On, you know, the final passage vote on this. But I do, I do know, and there are, and I might put myself this category. I'm what we call a federalist. I believe in states rights. I believe in distributed power. I think less power in Washington and more power to people around the country and state and local governments is a better [approach]. You get way better outcomes for our country. But on this particular issue, where federal elections are concerned, we do have authority and we ought to ensure, if nothing else, that noncitizens aren't voting in American elections. (08:38–08:44)
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Asserts belief in states' rights and distributed power over centralized federal power.
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