Gerry Connolly actually said...

I mean, if there's a place where we have the intersection between the Federal Government and state and local governments, it's the Census.

I could not get colleagues to focus on it. Like, we had to provide some relief here.

if you think the Federal Government has never been involved in school construction, I'll be glad to take you to Mount Vernon High School

To me, that's almost self-evident because--to this enormous question--but we haven't had a seat at the table.