Washington, D.C. – February 20, 2026 – The White House has released a resurfaced video clip from 1996 featuring then-Rep. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) advocating for stricter identification requirements to combat fraud by non-citizens in government benefits programs. The move comes just days ahead of a Senate vote on the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, a Republican-backed bill aimed at mandating proof of U.S. citizenship for federal voter registration. In the 1996 footage, originally from a House floor debate on the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, Schumer emphasized the need for documents such as Social Security numbers or