studies have consistently shown that voter fraud is nowhere near common enough to call into question millions and millions of votes.\u201d [1] \u00a0\n\tThe truth is, PolitiFact and its allies ignore contrary studies and information.\u00a0 But isn\u2019t that what you would expect of PolitiFact and its left-wing media allies that have in effect become the communications wing of the Democratic Party?\u00a0 A 2014 study by professors at Old Dominion University and George Mason University estimated that noncitizens vote 80% of the time for Democrats.[2] \u00a0Does anyone really expect Democrats and their media and pundit allies to object to or scrutinize illegal votes that may be the deciding factor in the election of Democrat candidates?\n\tLet me give but one example of how tens of millions of noncitizens are a threat to register to vote, and vote, in America\u2019s elections.\u00a0 Alabama is my home state.\u00a0 Our laws limit voting to American citizens.\u00a0 That sounds pretty reasonable to me that only Americans should vote in American elections.\u00a0\n\tIn order to limit American elections to American citizens, Alabama Code Section 31-13-28 requires proof of citizenship to register to vote.\u00a0 The Code lists 13 different documents that are conclusive proof of citizenship, things like driver\u2019s licenses, birth certificates, passports, naturalization documents, adoption papers, military service documents.\u00a0 Further, an American can offer any other document that is proof of citizenship.\n\tIn January of 2016, the United States Election Assistance Commission approved Alabama\u2019s proof of citizenship voter registration requirement.[3] \u00a0The League of Women Voters then challenged proof of citizenship laws in the Washington, D.C., federal courts. \u00a0In an astonishing ruling in September of 2016, [4] a mere six weeks before the election, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia entered a preliminary injunction that barred Alabama, Kansas, Georgia, and, indirectly, any other state, from requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote.\n\tThe Court of Appeals\u2019 ruling opens the floodgates for voting by tens of millions of illegal aliens and other noncitizens on American soil, thus blatantly undermining the American Republic for which so many Americans fought and died.\u00a0 The dissenting opinion of the Court of Appeals\u2019 Senior Circuit Judge Randolph well-describes the Court\u2019s ruling: \u201cOf utmost importance is that on the eve of a Presidential election, and elections for federal office, a court has issued an injunction forbidding Kansas, Georgia and Alabama from enforcing their election laws, laws requiring those who seek to register to vote to prove that they are citizens of this country.\u00a0 That order is unconstitutional.\u00a0 In my view the appeal should have been disposed on the ground that the League of Women Voters and their allies have not even come close to demonstrating the type of harm entitling them to an order suspending these state laws.\u201d\n\tNotwithstanding Judge Randolph\u2019s dissent, the bad guys prevailed.\u00a0 Now what does all of this mean? \u00a0It means that, right before the presidential election, federal courts created a massive legal hole that empowers noncitizens to register to vote and, once registered, to vote in America\u2019s elections with impunity, thereby undermining and diluting the vote of lawful Americans and striking at the very heart of our democracy.\u00a0 It means that President-elect Trump may very well be right, that he \u201cwon the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally.\u201d\n\tQuite frankly, Mr. Speaker, we will never know for sure if hundreds of thousands or millions of noncitizens voted in the 2016 elections.\u00a0 Worse yet, if the left-wing media and pundits continue to summarily dismiss and turn a blind eye to the problem, it will be harder to stop future elections from being stolen.\u00a0\n\t\u00a0\n\t###\n\t\u00a0\n\t\t  \n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t[3] League of Women Voters of the United States, et al., v. Brian D. Newby, in his capacity as the Executive Director of the United States Election Assistance Commission, and the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, etc.; Case 1:16-cv-00236-RJL, United States District Court for the District of Columbia.\u00a0 Kansas and Georgia\u2019s proof of citizenship requirements were also approved.\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t[4] League of Women Voters of the United States, et al., v. Brian D. Newby, in his capacity as the Executive Director of the United States Election Assistance Commission, and the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, etc.; Case 16-5196, United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://brooks.house.gov/media-center/news-releases/news-release-brooks-addresses-house-support-president-elect-trump"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7222780734300613, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}