"Including illegal immigrants in the count for representation in Congress only dilutes the representation of all Americans who vote in elections and makes a mockery of our basic principle of one person..."
"The president's action restores the concept of representational government envisioned by the Constitution."
"This hearing today is the Democrats' first shot across the bow of Chief Justice Roberts and the other Supreme Court justices."
"Partisan leadership has forced this committee to consider this simple question of having a person identify themselves as citizen on numerous times."
"American voters and American tax dollars send us all to Washington, DC, to provide for and oversee the census."
"How is continuing illegal immigrants--counting illegal immigrants in the census or in the apportionment process not an assault on the fundamental rights of every American citizen?"
"Simply put, those here illegally should have no say in electing America's leaders."
"Make no mistake. The Democrats are simply grabbing power at the expense of the American people again."
"It is unfair. It is biased and it is exactly what we will get if we count illegal immigrants in apportionment."
"So, this idea that if we don't count people who are here illegally is going to result in, say, less Federal aid to the city of Chicago, that is not accurate, right?"
"We have heard the fear mongering for months from my friends on the left and the liberal media accomplices of the allegations that the responses to the 2020 decennial will fall behind previous decennia..."
"I would like to first note my disappointment in the recent cancellation of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP)."