{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cassidy-delivers-floor-speech-urging-senate-to-pass-save-america-act-2/", "Cassidy\u00a0Delivers Floor Speech Urging Senate to Pass SAVE America Act", "2026-03-21", "2026", "2026-03", "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) today delivered a floor speech urging the passage of the SAVE America Act as Senate Democrats continue to block the bill. The legislation would require proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections.\n\n\u201cTo my Democratic colleagues, I ask you to listen to the people. Pass the SAVE America Act,\u201d said Dr. Cassidy.\n\nCassidy\u2019s remarks as prepared for delivery are below:\n\nMr. President, it\u2019s a lot easier to show your photo ID when you go to vote than it is to read that poster.\n\nBut Democrats insist on making it difficult.\n\nThey insist on making a common-sense, widely supported bill a huge fight.\n\nIt\u2019s funny, you don\u2019t hear any Democrats complaining that you have to show a photo ID to buy a gun.\n\nBut when it comes to this Constitutional principle of protecting the integrity of our elections, suddenly that\u2019s too far.\n\nThe SAVE America Act is supported by 71 percent of Democrats and 95 percent of Republicans.\n\nThat\u2019s why I\u2019m a proud co-sponsor, and why you might scratch your head when you hear that Democrats broadly refuse to support it.\n\nDemocrats know that most of their constituents are for verifying citizenship to vote; they\u2019re just ignoring them\u2014presumably to appease the small left-wing base of 16 percent who are against it.\n\nIt does not prevent any eligible American citizen from casting a ballot.\n\nIt does not take away anyone\u2019s constitutional rights.\n\nIt just says that only American citizens may participate in federal elections.\n\nWe have even worked with Democrats to address some of their concerns.\n\nFor example, there is concern that those eligible to vote may not be able to obtain physical documents, like a birth certificate.\n\nBut we\u2019ve addressed that concern!\n\nIf 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\nThe SAVE America Act allows that alternative process to accommodate those who need an affidavit option.\n\nSo, lack of documentation is not an issue.\n\nAmericans have to show a photo ID or proof of citizenship on a weekly, sometimes daily basis.\n\nOpening a bank account, cashing a check, boarding a plane.\n\nThey\u2019re throwing mud against the wall to see what sticks, because that\u2019s easier than admitting the real reason they oppose the SAVE America Act: Senate Democrats are controlled by the far left, not the majority of their constituents.\n\nBut you know what\u2019s ironic about that?\n\nWhen Mayor Mamdani offered New Yorkers a chance to make a few bucks snow shoveling during the blizzard last month, he required not one, but TWO, forms of valid ID.\n\nDemocrats make a weak argument that even those in their own party are having trouble defending.\n\nAs far as the talking filibuster is concerned, I have supported returning to the talking filibuster since I joined the Senate in 2015.\n\nLet\u2019s see a proposal and get it done.\n\nWe should look at every avenue to push the SAVE America Act.\n\nI have voted for it, and I will do so again.\n\nTo my Democratic colleagues: Listen to the people. Pass the SAVE America Act.\n\nWith that, Mr. President, I yield the floor.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-02T05:33:17Z", "2026-04-02T05:34:59Z"]], "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-delivers-floor-speech-urging-senate-to-pass-save-america-act-2/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8953651413321495, "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"}