Sean Patrick Maloney: “we are 250 days away from the census and, as my good friend on the other side of the aisle, the gentleman from Florida…”

“we are 250 days away from the census and, as my good friend on the other side of the aisle, the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Miller) has pointed out, this is constitutionally mandated. We have to have a census. Whether we call it an offset or an emergency, every person in America needs to be counted. Mr. Chairman, I support the efforts of the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Rogers) to fund the census at $4.5 billion, the requested amount from the administration, and I urge a very strong no vote on the Coburn amendment. The Coburn amendment would make it impossible to get a count in the census; it would create the worst census since we began counting over 200 years ago. I urge a very strong no vote.”