Gerry Connolly actually said...

Let me just say, Ms. Roat, I wrote that section of the bill, so I care about it, and I'm not going anywhere.

Your leadership has meant a great deal and has served our country well.

It says persons. It doesn't say citizens. It says persons.

This kind of nativism, this kind of bigotry, frankly, has no place in the carrying out of the census.