the politics need to be kept away from this space.

Many people have opined already that the president's memorandum is unlawful and unconstitutional.

Perceptions that the results of the 2020 census have been manipulated for political purposes will greatly erode public and stakeholder confidence not only in the 2020 census but in our democracy.

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.

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.

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

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

I think it could undermine the census.

You don't have to sacrifice safety to achieve the speed that you've undertaken right now.

I think you're describing how this pandemic may be completely changing up the way vaccines are produced and approved and tested and so forth, for life after the pandemic.

I want to thank the panel for all your work and obviously for your testimony today.

I appreciate the panel. I certainly want to thank my colleagues, Congressman Langevin and Congressman Gallagher, not just for their testimony this morning, but for their efforts on this proposal, which I support very strongly.

Mr. Secretary, will you commit to ensuring that communities, especially low income and vulnerable communities, are able to take advantage of the low-cost energy and skilled job opportunities offered by solar technology as we are trying to…

As we look to stimulate the economy moving forward and recover, we can build on an economy that is more equitable, more resilient, and promotes a cleaner and healthier future for our communities.

It is taking a huge toll on our healthcare workforce.

Thanks for this hearing.

There are bills under consideration.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, our colleague across the aisle a moment ago talked about the District of Columbia being special. There is nothing special about being second class, which is what has happened to the…

For too long, we have not had the courage as a Nation to say, ``Black lives matter.'' Well, now it is a new day. Anguished and outraged by the killings of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and so many others whose families have…

Thanks for your leadership in terms of empowering small voices in terms of small donors, number one, in terms of public financing.

I think we need both. I think you all have given powerful testimony as why you need that kind of front-end response to disinformation to try to protect the users from these things that can sow division and otherwise, in effect, distort our…

We know that hostile actors both foreign and domestic, sadly, have grown quite sophisticated in exploiting these platforms.

These platforms have been reluctant to deploy the full suite of their proven tools to combat the known threat.

While not perfect, the platform's response to the COVID-19 outbreak has at least given us a rough roadmap.

The status quo is untenable.