{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cassidy-delivers-floor-speech-urging-senate-to-pass-save-america-act/", "Cassidy Delivers Floor Speech Urging Senate to Pass SAVE America Act", "2026-03-11", "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) delivered a speech on the U.S. Senate floor calling on the Senate to pass the SAVE America Act, legislation that would require proof of citizenship when voting in federal elections.\n\n\u201cSenate Democrats know that most of their constituents are for verifying citizenship to vote. They are ignoring the will of the people they represent,\u201d said Dr. Cassidy.\n\n\u201cI ask my Senate Democratic colleagues to remember this: you demand ID to buy a gun, one constitutional right, but you won\u2019t require it to cast a vote, another constitutional right. Listen to the people. Pass the SAVE America Act,\u201d continued Dr. Cassidy.\n\nCassidy\u2019s remarks as prepared for delivery are below:\n\nMr. President,\n\nAmerica was founded on the principle that the right to vote is sacred. Protecting it is our responsibility.\n\nI\u2019d like to read a quote from the Boston Gazette, published April 16, 1781.\n\n\u201cLet each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote\u2026that he is executing one of the most solemn trusts in human society for which he is accountable to God and his country.\u201d\n\nSamuel Adams wrote that nearly 245 years ago, when our country was just five years old.\n\nI often find that the principles which are described in history become more relevant as time goes on.\n\nAnd today, Mr. President, as this Congress debates whether proof of citizenship should be required to vote in federal elections, those words from 1781 speak as clearly as they did then.\n\nNow, when you ask the American people about this, there isn\u2019t really that much debate.\n\nOver 83 percent of Americans say, \u201cYes! You should have to show a government-issued ID to vote!\u201d\n\nThis is the position of most Americans\u201471 percent of Democrats and 95 percent of Republicans.\n\nThat\u2019s why I\u2019m a proud co-sponsor of the SAVE America Act\u2014that is, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act.\n\nNow, I\u2019m from Louisiana.\n\nIn EVERY state, you\u2019re required to show your ID to buy alcohol.\n\nSo, when you hear that Democrats are refusing to support the SAVE America Act, you might scratch your head.\n\nLike, I\u2019ve got to show my government-issued ID to buy a gun, which is another Constitutional right.\n\nI\u2019ve got to show it to board an airplane or cash a check.\n\nBut when it comes to choosing the leaders who will steer the future of the United States of America\u2014suddenly showing an ID is too much to ask?\n\nThere\u2019s something really backwards about that.\n\nEspecially considering how clearly the American people are speaking on this issue.\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\nIt is common sense and overwhelmingly supported by the American people.\n\nOnly 1 percent of people say they are undecided.\n\nSenate Democrats 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 simply strengthens trust in our system by ensuring that only citizens participate in federal elections, as our founding fathers intended.\n\nOur constitutional republic was founded on the principle that every lawful vote should count, and no unlawful vote should dilute the voices of American citizens.\n\nThe SAVE America Act is simple, reasonable, and widely supported.\n\nWhen it comes to the Senate floor for a vote next week, I ask my Democratic colleagues to remember this: you demand ID to buy a gun, one constitutional right, but you won\u2019t require it to cast a vote, another constitutional right.\n\nListen to the people. 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