Amy McGrath
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It's a right, a privilege.
If you're going to require it, then the government needs to pay for it.
And that means the government's going to have to, you know, shell out all of that, all that.
Because if you don't, then it's a poll tax.
And the new Republican talking point to really push this thing through is they're saying, well, it's insulting to complain about requiring women to show their birth certificate and their passport in order to vote because women are smart enough to figure it out.
And
I just want to take a step back a little bit, okay?
Because you and I have both had our careers in a very large bureaucracy.
And it's not about being smart, gentlemen.
I think many men don't fully understand that.
what it's like to change your name, okay?
I'm going to tell you a quick sea story from my time in the military.
If you don't think there's going to be problems with a massive change to voting in America with regards to people who have changed their names, you've never been to the DMV.
Right.
Or the Social Security office.
OK, you've never tried to change your name while working in a huge federal government agency like we have.
So when I was a Marine, I was in probably, I don't know, 12 or 13 years when I got married.
The Marine Corps is a small service.
Much smaller than the Air Force.
There are pros and cons with changing your name.