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On the recordJuly 28, 2020
You know, fundamentally, you can't run a country if you don't know how many people are in your country, and that is the purpose of the census, plain and simple.
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John Sarbanes
Democratic · Maryland

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Emphasizing the importance of the census for national functioning.

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