MEMBER OF CONGRESS

Bernie Moreno

Republican OH 21 statements translated

Moreno frequently calls for unanimous consent to quickly pass bills and resolutions without debate. He is critical of Democrats, often accusing them of hypocrisy and playing political games. Moreno advocates for voter ID laws and banning insider trading by members of Congress.

Senate

Order for Adjournment

2026-07-20

“I don't like that Democrats aren't here. I want to argue with them. They should be here to debate. A few years ago they wanted to pass a bill to take power away from states. Now they say my bill is bad because it takes power from states. I think that is hypocritical.”

Official Congressional Record

Mr. President, that may be a rule XIX violation. (Laughter.) We have heard a lot of arguments tonight, and I feel badly for the people at home, honestly, because they are only hearing one side of the argument, and I think most Americans want to hear both sides of an argument. I think that is what makes the U.S. Senate--at least theoretically--interesting, because this is billed as being the most deliberative body on Earth. Yet, 2 hours ago, there were 40 Democrat Senators who came to this Chamber--who walked into this Chamber--and voted. Yet there isn't a single, solitary Democrat Senator sitting here today, this evening, listening to any of this conversation. You can't really persuade people if they are not even willing to listen to the conversation or, quite frankly, to even debate the issues. So I thought what we would do tonight is, maybe, debate it for them. So, if you could summon your inner Democrat Senator--I would ask my colleague from Utah and my other colleague from Ohio to summon their inner Democrat Senator and start with No. 1. The objection that I have heard of this conversation--we heard it at committee the other day--is how this bill absolutely rips apart States' rights. You talked about that, Senator Lee, in your conversation. I am not going to repeat what you said because you said it much better than I could ever say it, but I will point out that, back in 2023, the Democrats wanted to pass a bill called H.R. 1. H.R. 1 means it was the No. 1 bill proposed by the House of Representatives at the time. There was a Senate version called S. 1, meaning it was the first priority of the Senate's. As the Presiding Officer knows, I think we are up to S. 7000 right now. There have been lots of bills introduced. But this was the first one--meaning top priority. What was that bill called, you ask? It was called the For the People Act. Personally, I don't know how anybody could be against a bill that is called ``For the People'' because you would have to be against being for the people. It is pretty good. I know, in the car business, they accuse us of bait and switch and false advertising. I think the FTC would take that one up in a heartbeat as false advertising. What did the For the People Act do? What did H.R. 1 do? It nationalized our elections. It literally took all of the power away from States and concentrated it here in Washington, DC. You think: Was this done to improve voter integrity? Oh, no, no. You would be grossly mistaken. This was about eliminating States' rights to enforce voter ID, proof of citizenship, controls on mail-in balloting, controls on how people register to vote. So imagine, just a few years ago, Democrats wanted to nationalize elections to strip away voter integrity, and now they are saying it is an affront to States' rights to insist on simple voter ID and proof of citizenship. Would you consider that hypocrisy, Senator Lee?

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