WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. John Kennedy issued the following press release:
Sen. 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 fede...