{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cassidy-calls-on-senate-to-pass-save-america-act-in-floor-speech/", "Cassidy Calls on Senate to Pass SAVE America Act in Floor Speech", "2026-04-23", "2026", "2026-04", "Republican", "Senate", "LA", "Bill Cassidy", "C001075", "www.cassidy.senate.gov", "cassidy", "https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/?jsf=jet-engine:press-list", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) delivered a floor speech pushing for the passage of the SAVE America Act, calling on Senate Democrats to stop blocking the bill. The legislation would require proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections.\n\n\u201cThe SAVE America Act does not make it harder to vote; it ensures that only American citizens vote in American elections,\u201d said Dr. Cassidy.\n\n\u201cFolks are asking for the assurance of a secure election. The SAVE America Act helps get that done,\u201d continued Dr. Cassidy.\n\nCassidy\u2019s remarks as prepared for delivery are below:\n\nMadame President,\n\nProtecting the integrity of our elections is a Constitutional principle.\n\nThat\u2019s why I\u2019m a proud co-sponsor of the SAVE America Act, which requires a photo ID when you go to vote.\n\nNow, Americans have to show a photo ID or proof of citizenship on a weekly, sometimes daily basis.\n\nYou open a bank account, you show a photo ID.\n\nYou cash a check, you show a photo ID.\n\nYou board a plane, you show a photo ID.\n\nSo to require the same thing when you go to the polls to vote in a federal election\u2014that\u2019s common sense.\n\nIt\u2019s also not new. It\u2019s already a requirement in a lot of states.\n\nThe SAVE America Act doesn\u2019t make it harder to vote; it ensures that only American citizens vote in American elections.\n\nThat\u2019s Constitutional.\n\nIt\u2019s also popular among the American people.\n\n71 percent of Democrats and 95 percent of Republicans agree you should have to show a photo ID when you go to vote.\n\nSo why isn\u2019t it popular in Congress?\n\nBecause Senate Democrats are dead set on pleasing their small left-wing base of 16 percent who oppose it.\n\nSo they come up with reasons NOT to pass the SAVE America Act.\n\nRepublicans have addressed them.\n\nAs an example, they say, \u201cWhat about people who have lost their documents and can\u2019t prove citizenship?\u201d\n\nWe\u2019ve said, if you are a citizen and you\u2019ve lost your documents, or never had them, you could go to a state election official, swear to the details of your birth date and location or naturalization details, and register to vote.\n\nWe have that option in Louisiana.\n\nThat alternative process is built into the SAVE America Act.\n\nSo, lack of documentation is not an issue.\n\nBut rather than accepting that, Senate Democrats just ignore the solution and get back to work trying to find another reason to oppose it, totally ignoring the fact that a majority of THEIR voters want the SAVE America Act passed into law.\n\nWe need to get back to serving the people.\n\nAnd the people are asking for secure elections.\n\nThe SAVE America Act helps get that done.\n\nWe need to get it passed.\n\nI have supported the talking filibuster since my first day as a Senator in 2015.\n\nI support using it now to pass the SAVE America Act, restore trust in our elections, and carry out the will of the people.\n\nWith that, I yield the floor.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-24T05:51:25Z", "2026-04-24T05:53:00Z"]], "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://www.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cassidy-calls-on-senate-to-pass-save-america-act-in-floor-speech/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.9984077662229538, "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"}