I want to make clear that we cannot rely on this administration to do what is best for an accurate count.

If Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross genuinely wanted to gather more information about U.S. citizens, he would have tried to get this information from government records.

we have an administration in Washington that seemingly wants to manipulate the count.

They have starved the Census Bureau of much-needed funding.

The power does rest with the people, and we are going to show... that the people ultimately have the power.

You know, in the 2010 Census, New York City's enumerated population was over 8.1 million people and actually that was the largest enumerated Census population in our history.

I feel that we need a movement.

I will pledge that the Queens Democratic Party is going to treat this just like it is a regular election day.

Representative Maloney has fought like a tiger for an additional billion dollars for Census outreach in 2020

In the 2010 Census, New York City's enumerated population was over 8.1 million people and actually that was the largest enumerated Census population in our history.

I want to really reference our county leader, Greg Meeks, who pointed out that we have found--finally found one issue that Republicans and Democrats are united on, and that is getting an accurate count.

One of the biggest threats to the count is the inclusion of the citizenship question.

As Congresswoman Maloney mentioned, $73 billion go directly to New York State for everything from public education, public housing, senior centers, Medicaid, Head Start.

We are also committed to doing all that we can to ensure that all New Yorkers participate in the Census despite the White House's attempt to sow confusion and fear among communities we represent.

three Federal judges in New York, in Maryland, and California have unanimously ruled that adding this citizenship question violates Federal law and the Constitution, or both.

The requirement as set forth in our Constitution is that every person must be counted. Every single person in the United States, living in the United States, visiting the United States, everyone must be counted.

they have installed hyper-partisan operatives in important Census positions that are supposed to be held by experts and professionals.

This is an issue of democracy.