Speech #1040272710

So clearly all the talk we have heard over the last 2 years about taking power out of the hands of Washington bureaucrats and placing it back in the hands of the States and local governments was little more than political grandstanding. Those were empty words. Mr. President. pure and simple. The federalization of these documents was a part of the Senatepassed immigration bill. But. now we have this new twist. that one of the verification programs is to utilize (quote) "machinereadable documents." That means that in those States that are included in this pilot program. the applicable State agency will also be responsible for ensuring that their drivers licenses or other such documents are embroidered with a machinereadable social security number. Mr.