we certainly will keep the pressure up until we see a restoration of equitable, reliable services, because every communi...
the importance of the Census Bureau's mission really cannot be overstated enough, but it is under threat
We have a moral responsibility to ensure that the Federal Government does not forget the people it serves.
There are trillions of dollars in Federal money that depends on the count of the Census.
This is based on a political desire, one, to identify immigrants in a time and a place when immigrants are being targete...
We are the Oversight Committee, and our job is to conduct oversight, but it is not to intimidate Federal employees.
I continue to be incredibly frustrated at the injustice that we have incarcerated individuals being counted according to...
Every community deserves to be seen, heard, and invested in, and there should be no erasure.
I agree, it is onerous and it asks way too many questions, but, you know, we can work on that and make it better.
the arguments that we are hearing here this morning that immigrants should not be counted is un-American.
Extremist conservatives are trying to weaken the Census.
Let us get back to a granular level where people actually understand what the Census is for.
Now, my district, the Massachusetts 7th, relies heavily on FEMA in times of crisis.
When we focus on healing, that is right, we do have to also acknowledge the work of the healer, who is healing the heale...
We cannot turn the Agency into a political game. Instead, we must ensure FEMA and its workers have the resources, respec...
Survivors, in my opinion, deserve not only to heal, but to thrive, and this law moves us closer to that.
We are going to have to fight to protect our Federal employees against what we know is going to be an active purge.
We seem to keep falling behind with these 1-year, I think it is called as-needed funding.