John Sarbanes actually said...

"I would strongly urge the current Census Bureau and Department of Commerce senior officials to follow these principles for the 2020 census."

"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."

"This is a patriotic exercise that we engage in every 10 years to know who is in our country, how many people, so we know how to provide services and resources and function as a country."

"Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you, Dr. Dillingham."