John Cornyn: “I am introducing a bill called the Barring American…”

“I look forward to confirming both of these nominees and the others, and I hope that all of our colleagues will join me in supporting them. Madam President, on another matter, I am introducing a bill called the Barring American Citizenship by Keeping Out Foreign Fraudsters, or the Back Act. This bill is designed to address a problem that's been festering in our country for some time, and that is the crime of birth tourism. In the United States.” (03:47–03:57)

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