On the recordSeptember 14, 2022
Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Today, Americans continue to face several crises created by the Biden administration: Sky-high inflation, painfully high gas prices, and supply chain shortages. President Biden's border crisis is allowing waves of illegal immigrants and fentanyl shipments to flood across our southern border. Our children are suffering from historic learning losses and a mental health crisis because this administration allowed radical teachers unions to keep schools closed. Yet what are Democrats prioritizing today instead of these crises impacting Americans' everyday lives? The Democrats' Ensuring a Fair and Accurate Census Act. This bill has nothing to do with the American people's priorities. In fact, it will do nothing to make the Census more fair and accurate. Instead, it places a great deal of power in the hands of unelected bureaucrats and hamstrings future Presidents. During the prior Census, the President sought to include in the Census a question simply asking respondents whether they were American citizens. The Supreme Court found this was constitutional but that the Census Bureau had gone about it improperly. This bill would prevent the inclusion of such a question in the future, a question key to upholding the principle of one citizen, one vote. Now, under the Biden administration, there are questions about whether the Department of Commerce delivered accurate apportionment results derived from the Census.…
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