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Steve Daines: “The Census is something required by the Constitution, in fact, and so it is of critical national importance.”

On the recordOctober 30, 2017
The Census is something required by the Constitution, in fact, and so it is of critical national importance.
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Steve Daines
Republican · Montana

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Daines emphasizes the constitutional importance of the Census for equitable representation.

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