I pledge that I will look carefully at the FTC budget, if confirmed, and make sure that we have what we need.

I have a long history of working with the Federal Trade Commission on false labeling of sports equipment, especially sports equipment targeted to young people.

The census can have a profound influence on the issue of voting accessibility, everything from a constituent's voting district to the availability of language assistance at the polls.

Administering the census is a task so fundamental to how our government operates that our Nation's founders included it in the Constitution.

A first priority for the Commission, if I am confirmed, is going to be making sure we are doing vigorous enforcement.

It is important that the FTC continue to monitor for future misleading labeling.

I wanted to make a plug, and I bet Senator Blumenthal will join me on this, a plug for the FTC working with state attorneys general.

One important area where the Administration's fiscal year 2019 budget falls short yet again is funding for the Census Bureau's partnership program.

An inaccurate census risks underrepresentation for tribal communities, and an undercount can lead to skewed State, local, and Federal voting districts that diminish the voices of those communities.

That makes it all the more important that we get the census right.

I oppose injecting politics into the census with these types of questions, which will likely have a chilling effect on communities that are already at risk of being undercounted.

As we all know, the census is a critically important government function, and yet the current Administration has yet to nominate a qualified candidate to lead the Census Bureau in the critical years leading up to 2020.

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