"Incredibly important. I mean, there are people who are thinking of running for office but they do not know what the districts look like, because we cannot get the data from the Census Bureau."
"Can I ask you today, if you are confirmed, will you commit today to ensuring that that deadline is met, that we have no further delay in getting the Census Bureau data?"
"The lawsuit ended up with the Bureau agreeing to provide this data by August 16th."
"D.C., of course, is the only place specifically created by the Constitution in Article 1 as the 'seat of government.'"
"Legally, Congress does not have the power to override the Constitution, and that is, to me, the most important issue here."
"I have both practical and constitutional concerns about making Washington, DC. its own State."
"It’s a federal takeover of our election system."
"I simply would argue that this was largely a continuation of trends that had been in place and continued."
"I have found this a fascinating dialogue this morning."
"I just think that we have misinformed the public as to what happened in 2017 in the interest of somehow raising taxes on the workers I represent."
"Do you agree that... the poverty rate during that period was the lowest it has been in the history of our country since we began keeping track back in the 1950s?"