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On the recordOctober 1, 1998
from day 1, this administration has conducted affairs of state more like King George than George Washington. Its ethic has been summed up in the book title by Clinton hit-man James Carvel: ``We're Right and You're Wrong.'' Now, in the latest census sampling wrinkle, the Clinton people show they are willing to ignore Federal Court rulings in pursuit of their agenda. Two separate decisions have declared it illegal to sample the population for the purposes of congressional reapportionment. Yet administration officials continue to forge ahead anyway with plans to sample in the next census, spending millions on a discredited idea at a time when preparations for the 2000 Census are at a very critical stage. It is almost as if the Clinton Commerce Department wants the next census to fail so that the political pressure for their sampling agenda will be even greater in 2010. Mr. Speaker, it is past time for the President to begin enforcing the laws, even those he does not like.
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John W. Peterson
Pennsylvania

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Criticizing the Clinton administration's approach to the census and its disregard for court rulings.

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