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Mike Johnson: “That's what the SAVE act is about.”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Published February 1, 2026 | Video Starts at 15:01

And that's why Republicans are working at the, at the federal and the state levels to clean those things up, to clean up voter rolls, to make sure illegals are not voting, for example. That's what the SAVE act is about. And we have to continue that. And the President is keeping a proper focus on it. (15:01–15:04)

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Asserts that the SAVE act is focused on cleaning up voter rolls and preventing illegal voting.

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