James R. Thompson: “A democracy needs credible, objective and timely information, and the decennial Census is one of the important sources…”

It is incredibly important that the census be viewed as a nonpolitical objective enterprise because it is the foundation, one of the cornerstones, of our democracy.

We have an immediate crisis here, and our farmers and American families could benefit from reversing some really detrimental policies.

These raise constitutional concerns, including the major questions doctrine, and is ripe for consideration by the Supreme Court.

We have to create 10,000 more John Thompsons. And we have to be the change we want to see in our communities.