During an episode of Fox News Channel’s Sunday Morning Futures, House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) urged his colleagues on Capitol Hill in the U.S. Senate to move on legislation that has already made it through the House of Representatives. Emmer went on to say that it is time for the Senate to “perform” on both the CLARITY Act and the SAVE America Act.
Show host Cheryl Casone started off the interview by saying, “Let’s first talk about the agenda. What is at the top of the agenda? Obviously, short-term government funding. You want to avert any kind of pre-election shutdown. But what else are you watching? You have only got 16 legislative days before you leave again on October 1. What can you get done?”
“Well, Cheryl, great to be with you this morning. First off, you hit the number one thing, the short-term funding bill that was sent over by the Senate, the continuing resolution that would fund the government through December 11. That will be a priority over in the House, because we get things done, Cheryl,”
Emmer answered.
“That’s the whole issue. You’re asking what our priorities are. We have sent our priorities over to the Senate. We sent the CLARITY Act, which is about digital assets, a market structure bill. We sent that a year ago, Cheryl, with almost 100 Democrat votes, and it languishes over in the Senate,” the House Majority Whip continued, according to Breitbart News.
“We sent the SAVE America Act several times, and it sits over there languishing in the Senate. And we sent over obviously reconciliation 3.0, which is also just sitting there in the Senate. It really is going to be a — on the Senate’s shoulders to start getting something done when we get back. As for the House, we have got appropriations bills,” Emmer explained.
“Many of our members have different priorities. Those will be addressed. There’s a surface transportation bill that needs to be addressed by the 30th. Obviously, these would all be covered by the C.R. But these are the priorities of the House. And the House has been — the House has been working, Cheryl,” the Minnesota Republican said.
“We have been getting our stuff over to the Senate. The Senate’s got to start to perform,” Emmer concluded. Americans have been making it abundantly clear that election integrity is one of their biggest concerns as the midterm elections draw closer. The bill would require anyone seeking to register to vote to provide documented proof of legitimate U.S. citizenship.
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Individuals can make use of a birth certificate or valid U.S. passport to register. In order to participate in a federal election, registered individuals will be required to present a valid photo ID to cast a ballot. The bill is designed to prevent illegal aliens from being able to participate in elections and cancel out the votes cast by legitimate citizens of the country.
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