Randy Fine

Lawmakers "can't serve two masters," and Washington has no way of knowing how many members of Congress hold foreign passports, Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., told Newsmax on Tuesday, as he promoted his bill barring dual citizens from serving.

Fine introduced the Disqualifying Dual Loyalty Act on Oct. 24. Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., is a co-sponsor.

The measure would require House and Senate candidates to renounce any foreign citizenship before being elected. The bill was referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Fine said no disclosure requirement exists for current members of Congress.

"No one's even had to disclose it," he told "Finnerty."

He singled out Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., arguing her public comments raise doubts.

"When you see people like Ilhan Omar talk about how she is here to fight for Somalia, you have to wonder if she ever gave up that citizenship," Fine said.

Omar, a naturalized U.S. citizen since 2000, has rejected accusations of divided loyalty.

Fine pointed to a viral clip of Maine state Rep. Deqa Dhalac, D-South Portland, telling ABC's "Good Morning America" she hoped to "help our country, our former country, Somalia."

Fine said the comments showed "the depth of the problem."

Dhalac was the first Somali-born mayor in the United States after her 2022 election as South Portland's mayor. The clip was reposted to a wide audience last July.

Fine said the issue extends past birthright.

"Just because you're not born here doesn't mean you're not a dual citizen," he said. "If your parents were not from here, they may have chosen to make you a citizen of another country as well."

He said the full scope is unknown, but argued some Democrats had "made clear the interests of the United States are not the most important thing to them."

Asked why House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has not moved the bill, Fine pointed to Senate math.

He said the upper chamber would "never, ever" pass it, citing the stalled Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or SAVE America Act, the GOP voter-eligibility measure the House passed in February.

Fine said the security stakes go beyond floor votes.

"They get access to classified information, they get to sit in hearings, and they get to learn things that people from their home countries would never get to know," he said.

"It's why we simply can't allow this to happen."

The bill remains in committee. No floor vote has been scheduled.

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