What the president is now trying to do. Committed to counting every person regardless of citizenship or legal status under the rules of congress set in the census act of 1790. The decision to release this memo now appears designed to inflict maximum damage to the accuracy of the ongoing 2020s on this. In just two weeks, the Census Bureau will start visiting the homes of millions of people whove not yet responded to the census. With the fear and confusion and communities across the country and could leave many people to decide not to participate. This will not hurt communities that are already undercounted, underrepresented and underfunded. Addressing the chaos caused by the president to know well drained of eligible resources from the Census Bureau which is already struggling to administer in the middle of an unprecedented pandemic. And it will further divide the country at the time when we need unity. For more than two years he tried to add a Citizenship Question even though the studi
Technology law and policy. Okay everybody, time to be seated. So our next panel as you can see, this is the only flight you will see for the whole panel because youre breaking free of powerpoint area theme of this panel is Voter Suppression and voter turnout and in particular, the roles that Network Technologies play in Voter Suppression and voter turn out from a variety of different perspectives. Another way to think of it is pulling back the curtain of it and getting into the technological underbelly of some of the things that the prior panel discuss. Once again, we have a fantastic panel of experts from multiple perspectives, backgrounds and disciplines and im not going to repeat everything thats in the program. But just briefly, to my immediate left here is Karen Bonfield who is a senior policy analyst in the Economic Security and Opportunity Initiative right here at georgetown law and our center on poverty and inequality and she comes from a Public Policy background. We have been
And 10 minutes long. Dillingham. Chairwoman maloney the committee will come to order. Good morning, everyone. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee any time. With that i will now recognize myself to give an opening statement. Good morning and thank you all for being here today. The 2020 census is now underway. Two weeks ago, the Census Bureau counted its first person in rural alaska. Next month, the counting will begin in earnest around our country. The constitution requires us to count every Single Person in the United States without exception. This census will be the largest and most complex in American History. And it is essential that the count is full, fair and free from any interference. Person ie United States without exception. This census will be the largest and most complex in American History and this is essential that the count is full, fair and free from any interference. This year census will have enormous consequences for our commun
Director Steven Dillingham. A committee will come to order. Good morning everyone. The chair has authorized to declare process of the committee at any time. Without that i will now recognize myself to give an Opening Statement pretty good morning and thank you all for being here today. The 2020 census of now underway. Two weeks ago, the Census Bureau candidates first person and rural alaska. Next month they will begin in earnest around our country. The constitution requires up to camp every Single Person in the United States without exception. This census will be the largest and most complex in American History and this is essential that the count is full, fair and free from any interference. This year census will have enormous consequences for our communities. The result will drive the distribution of more than 1. 5 trillion in federal funds. That is trillion with a t. These funds support Critical Services like childrens healthcare in local schools, roads, bridges. Unfortunately, the
Public, and that does put the hardliners in a tougher spot. Mr. Gutman on the hardliners they really are the losers in this whole deal. They are being disempowered. All the people, also, who have been engaged in smuggling this is probably pretty big lobby are going to be hurting. You have official trade, and they have no real role. We shouldnt underestimate the role of the hardliners being dealt a bad hand, but we shouldnt overestimate the ability of the others to change things. It is a very dynamic discussion they have in iran. The nuclear deal there are issues that everybody understands have to be worked out. Is the iranian government going to manage overseas operations of the revolutionary guard, or will it report to the Supreme Leader . How can you have these two parallel tracks . We know where the hardliners come down on this decision. I would not expect any immediate answer. Mr. Serwer let me conclude by noting that there is a solar lining of sorts. That is think about where we w