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On the recordDecember 4, 2024
the United States Census is absolutely essential to my communities and an accurate count is very essential to my communities because we are tribal communities, we are rural communities, we are low-income communities, and the Census is essential for not only capturing, of course, who is there, what their backgrounds are, where they live, but it is absolutely essential for all of the Federal services that our communities depend on to survive, everything from housing programs to food programs, to roads, you name it, the United States Census is how we make sure that there is a fair assessment.
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Melanie Stansbury
Democratic · New Mexico

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Stansbury emphasizes the importance of the Census for her diverse communities.

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