"the census must count, quote, "the whole number of persons," unquote."
"This assertion seems like a thinly veiled pretext to exclude immigrants and racial minorities from being counted, literally and figuratively."
"If the administration truly wanted to strengthen enforcement of the Voting Rights Act, it would push legislation to address the Shelby County decision and restore the Voting Rights Act to its full eff..."
"Adding an unvetted citizenship question to the census will not only undermine the Constitution's mandate."
"The conduct of the decennial census was never supposed to be a political function."
"Its intent is to frighten people in immigrant communities from participating in the census."
"Its conduct is disgusting, immoral, and hypocritical."
"But don't you think the proper road to go for those who want to put a citizenship question and want to impose the citizenship requirement for voting, which has never been there, is to amend the Consti..."
"Can I just submit something for the record, a Law Review article?"
"But it's a matter of administrative discretion, right? It was not built into TARP itself."
"Mr. Raskin. Mr. Chair, thank you very kindly."