Cohen could, quote, sleep well at night because he had, quote, friends in high places.

Madam Speaker, 1 year ago, this body and our Nation lost one of its brightest lights with the passing of an extraordinary congresswoman and my dear friend, Louise Slaughter. I first came to know Louise in the early 1980s when we served…

Madam Speaker, New York suffered a heartbreaking loss with the passing of Donald Herbert Eaton, Jr., a Harlem native, a Korean war veteran, and an accomplished community activist. His life was marked by selflessness and perseverance…

We believe that adding a citizenship question to the 2020 Census will considerably increase the risk to the 2020 enumeration.

Judge Furman of the Southern District of New York called your decision, quote, arbitrary and capricious and a veritable smorgasbord of clear-cut administrative procedure act violations, end quote.

two Federal judges ruled that you broke the Federal law and have ordered that the question, the citizenship question, be removed.

Did you read the analysis from Dr. Abowd, which I would place in the record? Yes or no.

There's been so much discussion about the history of the census.

Madam President, tomorrow, the Senate will vote on a resolution to terminate the President's emergency declaration--a declaration that undermines our separation of powers in order to fund the President's wall with American taxpayer…

Congress must do everything in its power to keep these dangerous items out of the hands of Nicolas Maduro and his cronies.

no U.S. citizen or business will be able to profit from the repression of the Venezuelan people.

And, Mr. Chair, I'd also like to note that, according to our committee staff, there is not compliance with (f)(3).

Mr. Chair, I'm sorry, before we move on, could I seek unanimous consent to submit these documents?

We are now in violation of the U.S. Census Act of 1974, which requires you to submit a specific report to Congress ahead of any changes that you find necessary.

And there are three reports required. They submitted the first one and the second one, but not the third one that is required to Congress.

So what we don't have is the required report to Congress. And while there's all of this debate about whether a citizenship question should be included or not included, the question I have is why are we violating the law to include any…

that is why we try to avoid shutdowns.

it is important for all of us to have current information on the agency compliance with FOIA.