With the House Oversight and reform committee. They discussed the Citizenship Question, Internet Access, language barriers, as well as counting certain populations like the homeless, exoffenders and tribal communities. The hearing also addressed how census numbers impact education, health care and infrastructure programs. This is four hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] without ox the chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time. With that ill now without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time. With that i will now recognize myself to give an Opening Statement and mr. Gomez will follow me with a minute and the same will be given to the Ranking Member. Good morning. Thank you for everyone for being here today to discuss a topic which is vital to our democracy, the census. The 2020 census is imminent with counting set to begin in alaska in less than two weeks and across the country on april 1. The cons
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] without ox the chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time. With that ill now recognize myself to give an opening state and mr. Gomez will follow me with a minute and the same will be given to the Ranking Member. Good morning. Thank you to everyone for being here today to discuss a topic which is vital to our democracy, the die sendal sentence. The 2020 census is imminent with counting set to begin in alaska in less than two week, and across the country on april 1. The constitution requires every person to be counted. Eave Single Person living in the United States of mrs. , not just citizens. Not just people of a particular Political Party or race, absolutely everyone. I am gravely concern that the Census Bureau may not be prepared to meet the high bar, and that the 2020 census could leave communities across the country undercounted, underrepresented, and underfunded. The Government Accountability office and the
Cspan2, on demand another cspan. Org or his on the go with the free cspan radio app. Yesterday representatives from minority and Community Organizations shared their concerns but the 2020 census with the House Oversight and reform committee. They discussed the Citizenship Question. Internet access, language barriers as well as counting certain populations like the homeless, exoffenders and tribal communities. The hearing addressed how census members impact education, health care and infrastructure froms. This is four hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] without ox the chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time. With that ill now recognize myself to give an opening state and mr. Gomez will follow me with a minute and the same will be given to the Ranking Member. Good morning. Thank you to everyone for being here today to discuss a topic which is vital to our democracy, the die sendal sentence. The 2020 census is imm
Track to defeat isil, that they are much more contained and were moving in the right direction there. That we have jump started a process to resolve the civil war in syria, which is like an open sore in the region. And is giving refuge to terrorist organization who is are taking advantage of that chaos. To make sure in iraq not only have we pushed back isil, but weve created an environment in which sunni shia and kurd are starting to operate function more effectively together. And to be in a conversation with all our partners in the region of how weve strengthened our security partnerships so they feel they can address any potential threats that may come, including threats from iran. That included providing additional security assurances and cooperation to israel, building on the work weve done, and if weve done those things. Then the problems will be solved. Its not up to the president of the United States to solve the problems in the middle east. The people of the middle east will ha
Contained and were moving in the right direction there. That we have jump started a process to solve the civil war in syria which is like an open sore in the region. And is giving refuge to terrorist organizations who are taking advantage of that chaos. To make sure that in iraq not only have we pushed back isil but weve also created an environment in which sunni, shia and kurd are starting to function more effectively together. And to be in conversation with all of those in the region so they feel they can address any potential threats that may come including threats from iran. And that includes assurances and cooperation to israel building on the unprecedented cooperation that is put in place. It includes the work weve done with the gcc up at camp david making sure we execute that. If wed done those things then the problems in the middle east will not be solved. And ultimately its not the job of the president of the United States to solve every problem in the middle east. The people