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James Lankford: “We have a constitutional mandate for the actual Census every 10 years.”

On the recordApril 19, 2015
We have a constitutional mandate for the actual Census every 10 years.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

Editor's note · Context

Lankford emphasizes the constitutional requirement for the Census.

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