Bernie Moreno

thumb| Bernardo Moreno (born February 14, 1967) is a Colombian-born American politician and businessman serving since 2025 as the senior United States senator from Ohio. He is a member of the Republican Party. Quotes Could you imagine if we could go back into the DeLorean, ... and you went back and met Madison and Hamilton and Washington and said, 'Hey, are you in favor of abortion?' They would murder you. ... And hey, by the way, 250 years later we're saying that the Constitution provides you the right for an abortion. They'd be like, 'Madness. We’re going back to England.' You don’t get pregnant because you were at the checkout line at Kroger. It doesn’t happen that way. That’s at least what my mom and dad told me. So, you do have to take personal responsibility. Abortion is a heinous crime. It is certainly not health care. It is certainly not birth control. But yet here we are doing it. Speech, March 2023, shortly before launching his Senate campaign. Haley BeMiller, "Bernie Moreno says Founding Fathers would 'murder you' for backing abortion rights", The Columbus Dispatch (September 25, 2024) online The left has a lot of single issue voters. Sadly, by the way, there's a lot of suburban women that are like, 'Listen, abortion's it. If I can’t have an abortion in this country whenever I want, I will vote for anybody else.' ... It's a little crazy by the way − especially for women that are past 50, I'm thinking to myself, 'I don’t think that’s an issue for you.' Talk in Warren County, OH, September 20, 2024. The Columbus Dispatch (September 25, 2024) online Today starts a new wave. We talked about wanting a red wave. I think what we have tonight is a red, white and blue wave in this country. ... We're tired of being treated like second class citizens in our own country, we're tired of leaders that think we're garbage, and we're tired of being treated like garbage. ... With President Trump and JD Vance in the white house we are going to advance an agenda that is an American agenda, an agenda that says we are pro immigration but not pro invasion. Victory speech as senator-elect, Westlake, OH. "Bernie Moreno gives victory speech after networks report Ohio Senate win", The Columbus Dispatch (November 5, 2024) online Quotes about Moreno Dual citizenship has always been an impressive status symbol, but a new bill aims to change that, hoping to eliminate the possibility of holding passports from more than one country. The Exclusive Citizenship Act of 2025, introduced by Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) on Dec. 1, seeks to establish “citizens of the United States... owe sole and exclusive allegiance to the United States.” If passed, the bill would force U.S. citizens with dual foreign citizenship to choose between the two. Under the bill, U.S. citizens who also possess a foreign citizenship would be required to submit a written renunciation of one of those nationalities within one year. U.S. citizens who acquire another citizenship in the future would also "be deemed to have relinquished United States citizenship."The bill is currently in the early stages of the legislative process and has been moved to the Senate Judiciary Committee, according to Congress. GovTrack.us, which tracks the status of congressional bills, estimated the citizenship bill has a 7 percent chance of getting past committee and a 3 percent chance of being enacted. Evie Carrick, "A new bill could ban dual citizenship in the US.—here’s what it means for travelers", Travel + Leisure, 14 January 2026 Moreno, who was born in Bogota, Colombia, and moved to the U.S. at 5 years old, said in a statement last month allowing U.S. citizens to maintain foreign citizenship would create a conflict of interest. “One of the greatest honors of my life was when I became an American citizen at 18, the first opportunity I could do so,” Moreno said. “It was an honor to pledge an Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America and ONLY to the United States of America! Being an American citizen is an honor and a privilege—and if you want to be an American, it’s all or nothing."Currently, the law allows U.S. citizens to hold multiple foreign citizenships in addition to their U.S. citizenship, according to the Department of State. Several countries offer citizenship by investment or citizenship by descent, allowing people to apply for a second passport if a grandparent or even great-grandparent held citizenship. And some countries are easier to become citizens of than others: Portugal and Italy, for example, are notably easier than some other nations. However, the State Department said U.S. travelers who hold two passports must enter and leave the U.S. with their U.S. passport. The department also noted some countries may not permit dual nationality and may not recognize a traveler's U.S. nationality when they are abroad. Evie Carrick, "A new bill could ban dual citizenship in the US.—here’s what it means for travelers", Travel + Leisure, 14 January 2026 External links Category:1967 births Category:Living people Category:Politicians from Ohio Category:Members of the United States Senate Category:Republican Party (United States) politicians Category:People from Bogotá