Session #105 · 1997–99

Speech #1050083674

I oppose the use of sampling for several reasons. It would leave the census numbers open to political manipulation and would tend to undermine the publics confidence in the census. We have seen various administrations manipulate the FBI. IRS. and reportedly even the Immigration and Naturalization Service for political gain. Once we move away from a hard count what guarantee do we have that this or a future administration will not manipulate the census numbers for partisan gains? A Member of the other body has stated that we should all support sampling since we all rely on something Similar. public opinion polls. to get elected.
Keywords matched
Naturalization Immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
80%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
THOMAS PETRI
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
WI
Gender
M
Date
1997-09-30
Speech ID
1050083674
Paragraph
#0
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