SAVE Act (Executive Session)
In the Congressional Record of Jul 15, 2026.
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SAVE Act
Now, let me talk a little bit about the SAVE Act. Republicans keep screwing around in reconciliation with Trump's voter suppression SAVE Act. Republicans should know by now that it ain't going to fly with us, with the courts, or with the American people. I will say it as many times as it takes: The SAVE Act is dead on arrival here in the Senate. I don't care how Republicans try to package their plan to resurrect the old ghost of Jim Crowe. We will kill it. Trump's blatant effort to strip Americans of their voting rights is withering in the courts, too. Yesterday--just yesterday--Trump lost his 14th and 15th cases trying to demand state voter rolls. Hey, Donald, what you are doing is illegal and unconstitutional, and the courts are making that very clear. Rightwing Republicans like the Senator from Utah can bluster all they want, but the SAVE Act is not going to become law. Trump will have to face all the voters, not just the ones he wants, in November. And the mess the Republicans find themselves in right now won't go away until they realize just how futile this effort to disenfranchise millions of Americans is. Instead, Trump has bragged on national TV that he plans to force a shutdown if he doesn't get his way on the SAVE Act. Trump said: Republicans have to pass SAVE, otherwise we are going to have a shutdown in November. Hear that, Republicans? You hear that, Americans? You hear that, voters? Trump says he is going to shut down the government to take away Americans' voting rights. Are Republicans going to go along with that? I remind Donald again--as I did yesterday--last time you bragged about shutting down the government with Nancy and me in the Oval Office didn't come out too good for you, Donald. This one will come out even worse. So I hope Republicans hear this. Trump says he is going to shut down the government so he can take away Americans' voting rights. How do you think that is going to go over in this country? Democrats aren't saying we want a shutdown; Trump is. Republicans ought to do themselves a favor and bury the SAVE Act once and for all.
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