Jose Serrano actually said...

I have spent a whole career, 44 years, telling people, and the Chairman knows this, that the territories are part of the United States.

I think this is a reasonable standard or request or a metric for them to achieve.

I believe that NOAA is one of the most underrated agencies under the jurisdiction of this subcommittee.

the Constitution is pretty clear to me, even though I am not a lawyer, it says count the people within the states, not the citizens.