Nita Lowey: “The 2020 Census is a serious constitutional obligation that must be adequately funded and free of partisan interference.”

I am delighted to yield 1 minute to the gentlemen from Illinois (Mr. Garcia).

I am delighted to yield 5 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Waters), the chair of the Committee on Financial Services.

We must address this situation head-on.

We cannot allow a return to a familiar and unstable status quo which repeatedly increases violence and animosity while rendering a final resolution of the conflict impossible.