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Mike Johnson: “We passed the SAVE act, you know, in the House.”

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

Full interview Speaker Mike Johnson on Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan

Published October 13, 2024 | Video Starts at 11:26

It's the actions of the Biden Harris administration. In some of these states, non citizens are not allowed to vote under federal law. Right. But the states have prohibited it. We passed the SAVE act, you know, in the House. The SAVE act says you've got to have proof of citizenship before you Reg and Chuck Schumer and the Democrats blocked that in the Senate. We could have prevented this. (11:26–11:28)

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