Roger Wicker: “Mr. Speaker, we need an accurate count of every American.…”

On the recordJune 5, 1997

Mr. Speaker, we need an accurate count of every American. Constitutional principles dictate that we count every American. I am constantly amazed by the wisdom and foresight of our Founding Fathers. The U.S. Constitution, in Article I, section 2, calls for "an actual enumeration" of the people. Not a sample, not a guess. Further, the 14th Amendment of the Constitution calls for apportionment based on "counting the whole number of persons in each State," not just some of them and not guessing at the others. Each and every one of our constituents needs to be counted.

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Roger Wicker

Republican · Mississippi

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Editor's note · Context

Addressing concerns about census sampling in relation to a conference report.

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Roger Wicker: “Mr. Speaker, we need an accurate count of every American. Constitutional principles dictate that we count every…”

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