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John Sarbanes: “I think that you and the Department are in a somewhat precarious position increasingly so, partly because of the…”

On the recordMarch 13, 2019
I think that you and the Department are in a somewhat precarious position increasingly so, partly because of the substance of the decision with respect to the citizenship question, but even more so because of the process by which it was reached, and there's serious questions about that.
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John Sarbanes
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Sarbanes questions the Department's handling of the citizenship question on the census.

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