Grace Meng: “If there is one thing the pandemic has taught us all it is that the world can and sometimes must pivot on a dime.”

I rise in support of this appropriations package. As the ranking member of CJS, this may not be the bill I would have drafted if my Democratic colleagues and I were in the majority, but it is a strong, responsible compromise that meets the…

I know that you and the public servants who lead the Census Bureau take this mandate from the Constitution seriously.

If people are afraid because of their immigration status, to talk to the census counter, then we're not going to get an accurate number.

I look forward to voting against the bill that is called the Equal Representation Act but literally does the opposite.