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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “I would hazard a guess that most Americans are not home in the middle of the day if they are fortunate enough to have a…”

On the recordNovember 15, 2016
I would hazard a guess that most Americans are not home in the middle of the day if they are fortunate enough to have a job or if they have children and they are in school.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton emphasizes the need for census enumerators to work later in the day for accuracy.

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