"Ms. Ocasio-Cortez has been a passionate champion of making sure everyone in New York City and across the United States gets counted in the Census"
"How we implement Census 2020 will have long-lasting impact on our communities, our society, and our democracy."
"This is an issue of democracy."
"Will it threaten funding for SNAP, WIC, EBT?"
"This impact of undercounting cannot be understated and consequences will be borne by our society as a whole."
"We do feel that this will make significant undercount in certain communities for those individuals who are incarcerated, and as stated today, what is at risk between representation and as well as fund..."
"So I--my congressional district includes Rikers Island, for example. All of the individuals held in Rikers Island, many held without being found guilty of a crime, are counted at Rikers and not counte..."
"Will it threaten funding for Medicare and Medicaid?"
"We need to be ensured the data of individuals are aggregate will be secured that also include the elimination of question related to the citizenship or immigration on the Census."
"So we have on the record that the--that the Census is under attack and that it is a targeted attack of specific communities by the Federal administration."
"SNAP, WIC, EBT?"