“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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“Simply put, President Duterte’s new powers under the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 are a threat to democracy and human rights in the Philippines because, despite the title, this legislation is not about terrorism,” Chu remarked. “It’s about silencing dissent. The true targets of this law are advocates for human rights, the environment, workers and indigenous communities.”
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Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., wrote: “Want to see @CDCgov numbers for yourself? Yeah, so do I. But @realDonaldTrump and @WhiteHouse have other plans for this #coronavirus data…”
And former CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden wrote: “We’re in the middle of the worst pandemic in 100 years. More than 137,000 Americans have died. Covid is exploding in Arizona, Texas, South Carolina,… Read more »
“The Trump Administration has failed to adequately set forth its motives for this action, identify the specific needs it is trying to address, explain why it needs more political appointees running the Census than previous Administrations, or justify why the American taxpayers should be forced to pay for these partisan appointees running what should be an ideologically neutral count of… Read more »
Congress is working to make sure large numbers of Americans don’t become homeless because of the pandemic.
States like California with high costs of living were already grappling with a homeless crisis before COVID-19, and now…
“The people that were struggling with their rent and their mortgages before, are struggling even more,” Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., said.
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But Democrat Jimmy Gomez says any DACA deal from Congress or through Executive Order must include a path to citizenship.
“These kids are here. They’re American through and through except on paper,” Representative Jimmy Gomez, D-California, said.
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