![]() ![]() "It puts our citizens in a bind where it's gonna interrupt commerce, it's gonna interrupt daily business."īrattin said REAL ID effectively allows a category of "second-class citizens," as residents of states not complying with the federal law cannot act the same as states that are in compliance. ![]() "A lot of people are concerned about the underlying REAL ID bill because they see it as highly intrusive," Curtman said. They said they didn't want to blindside the attorney general.Ĭurtman and Brattin said they've spoken with Hawley but declined to comment specifically on the nature of the conversation. The letter's handlers were initially reticent to speak because they hadn't delivered the letter to Hawley when they spoke to reporters from the News-Leader and the Kansas City Star. ![]() A Senate committee has advanced that bill, and a House counterpart squeaked through its first committee hearing and awaits another on Thursday morning. Ryan Silvey, R-Kansas City, that would allow the DOR to issue identification in compliance with REAL ID. Wasson also pointed out that the Senate has not had the chance to discuss a bill filed by Sen. "At the same time, if it comes down to, 'Can a Missourian get on an airplane and fly somewhere?' I want them to be able to do that," he said. Wasson said he understood the need to protect private information and acknowledged that "the federal government can have a pretty heavy hand." ![]() "To do away with that would put the nation at risk." "I don't think we need to try to advocate the federal government to do away with a program that's been in place since 2005 and is in place for national security purposes," Dixon said. Jay Wasson, R-Nixa, told the News-Leader they will not sign the letter.ĭixon said those who want to keep Missouri from complying with the federal identification law have adopted "an extremist position." Bob Onder, Bill Eigel, Ed Emery, Wayne Wallingford, Rob Schaaf, Andrew Koenig, Paul Wieland and Brian Munzlinger, Kraus said. The other senators to sign the bill are Sens. Kraus added that he wanted to wait and see how President Donald Trump's administration addressed REAL ID concerns. "Or he could just, by using his office, discuss with the federal government why Missouri is against the REAL ID." One, he could bring a lawsuit," Kraus said. "(Hawley) could do a couple different things. In particular, he takes issue with federal provisions requiring documents to be retained seven to 10 years, and he hopes Hawley will be on board. "In a time of increasingly dangerous threats to our national and personal security, both physically and where our privacy is concerned, it is paramount we work even harder to protect and secure the liberty and personal freedom of the people rather than forfeit them in exchange for a bigger all-knowing government that promises to help us," the letter continues.įor Kraus, opposition to the REAL ID requirements is a matter of personal privacy and federal overreach. It also refers to the passage of Amendment 9 in 2014, when three-quarters of Missouri voters approved a measure that nominally secures Missourians' electronic data from unreasonable searches and seizures in line with the Fourth Amendment in the Bill of Rights. The letter cited legislation from 2013 that blocked the state Department of Revenue from retaining documents provided by people seeking drivers' licenses and a 2009 law that prevented the state from cooperating with REAL ID. Paul Curtman, R-Union, and Rick Brattin, R-Harrisonville.Īt least nine senators have signed the letter and stated that they "believe the REAL ID Act of 2005 sets a dangerous precedent to empower a bureaucracy to unilaterally promulgate rules that prohibit our citizens from enjoying rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution." Will Kraus, R-Lee's Summit, and it is being handled in the House by Reps. The coalition behind the letter aims to allow Missourians to fly or visit military bases using their state-issued identification without acceding to the federal government's terms in the 2005 REAL ID Act. JEFFERSON CITY - At least nine Republican lawmakers have signed a letter urging Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley to prevent the United States government from enforcing the federal REAL ID Act, but state senators from Springfield and Nixa aren't among them. ![]()
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