Commerce Secretary Ross will face Congress on Thursday to answer questions about his decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
Expect to hear a number of pointed questions, mainly from Democrats, about Ross' rationale for adding the citizenship question.
However, documents released as a part of a multistate lawsuit showed that Ross inquired about adding the question much earlier. An agency spokesperson later told The Associated Press that discussions about it had begun earlier and nothing in the court records changes"the sound rationale" that Ross cited in his congressional testimony.
Also, expect to hear questions about the preparedness of the Census Bureau. If the bureau does not meet its goal of addressingWhat's the latest on the census lawsuits?sued the Commerce Department, citing a concern that fewer immigrants will respond to the survey and therefore decrease the accuracy of the 2020 census, which determines funding allocation and how political districts are drawn. More groups also sued to block the question.
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