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On the recordJune 7, 2018
The Founders considered an accurate count of our Nation's population to be of such central importance to democratic government that they placed a requirement for census in Article I of the Constitution.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Cohen emphasizes the constitutional importance of an accurate census count.

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