John Barrasso

Mr. BARRASSO

Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I rise today to recognize the 90th anniversary of the Wyrulec Company, a rural electric cooperative dedicated to serving electric power to southeastern Wyoming and western Nebraska. On April 16, 2026, the Wyrulec Company will celebrate 90 years of service during its annual membership meeting, held at the Goshen County Fairgrounds in Torrington, WY. It is an opportunity for members to highlight Wyrulec's proven record of providing reliable, affordable power to Wyoming. The Wyrulec Company has the distinction of being the first rural electric cooperative in the State of Wyoming. In 1936, after Congress passed the Rural Electrification Act, residents established the cooperative to bring electricity to rural areas long left without access to this essential service. They were confident the benefits of providing reliable rural electric services would transform daily life for members. At the time, most farms and ranches operated without electricity, relying on labor-intensive methods for everyday tasks. But by December of 1937, electricity was flowing to Wyrulec's members, marking a historic turning point for rural Wyoming. The advent of accessible electricity had a profound impact on the co- op's members. It fundamentally reshaped agricultural production for the area's farmers and ranchers. Wyrulec's formation also influenced regional economic development. Rural electrification connected Wyoming's isolated communities in a way never seen before. Wyrulec began with just over 100 members. Today, it serves 2,463 members. The company is a Touchstone Energy cooperative that receives its power primarily from the Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association and the Basin Electric Power Cooperative. It services five counties in Wyoming and Nebraska with over 2,000 miles of transmission line. Wyrulec goes above and beyond to provide top-notch customer service. Experienced linemen, foremen, and supervisors are on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, working to ensure the lights stay on. These dedicated workers often leave their families to brave hazardous conditions to repair broken lines and restore energy. Wyrulec's ongoing efforts to maintain and modernize its electric systems support agriculture, small businesses, schools, and essential services, strengthening the economic stability and resilience of rural Wyoming. Wyrulec is deeply committed to giving back. Beyond delivering power, Wyrulec supports Wyoming through infrastructure development, local employment, and community support initiatives. It offers incredible opportunities for young people, including energy leadership camps and scholarships. The co-op's Operation Round Up program provides financial assistance to local causes. Wyrulec's cooperative model prioritizes the needs of its members while reinvesting resources in the communities it serves. The success of the Wyrulec Company can be credited to its experienced leadership. The organization's leadership includes: Ryan Schilreff, General Manager Dewey Hageman, Board President Mark Knaub, Board Vice President Kenda Knudsen, Board Treasurer Ben Scott, Board Secretary Kyle Kilty, Board Assistant Secretary It is an honor to celebrate this significant milestone for the Wyrulec Company. Its legacy of serving rural Wyoming with reliability, innovation, and community focus has strengthened local economies and improved overall quality of life. Wyrulec's resounding success stands as a testament to the strength of the cooperative model and the enduring spirit of innovation and collaboration in rural Wyoming.

Mr. BARRASSO

Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate resume legislative session and be in a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each.

Mr. BARRASSO

Mr. BARRASSO. Madam President, reserving the right to object, the Senator brings an absolutely extraneous and unrelated measure to the floor. What we are supposed to be discussing here is what Senator Husted just offered, a voter ID proposal. And it is revealing to hear my Democratic colleague try to change the subject from something that is very popular--voter ID--to his very unpopular position, which is his opposition to having voters present voter ID. You need a photo ID to buy a beer, to board a plane, to cash a check. Why not voting in elections? Why do you want to keep changing the subject? Senator Husted's bill is simple. It simply requires voters to show a photo ID when they show up to vote. Senator Husted knows about administering elections, and he knows it better than any other Member of this body because he spent years as Ohio's secretary of state. His job was to run elections that were fair and safe and secure, and he did it successfully. He did this in one of the most closely watched battleground States in America. If anyone knows what it takes to protect the integrity of elections, it is Senator Jon Husted of Ohio. He knows that this simple, commonsense requirement of a photo ID would make elections more secure. Now, here is what is astonishing. Just a few days ago, the minority leader said that his caucus is not opposed to a photo ID when you show up to vote. Well, I agree with that. Yet here we are, just days later. The Democrats are here on the floor opposing Senator Husted's commonsense bill to require a photo ID when you show up to vote. Apparently they were for it before they were against it. And here is what is most interesting. Thirty years ago, the minority leader, Senator Schumer, then a Member of Congress, championed photo ID requirements to receive welfare benefits. He famously called photo ID requirements then anti-fraud. Again, he was for it before he was against it. Democrats are here on the floor objecting, as we have just seen, to commonsense photo ID requirements to vote in American elections. Photo IDs are common sense. They are necessary. Senator Husted's bill should pass without amendments, without delay. And therefore, I object.

Mr. BARRASSO

Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, in today's Democratic Party, common sense is not very common. Photo ID requirements are the definition of common sense. You need an ID to buy a beer. You need an ID to board a plane, to cash a check, as you do in so much of American life. Why would you not need one to cast a vote in an election? The SAVE America Act simply says you need to be a citizen of the United States to register to vote and you need to show a photo ID in order to vote, plain and simple. This is in no way controversial unless, of course, you are a Senate Democrat because, this week, every Senate Democrat--every Democrat who is a Member of this body--has now been put on the record right in this very Chamber. Republicans support photo ID. Every Democrat in this Chamber voted against it, and that includes Senator Schumer, the minority leader in the Senate. And apparently, Senator Schumer was for it before he is now against it--because, 30 years ago, then-Congressman Chuck Schumer of New York was a champion of photo ID. He stood on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives and he argued to the body that IDs are necessary and they were necessary to stop illegal immigrants from receiving welfare. He was for it before he was against it--because, today, the same Senator Schumer from New York has called photo IDs ``fringe.'' He did it right here at that podium on Monday afternoon. Did he change his beliefs, or did his party change their demands? The minority leader is not alone. There is actually a video--and it is worth watching--of President Barack Obama. He was voting in his reelection election in 2012. He was going to vote. Can you guess what the video shows? Well, let me tell you. The video shows President Barack Obama presenting his photo ID in order to vote. He was President of the United States. He was on the ballot. He was probably the best- known person in the entire world at the time, and even President Barack Obama had to prove who he was when he showed up to vote. Democrats are completely two-faced on this because, just recently, one of our Democrat colleagues, a Senator from the State of Georgia, demanded voters show photo IDs if they wanted to attend one of his political rallies. So you need to show a photo ID to get into his rally, but you don't need to show a photo ID in order to vote--oh, no. Two-faced, double standard, not common sense, out of touch with the American people. The mayor of New York City--and he is, of course, the face of today's Democratic Party--he is an avowed socialist; he admits it out loud. He told New Yorkers, if they wanted to help shovel snow in the city during the storm, you need to bring not one but two forms of ID to prove who you were. If you need an ID to get welfare, to attend a Democrat campaign rally in Georgia, or to shovel snow in New York City, you should absolutely need to show a photo ID if you want to vote in an election in America. Photo ID is a norm in democracies all around the world. All but one country in Europe requires a government-issued photo ID in order to vote. And 36 States in America, including Wyoming, my home State, require voters to present an ID when arriving at the polls. It can't be what Senator Schumer called fringe. It can't be fringe to adopt a common practice in America in 36 States and around the world. That is what Chuck Schumer and the Democrats think is fringe. So why do Democrats continue to oppose the SAVE America Act? What is it that they are trying to protect? Yesterday, I spoke on this floor about the mess in the State of Oregon. Oregon hands out driver's licenses to illegal immigrants--easy to get. In Oregon, a driver's license comes with automatic voter registration. You get a driver's license, you are of age, you are automatically registered to vote in the State of Oregon. As a result, from 2021 through 2024, hundreds of illegal immigrants were given driver's licenses and then automatically added onto Oregon's voter rolls. People are astonished when they hear this. Oregon is still scrambling to try to clean up the mess. When Americans hear stories like this, they lose faith in our elections and in our system. The real voter suppression threat is not photo ID, but it is Americans losing trust in our elections. That is what we need to be concerned about. They lose trust when they learn that illegal immigrants are on the voter rolls, are being allowed to vote. Photo IDs restore the trust that our system needs. It reduces fraud, and it sends a simple message. It sends the message that your vote matters and that elections are decided by your fellow citizens, not by illegal immigrants. Democrats protect their own campaign rallies with ID requirements, yet they encourage voting without IDs. Why do our elections deserve any less scrutiny than Democrats' own campaign events? Not a single Democrat will come to this floor and explain that to the American people. Tell us why. That is what I would say to the Democrats: Come to the floor, and tell us why you need a photo ID to get into your events but you don't need one to vote. Every American should support elections that are fair, secure, and transparent. The SAVE America Act makes photo ID the law of the land, and it is the best way to ensure that our elections reflect the will of the American people. It is, by every measure, common sense, and that is exactly why every Democrat in this Chamber voted against it. Department of Homeland Security Mr. President, now, on a separate matter, today, the Department of Homeland Security remains closed. It has been shut down by the Democrats for over a month. The Democrats shut it down. Now they want to peel it apart, and they refuse to reopen it. Remember, the Department of Homeland Security was put into place after the terrorist attacks 9/11 of 2001. It was established as a comprehensive program to protect our Nation's security. The Democrats want to peel it apart. As they are playing their political games, people are suffering. We are seeing long security lines at airports, thousands and thousands of TSA employees missing paychecks, and at the same time, there have been multiple terrorist attacks on American soil. Here is what one Democrat Member told Axios this week. He said: [W]e're making people hurt. Oh, I bet he is real proud of that. That is the Democrat answer: [W]e're making people hurt. Apparently, this is what the Democrats want to pitch their voters on: [W]e're making people hurt. It is much worse. The Democrats have blood on their hands. Today, Democrats have blood on their hands. Democrats continue to prioritize illegal immigrant criminals over American citizens. It has been going on a long time, and it continues today. That is why they are holding hostage the Department of Homeland Security. I want every American to know why this is happening because, for more than a month, Republicans have tried to negotiate with Democrats, all aimed at reopening the Department of Homeland Security so we could have a secure America. But in spite of good-faith efforts by the White House--and they have outlined and laid out a long offer--the Democrats continue to say: No. Stay closed. The offer addresses mutual concerns and areas of cooperation. It includes IDs on the officers and body cameras. At the same time, the proposal protects the ability of law enforcement officers to uphold our immigration laws. Remember the laws that Biden ignored and had 10 million illegal immigrants flooded into our country over the 4 years that the Democrats were in charge here and Biden was in the White House and the criminals that came with them? That is what the Democrats want to protect. Those are the people that the Democrats are focused on: the illegal immigrant criminals rather than the safety and security of the American people. We come up with reasonable offers, and the Democrats have responded first with silence, then with spin. But not once have they come up with solutions. This is a basic betrayal and a blatant betrayal of the responsibility that all elected officials have to protect the American people. The Democrats are way off base. Let me tell you what this means. In Georgia, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, which trains Federal law enforcement officers in over 100 different Agencies, it is shut down right now. In Nevada, a field office for the Homeland Security Investigations unit that combats fentanyl and other drugs, it is unfunded. In Washington State, major upgrades for the Coast Guard at the Seattle Polar Security Cutter home port, they are on delay. None of this makes America stronger. None of this makes America safer. It makes America weaker. It is time to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security. The American people know that it is the Democrats who are the ones standing in the way of their own personal safety. It is time for Democrats to get on board and fund the Department of Homeland Security. I yield the floor. Recognition of the Minority Leader

Mr. BARRASSO

Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, 10 million illegal immigrants flooded into this country when Joe Biden was President, when the Democrats were in the majority in this body--10 million illegal immigrants. Democrats now want to make those same illegal immigrants have an impact on the outcome of elections in our Nation. Democrats continue to be the party of open borders and illegal voters. Mr. President, last week the Department of Homeland Security arrested an illegal immigrant who had voted in every Federal election since 2008. He voted in the State of Pennsylvania, which, of course, is a swing State where the outcomes are decided on razor-thin majorities. Every single time he voted, he signed a Federal form. The form stated: I am a citizen of the United States. Every single time, he signed. Every single time, he lied. He is not a citizen, and he knew it was a crime for him to vote. He voted anyway because he could get away with it. That is fraud. It is a Federal crime, and it happens over and over and over again. The Democrats enable it. The reason it happens over and over again is that Democrats fight every single effort that we have to stop it. They don't want it to end. They want it to continue, and they want more of it. That includes the bill that is before us today, the SAVE America Act. Yesterday, Republicans put every single Democrat in this Chamber on the record. Now, all of America knows Republicans support voter photo identification; Democrats do not. The SAVE America Act requires two things. One is to show a photo ID in order to vote. The second, of course, is to show proof of citizenship in order to register to vote. This is common sense. I believe only citizens of our country should be allowed to vote in our elections. I also believe that you should have to show a photo ID in order to vote. Now, the great majority of Americans agree with me, and that is regardless of which party that person happens to be a member of. The American people overwhelmingly agree, agree that American elections should be decided by American citizens. Do you know what the minority leader said here Monday afternoon, right here on this floor? He called that concept that I just outlined, he called it ``fringe.'' Well, let me tell you what fringe is, and I will show you why. Today, 19 States, as well as the District of Columbia, issue driver's licenses to illegal immigrants, and they do it without any proof of citizenship. You show up, you can get a license. In many of these same States, obtaining a driver's license automatically registers someone to vote--no citizenship checks, no additional steps, no questions asked, no accountability--19 States. And the minority leader on the floor the other day said that one of the things he didn't like about the SAVE America Act is that it would prevent automatic registration when people get their licenses in these places. Well, they are not supposed to get licenses if they are not citizens. Certainly, that is what I believe. And certainly, if they are not citizens, they shouldn't be registered to vote automatically. That is what the Democrats are fighting for: automatic enrollment on the voter rolls for people who are not citizens of the United States when they get a driver's license, in 19 States and the District, which allow illegal immigrants to obtain driver's licenses. Now, by the way, these 20 jurisdictions represent 240 votes in the electoral college. I just want to take a second to look to the State of Oregon. Oregon hands out driver's licenses to illegal immigrants. When people get a driver's license in Oregon, automatically registered to vote. As a result, from 2021 all the way through 2024, hundreds of illegal immigrants were added onto Oregon's voter rolls. Today, we are in 2026. Oregon is still scrambling to try to clean up the disaster that they created with automatic voter registration when they gave illegal immigrants a driver's license. This is the chaos that the Democrats continue to defend and are defending on this floor today. This is the problem that will be prevented by the SAVE America Act. As Democrats come to this floor and they fight to let illegal immigrants vote, they are simultaneously--and this is so sad--they are actively defunding American security. That is right; they are defunding American security. Democrats would rather stand with illegal immigrants and illegal immigrant criminals than to vote to protect law-abiding citizens. That is a shame. It is astonishing to many, and it is business as usual for the Democrats in this body. There have been four terror attacks on American soil in just the past 2 weeks. People have died. What have Senate Democrats done about it? Last week, Senate Democrats came to this floor and refused once again to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security. Blood is on their hands. They don't seem to care. Fully funding the Department of Homeland Security is the best way to keep our Nation safe. Yet, for more than a month, Democrats have practiced the politics of pain. Democrats have defunded bomb prevention training class. I mean, can you imagine that? People are making bombs to bomb areas of our country, to bomb individuals--bombs were thrown at the mayor's house in New York City, at the residence there--and Democrats have defunded bomb prevention training classes. This includes one location after another; and yet, because of this shutdown by the Democrats of the Department of Homeland Security, only a third of the instructors in the bombing prevention training are on the job. Training classes are canceled. Democrats are also withholding paychecks from TSA agents. Many TSA agents live paycheck to paycheck. In communities around the country and in my State and the Presiding Officer's, community groups and service clubs are taking up food drives to take food to the airports to give to the TSA agents because they are not getting paid because the Democrats have shut down the Department of Homeland Security. Under these circumstances, many TSA agents aren't showing up for work. Others are just quitting and getting a job where they know they will get paid. And the problem was made worse by the Democrats' shutdown last October because these TSA agents said: Been there, done that, not going to do it again. Travelers across the country are waiting in security lines for hours. That is happening today. And Democrats keep voting to make the wait times even longer because they refuse to fund the Department of Homeland Security. Some of them come to the floor and say: We are going to peel it apart. The Department of Homeland Security was set up after 2001 and the terror bombings of 9/11. It is a comprehensive program to protect the homeland and the people who live here. Democrats want to peel it apart and say: Well, we will fund this little corner but not that portion and not this portion, and OK over here. We need this comprehensive Department of Homeland Security on the job, working, being paid, doing the training that needs to be done. It is astonishing that, time and time again, whether it comes to the safety of our citizens, the security of our elections, Democrats once again put illegal immigrants first and American citizens last. Republicans and most Americans reject this far-left extremism of the Democratic Party. It offends so many. Republicans are going to continue to put American citizens first--at the border, in communities, and at the ballot box. I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum.

Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

Mr. BARRASSO

Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

Mr. BARRASSO

Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I come to the floor today to talk about the SAVE America Act. I support the SAVE America Act. I believe that anybody that votes in an American election needs to be an American citizen, and I believe that anyone who shows up to vote needs to present a photo ID to prove they are who they say they are. Free and fair elections are the foundation of our Nation. It is the 250th anniversary this year of our founding. Voting here is about American citizens voting. And without strong protections, this foundation of 250 years will crumble. The American people are clear. They believe American elections should be decided by American citizens, not by illegal immigrants. Listen to the Democrats talk. They think it is fine, let any illegal immigrant vote. You heard from the minority leader yesterday in terms of what we want to do to protect the rights of American citizens to make sure the elections are free and fair. When illegal immigrants vote, the voice of American citizens is undermined. The fact is, Joe Biden's open border policies undermined elections in this country. Under Joe Biden and the Democrats, over 10 million illegal immigrants flooded into our country, to communities all across the State. Now, Democrats want to make it possible for illegal immigrants to decide the outcome of elections in this Nation. Democrats are once again prioritizing illegal immigrants and illegal immigrant criminals over American citizens, and that is what they have been doing. That is why we are in the situation we are in, with a shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security and why, specifically, today we are on the floor to talk about the SAVE America Act. Many far-left sanctuary cities already make it easier for illegal immigrants to vote. They have set it up that way because in 19 States and in the District of Columbia, illegal immigrants can get a driver's license with no proof of citizenship whatsoever. I am against it. I have opposed it from the beginning when the first State proposed it, and now, 19 States and the District do it. In California, in Maryland, Vermont, and Washington, DC, noncitizens are allowed to vote in local elections. I think that is wrong. It is a felony for illegal immigrants to vote in Federal elections; yet we know it is happening. Last week, the Department of Homeland Security arrested a criminal illegal immigrant from Africa. He entered the Nation illegally over 20 years ago. He was ordered to be deported in 2002. He first registered to vote in 2005, and he has been voting in Federal elections since 2008. Most recently, this illegal immigrant voted in the 2024 election. He voted in the State of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania is a swing State. It was won by tight margins in both the Presidential and the Senate races. He should have never been allowed to vote in the United States, and this should never be allowed to happen. Now, the SAVE America Act protects the vote of every single American citizen. What it says is simple: If you want to vote in the United States of America, you need to be a citizen of the United States of America, and you need to show a photo ID at the poll in order to vote. It is common sense. Americans show ID every single day. You want to buy a beer? You need to show an ID. You want to get on a plane? You need to show a photo ID. I have people here in the Gallery from Wyoming--students from Burlington and their teachers, optometrists from around the State of Wyoming. They are all flying back to Wyoming. Every one of them is going to have to show a photo ID to get on the plane. If you want to cash a check, you need to show a photo ID. Voting should be equally important to show a photo ID. It should be no different than all these other things. Photo IDs protect against voter fraud, and they prevent illegal immigrants from voting. Most importantly, it tells each American citizen that their vote counts and their vote matters, and it is not going to be watered down by people who are not citizens of the United States. American voters in 36 States, including Wyoming, already show an ID in order to vote in elections. We do have voter ID laws in Wyoming. And getting a voter ID is actually free, no cost involved. So the SAVE America Act that we are going to be discussing and voting on today builds on current, commonsense laws that work in so many States. It makes it easy to vote, and it makes it harder to cheat in every State across the country. Every Democrat ought to be supporting this, but none of them do. Why do Democrats in this Chamber oppose showing an ID to vote? I think the minority leader is opposed because--in his words--he says it ``allows ICE to kick tens of millions of people off the voter rolls.'' That is who the Democrats are fighting for--illegal immigrant voting. Not for American citizens, not for the rights of the American people to govern our own Nation--no, he is talking about tens of millions of people off the voter rolls. How did they get on the voter rolls in the first place if they are not citizens? Well, it is automatic voter drives and when people sign up for a motor vehicle license, a driver's license. A number of States have automatic voter registration connected to it. So you get a license, and even if you are illegal, you can be signed up to vote. Certain States are in the process of having to try to figure out how they went wrong and what they need to do to correct it for Federal offices. Oregon State is in the middle of it right now. If it is true that there are tens of millions of people on the voter rolls that Chuck Schumer talked about that ICE would remove because they are not citizens on the voter rolls, how bad does it have to get? If that is the case, this situation is much worse than most Americans fear. What we hear from the minority leader saying that this is Jim Crow 2.0--that is fearmongering, and he knows it. One of our Democratic colleagues will be on this floor later today from the State of Georgia. He requires anybody that wants to show up at one of his campaign rallies to show a photo ID to get in. Apparently, you need to show a photo ID to get into a Georgia campaign rally for a Democrat, and he doesn't want you to have to show one to vote. I guess he doesn't want illegal immigrants at his rallies, but it is OK if they vote for him. It is astonishing. Why do Democrats support showing a photo ID to attend a political rally and oppose it to vote in an election? Look, what is clear to all of us is that Democrats oppose elections that limit participations to just American citizens. They don't like that idea. And they are likely to line up one after another today to vote to say: Nope, don't check the ID with a photo on it in order to vote because we want to cram as many people as we can with their ballots into the ballot box to be counted, no matter where they are from. Democrats said the same thing after the State of Georgia enacted voter ID laws in 2021. What were the results? Well, more people actually voted, not fewer. Turnout hit record levels. The lines moved faster than ever before. The Democrats say it was an impediment. Voter ID is important. Democrats' voter suppression lies have been thoroughly debunked time and time again. Yet they continue to repeat them. Voter ID and citizenship proof are safeguards for our elections; they are not restrictions. The SAVE America Act is how we make elections safe, secure, and a true reflection of the American people. Every American should desire that American elections be decided by American citizens. Who wouldn't? Well, somebody that wants to load up the ballots with people who may vote for them, whether they are citizens or not. Every Member of the Senate should support the SAVE America Act. By opposing this bill, Democrats are once again putting illegal immigrants ahead of American voters, and Republicans are going to make sure that every voter in America and every citizen voter in America knows which side of that issue people stand on--photo ID and citizenship or not. The Republicans are here to say it is important that only citizens vote and people prove who they are by showing a photo ID when they go to the ballot box. I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum.

Mr. BARRASSO

Mr. BARRASSO. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Cotton), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Lankford), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott), and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis). Further, if present and voting: the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis) would have voted ``Yea'' and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham) would have voted ``Yea.''

Mr. BARRASSO

Mr. BARRASSO. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Lankford) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis). Further, if present and voting: the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis) would have voted ``yea.''

Mr. BARRASSO

Mr. BARRASSO. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis).

Mr. BARRASSO

Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I come to the floor having just heard the minority leader address this body in talking about a fringe position. It has to do with voting in America in our elections. And, essentially, what the minority leader said--he said it is fringe to have to prove that you are a citizen in order to vote. Apparently, the Democrats view that as a fringe position that you have to prove you are a citizen in order to vote in elections in the United States of America in a national election. The minority leader additionally said it was basically fringe to have to show a photo ID when you cast a vote in an election. Those are mainstream, commonsense ideas. The Democrats and Joe Biden let 10 million--if not more--illegal immigrants flood into this country over the 4 years of the Biden administration; and now, what do the Democrats want to do? They want to make it easier for illegal immigrants to go to the polls and to influence and have an impact on the elections in the United States of America. To me, that is a fringe idea to allow illegal immigrants to vote, but that is what the Democrats are here promoting. I believe you should prove you are a citizen if you want to vote in the United States. I believe you need to show a photo ID when you need to vote. That is what we have to do in my home State of Wyoming. Many States require it. But not the Democrat States that have been swamped with illegal immigrants and the sanctuary cities to allow anyone to come in, abuse the laws of the land, abuse the privileges of citizens. That, to me, is a fringe idea, but that is what Democrats are going to stand for this week on the floor of the U.S. Senate. You need to show an ID if you board a plane. You have got to show an ID if you go to a sporting event and buy a beer. Why would you not have to show an ID to vote in an election in the United States? And then to hear the minority leader--I mean, it is astonishing. I wrote it down. He said: No more voter registration when you get a driver's license, as if there is something wrong with that. Nineteen States give driver's licenses to people who are in this country illegally. So, of course, I don't want those people to be able to be registering to vote when they get a driver's license. I don't want them to even get a driver's license. The minority leader thinks that is business as usual--give the illegal immigrants a driver's license and sign them up to vote, one step after another. We don't care if they are here legally or illegally. Sign them up. Maybe they will vote for us. That is the Democrat position in all of this. The bill that we are going to be addressing this week on the floor, the SAVE America Act, that is the way we can have safe, secure elections that reflect the viewpoints of the American people. So when I hear what is fringe, what I think is fringe is the Democrats in this body--and I think every one of them is going to stand with the extreme wing of their party--who want to allow illegal immigrants to vote and have an influence in the elections in this country. It is absolutely wrong. This week, we are going to put every one of them on the record, and by the time this is over, every American is going to know that the Democrats are the party--that they are the party of illegal immigrants, open borders, and illegal voters. I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum.

Mr. BARRASSO. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

Mr. BARRASSO

Mr. BARRASSO. Madam President, if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order.

Mr. BARRASSO

Mr. BARRASSO. I yield the floor.

Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the previously scheduled rollcall vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar No. 673, Anna St. John, now occur at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 17.

Mr. BARRASSO

Mr. BARRASSO. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration and the Senate now proceed to S. Res. 629.

Mr. BARRASSO. I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.

Mr. BARRASSO

Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

Mr. BARRASSO

Mr. BARRASSO. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 644, which was submitted earlier today.

Mr. BARRASSO. I know of no further debate.

Mr. BARRASSO. I ask unanimous consent that the preamble be agreed to and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate.

Mr. BARRASSO

Mr. BARRASSO. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate resume legislative session and be in a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each.

Mr. BARRASSO

Mr. BARRASSO. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 17; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be deemed expired, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, morning business be closed, and the Senate resume consideration of Executive Calendar No. 673, Anna St. John, and at 11:30 a.m. execute the order of March 13 in relation to the nomination; further, that if cloture is invoked, the Senate recess from 12:30 to 2:15 p.m. to allow for the weekly conference meetings and at 2:15 p.m., the Senate vote on confirmation of the nomination; finally, that if any nominations are confirmed during Tuesday's session of the Senate, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action.