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House democrats held a News Conference where they introduced legislation that would impose new checks on president ial power and toughen enforcement of ethics rules and congressional subpoenas. Speaker nancy pelosi, Intelligence Committee chair adam schiff, along with the chairs of several committees addressed recent actions by President Trump. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us. Im pleased to be joined today by the speaker and my fellow chairs to announce the introduction of the protecting our democracy act. In introducing this landmark bill, the house is taking another vitally important step in our determination to protect our democracy. Since taking office, donald trump has viewed the constraints on his power and the demand for basic transparency and accountability as an inconvenience. He has claimed extraordinary power, bent and broken the law and purposely undermi mined the rule of law. Hes bound only by norms for which he has no interest. Where he has found weak
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Census, no president has ever tried to manipulate the census count in this way. In fact, just two years ago, the Census Bureau reaffirmed its commitment to do the exact opposite of what the president is now trying to do. The bureau committed to counting every person, regardless of citizenship or legal status, under the rules of congress set in the census act of 1790. The president s decision to release this illegal memo, now appears designed to inflict maximum damage to the accuracy of the ongoing 2020 census. In just two weeks, the Census Bureau will start visiting the homes of millions of people who have not, yet, responded to the census. The president s latest attack on immigrants could sow fear and confusion in communities across the country. And could lead many people to decide not to participate. This will hurt communities that are already undercounted, underrepresented, and underfunded. Addressing the chaos caused by the president s memo will drain valuable resources from the Ce