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On the recordMay 27, 2019
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.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York
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Ocasio-Cortez asserts that the Census is being deliberately undermined by the federal government.

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