Edolphus Towns: “I do believe the new RNC mailings are illegal under current law. This bill will clarify that any use of the word…”

“I do believe the new RNC mailings are illegal under current law. This bill will clarify that any use of the word ``census'' that is visible through the envelope would trigger a requirement to disclose the name and return address of the sender. Congress should not have to act twice to make it clear that it is wrong to imitate the census, which is mandated by our Constitution. Unfortunately, the foolishness of the RNC has forced us to act again. ... Therefore, to play around with it, to me, is so unfair when you're talking about, really, playing around with the lives of people, because so many things are based on the fact that the count, the count is so important. So it's my hope that the RNC will recognize this and stop this trickery, because there is no place, no time do we need that today. We need to make certain that everybody fills out their census form, and gets it back in as soon as possible.”