WASHINGTON (March 19, 2026) – Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) today reaffirmed his support for the SAVE America Act and called for the use of another reconciliation bill to pass the legislation in a speech on the U.S. Senate floor.
Key excerpts of the speech are below.
“Mr. President, I would like to talk for a few minutes about the SAVE [America] Act. I’m a cosponsor. I support it unconditionally. The SAVE [America] Act, as you well know, Mr. President, is really pretty simple. It’s about our sanctity of voting in America.
“It says, ‘If you want to register to vote in America, you have to prove that you’re a citizen of America,’ and once you’re registered, it says, ‘When you’re voting in a federal election, in all instances, you have to prove you are who you say you are in order to vote.’ Very simple.
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“It’s about trying to get the American people to trust our elections every year in light of the fact that President Biden and his team, with the concurrence of many of my colleagues in this chamber, admitted millions and millions and millions of people into our country illegally.”
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“It’s meant to say to the American people, ‘Look, we in Congress hear you. We want you to trust our elections.’”
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“If this bill is as important as we say it is, we should try it through reconciliation. I haven’t convinced Senator Thune of that. I haven’t convinced all of my colleagues on either side of the aisle, but I plan on continuing to chase them like they stole Thanksgiving and Christmas put together.”
