I want to assure you, Mr. Chairman, that we are going to pursue this into the next Administration.

Our sanctions work best when we do coordinate with other countries.

This is a clear, missed opportunity to use Global Magnitsky sanctions.

My analysis, kind of--you know, inchoate analysis of sanctions in the 12 years I have been here is that we have been better at using sanctions to impose pain and not so good at using sanctions to change behavior.

The primary goal is to change behavior.

I want to assure you, Mr. Chairman, that we are going to pursue this into the next Administration.

We do not impose sanctions for punitive reasons. We impose sanctions for change of behavior.

Instead of threatening to add a citizenship question to the Census, which experts have warned will depress participation, we should support the Census Bureau in fulfilling the clear mandate of counting the whole number of persons in each…

If you want to change that, you got to change the Constitution. You have got to amend the Constitution.

In March 2020, was there some kind of nationwide, in fact global, health tragedy that cost 1.2 million American lives?

My analysis, kind of--you know, inchoate analysis of sanctions in the 12 years I have been here is that we have been better at using sanctions to impose pain and not so good at using sanctions to change behavior.

The Census must be an independent, nonpolitical exercise conducted by statisticians and qualified professionals, not an arm of the political office of whichever administration happens to be in charge.

Instead of cutting funding for the Bureau, as House Republicans have tried to do this year and years past, we need to make sure it has the resources it needs to conduct the planning and preparatory work that are essential to a truly…

It does not say 'American citizen.'

The Census plays a critical role in our democracy, guaranteeing there will be a fair allocation of House seats in the country and House districts of equal population within each state.

Could those budget counts conceivably have an impact on your ability to do the enumeration you are required to do by the Constitution?

The Census is to count every person in the United States.

The primary goal is to change behavior.