Ability Quote by Richard Lamm

[A new all-encompassing national identification system] contradicts some of our most sacrosanct American principles of personal liberty and expectations of privacy and is far…

— Bill McCollum

You talked about national identity cards and the terrorism bill. We have made a government that has grown used to viewing us as subjects,…

— Malcolm Wallop

Carrying law enforcement ID connects you with those who do the same and separates you from those who don't. There's an implicit trust that…

— Scott Glenn

The REAL ID Act is one tool to help safeguard against potential danger.

— John Bel Edwards

Our current identification system is so disjointed that the World Trade Center terrorists had a total of 63 valid driver's licenses between them.

— Jack Kingston

Congress has greatly tightened the loopholes terrorists can use to harm Americans. We need to do more. We need controls immediately on what forms…

— Elton Gallegly

First, we must stop issuing drivers' licenses to people in our country illegally. Providing them with forms of government identification makes a mockery of…

— Bobby Jindal

...what threatens us today in the world of computers and other invasions of privacy is not a national ID card but a number of…

— Paul Simon

“ID issue would bedevil countless FEMA officials in the days ahead—the agency’s barebones IDs, which lacked many standard government markings like an authorizing signature…

— Garrett M. Graff

Since September 11, 2001, many in this nation and this Congress have a deeper appreciation for the importance of the sacrifices made by our…

— Jerry Costello

In the last four years under the Patriot Act, we have seen a great increase in the ability of law enforcement officials to investigate…

— Mike Pence

Since 2001, the Patriot Act has provided the means to detect and disrupt terrorist threats against the U.S. Prior to enactment of the law,…

— Roger Wicker