[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 108 (Tuesday, August 4, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H7008]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                AMERICA NEEDS A FAIR AND ACCURATE CENSUS

  (Ms. McKINNEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. McKINNEY. Mr. Speaker, the census is America's family portrait. I 
would like to bring attention to my staff. We thought we would take a 
family portrait. Unfortunately, this is what my staff would look like 
after a Republican census. If the Republicans have their way, some of 
my staff will disappear, because the Republicans do not want a fair and 
accurate census. Republicans are absolutely satisfied with certain 
people not being counted because it preserves their political power.
  In the year 2000, the only way we are going to make sure that every 
man, woman and child is included in America's family portrait is by 
putting Republican racial fearmongering aside and let the Census Bureau 
do its job. America needs a fair and accurate census.

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