WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Jim Banks issued the following press release:

Today, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) spoke on the Senate floor about the importance of requiring voter ID laws in America and how the SAVE America Act would enable this commonsense legislation.

See remarks below:

"Mr. President, there are some things in the world that are so obvious that there's really no use in debating them. There are things in this world that really "go without saying." And voter ID laws are one of those things.

Voter ID laws are so obvious. They're so common sense that it's shocking that we're even having a debate on the floor of the United States Senate this week about it. It's hard to see that there are even two sides to this issue. Unless, o...