WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Lou Correa (CA-46) released the following statement in response to President Trump's primetime address regarding election integrity.
“The President is concerned about election integrity, yet his administration has been dismantling the actual defenses that keep our elections secure. He gutted the election security team, defunded the Election Infrastructure-ISAC, and harassed almost 1,000 employees into leaving CISA, the agency responsible for defending our voting systems against foreign hackers.
“If the president does have credible evidence of foreign meddling, then we must address it. But the SAVE America Act would not remedy any of the issues he raised. Non-citizens are already barred from registering and voting in federal elections, and would receive jail time or face deportation as a result. The SAVE America Act is redundant and makes voting for American citizens much more difficult. This bill would bar American citizens from using drivers’ licenses, military IDs, or Tribal IDs alone as proof of citizenship. People who have changed their names, including millions of married women, would not be allowed to use their birth certificates alone to prove their citizenship, either.
“Here's the bottom line. President Trump knows that voters are smart. He knows voters are hurting economically. And he knows that if Democrats take back Congress this November, we're going to investigate the actual fraud, waste, and abuse in government. We will begin to stop these endless wars, reduce tariffs, reduce prices, and get our government back to being by the people, of the people, and for the people.”