00:00We're here today to oppose the proposed changes to the 2030 Census.
00:05The Constitution, as the Lieutenant Governor said, mandates every ten years we count all
00:11of the people who live in the United States.
00:13It mandates that population be the basis for sharing political power.
00:19It's not wealth, and it's not land.
00:22Getting a complete and accurate count is critical.
00:24It determines how trillions of dollars in federal funds are allocated to our states,
00:30to our counties, to our communities.
00:31It ensures that each community, including places like Hamden, receive their fair share
00:38of critical programs like Medicare, Head Start, school lunch, affordable childcare.
00:45It helps communities pay for the construction of schools, hospitals, new roads and bridges.
00:51Communities across this country benefit the most when the census counts everyone.
00:57The Trump administration is proposing to change that, that they have the potential, that it
01:03has the potential to negatively impact every single community, no matter the size, no matter
01:10the location.
01:11Shredding, really shredding social safety nets.
01:15In 2023 alone, data from the 2020 census, governed the distribution of over $2.24 trillion across 371 federal
01:27programs.
01:28Again, Medicaid, CHIP, SNAP, Title X Family Planning.
01:32In states like Connecticut, where over 63,000 recently lost their SNAP benefits under the
01:40one big beautiful bill, inaccurate census data can be catastrophic.
01:47And you know, the governor came to the aid of that situation and is dealing with that.
01:55The state is not going to be able to deal with the catastrophe that this portends.
02:01And it is impossible for the state, the legislators to be able to deal with this.
02:06Under the rule, the census excludes millions of people, including asylum seekers, dreamers,
02:12reducing representation for communities with large immigrant populations.
02:18And I might add, we go back to 1790.
02:271790.
02:28What in God's name are we talking about here?
02:32You got the 14th Amendment.
02:34There's a requirement that you count all persons for congressional apportionment.
02:40That determines the size of the congressional representation in the Congress.
02:46It talks about removing key demographic questions, race, ethnicity.
02:53It makes it harder to track disparities and to enforce civil rights protections.
02:59Again, it's changing how residency is counted, increasing the risk of distorted representation.
03:07And the Lieutenant Governor talked about that as well.
03:12Well, again, each of these pieces is rooted in the Constitution back to 1790.
03:19The changes severely erode the accuracy of the census.
03:24It is illegal, my friends.
03:26It is an effort by the Trump administration to punish blue states and states with higher immigrant populations.
03:33New York, California, New Jersey, yes, and Connecticut.
03:37Connecticut ranks 11th out of all 50 states for immigrant population.
03:42This is an effort to rig the system, rob the American people of their right to be represented properly.
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