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Bryan Steil: “You got to have photo identification.”

Featuring: Bryan Steil, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 1

Congressman Bryan Steil: The American Voting System Should Make It Easy to Vote and Hard to Cheat...

Published August 29, 2025 | Video Starts at 01:50

There's a number of things we need to do, but there's maybe three that come and jump off the plate. One, You got to have photo identification. I'm always reminded I came back to my hometown in Wisconsin, arrived there, the clerk looked up and said, hey, Brian style, good to see you. She recognized me. (01:50–01:53)

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Asserts the necessity of photo ID for voting.

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