Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.), who introduced legislation earlier this year with the Trump administration’s backing to push back the deadline, said the administration’s efforts to manipulate the results were unprecedented. He also said the maneuver could backfire.
Gomez said that if the counting were to be stopped now, for example, it probably would result in his state picking up… Read more »
The census delay, like the numbers themselves, could affect other key operations like redistricting and the allocation of federal money.
Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Los Angeles) drafted the Fair and Accurate Census Bill, which would federally authorize nationwide census delays.
Gomez argues that the census delay is necessary to make sure that federal money is distributed properly.
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“Actually, my parents were skeptical of doing it also. They thought, 'Oh, they’re gonna ask the immigration question.' But you know what? When it comes down to the pandemic and all that. . . I was telling them, 'OK so you want to get help but you weren’t counted on the census, so how is that gonna pan out?'”
So far not well for the 34th congressional district, which is almost 20 points… Read more »
During a hearing Wednesday before the House Oversight and Reform Committee, Steven Dillingham — the bureau's director and a Trump appointee — gave lawmakers little insight into why the timing change was made.\Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., repeatedly asked Dillingham whether he supports the bureau's request to extend the census deadlines.
But Dillingham did not answer the questions.
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During a hearing Wednesday before the House oversight committee, Steven Dillingham — the bureau's director and a Trump appointee — gave lawmakers little insight into why the timing change was made.
Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., repeatedly asked Dillingham whether he supports the bureau's request to extend the census deadlines.
But Dillingham did not answer the… Read more »
“We have, for planning purposes, made assessments and continue to do so,” Dillingham said after repeatedly being asked about the deadline extension.That answer drew a warning from U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez, a Democrat from California, that Dillingham’s name “would go down in history, if this is the worst census conducted by the United States government.”
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Rep. Jimmy Gomez, a California Democrat, accused Dillingham of ceding control of the traditionally non-political census operation.
"It seems like there's an obvious pattern that you are not in control of the Census Bureau, and the political appointees of this administration are," Gomez said.
Dillingham responded that he is "not involved directly with the Hill negotiations on revising… Read more »
Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham told the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Wednesday he only became aware of a recent presidential directive excluding undocumented immigrants from the census's congressional representation calculations “when it was posted on the web.”Dillingham reportedly said he wasn't involved in the… Read more »
“You know your name will go down in history if this is the worst census ever conducted by the United States government,” Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) told Dillingham. “You’re not going to run away and say that, ‘This was only because of the Trump administration,’ later on. You will be responsible. Your name will be associated with it.”Former Census directors who testified earlier in the… Read more »
Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.), the committee’s vice chair, asked Dillingham if he had discussed the extension with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), and Dillingham said he had not.
Gomez asked three times if Dillingham still supported the bureau’s original request for a deadline extension. When Dillingham’s responses did not address the question, Gomez cut in.
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