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Vicente Gonzalez: “For every thousand homes that go undercounted in my…”

Featuring: Vicente Gonzalez, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 34

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Published | Video Starts at 06:53

It's never been an objective to try to figure out if people are born here or where they're from or what their ethnic background is. And For every thousand homes that go undercounted in my community, we lose $100 million over the 10 year period. And it's very easy to have five or 10,000 homes not report based on that one question. So it's a huge concern. (06:53–07:02)

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Asserts that undercounting in the census results in a $100 million loss over ten years per thousand homes.

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