Thomas Ewing said "the last speaker talked about the census. There is one overriding requirement for the census, that it follow the constitutional mandate for an actual count. Now, all the great things that have been said about doing it the other way really do not follow the constitutional mandate. It is easy to get up and say, ``Well, it will cost less money. We are going to count everybody.'' Of course we want to count everybody. That is the issue. We do not believe you will get an accurate count by sampling. The Constitution does not provide for a count by sampling. It requires an actual enumeration. So the Democrats do not want to follow the Constitution. The Republicans do. We believe that is the requirement. We are willing to pay the cost. We want an accurate count." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordAugust 4, 1998

the last speaker talked about the census. There is one overriding requirement for the census, that it follow the constitutional mandate for an actual count. Now, all the great things that have been said about doing it the other way really do not follow the constitutional mandate. It is easy to get up and say, ``Well, it will cost less money. We are going to count everybody.'' Of course we want to count everybody. That is the issue. We do not believe you will get an accurate count by sampling. The Constitution does not provide for a count by sampling. It requires an actual enumeration. So the Democrats do not want to follow the Constitution. The Republicans do. We believe that is the requirement. We are willing to pay the cost. We want an accurate count.

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Thomas Ewing

Republican · Illinois

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the constitutional requirements for the census during a House floor debate.

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