Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20170310:21:28:00
Data drives tremendous dollars. unemployment stats trigger unemployment insurance. the consumer price index determines social security checks. and the census bureau says its ongoing american community survey guides more than $400 billion in federal funding every year. >> so, they're literally tens if not hundreds of billions of dollars that are driven by these data. >> reporter: that survey is mandatory. a bill sponsored by some house republicans would make it voluntary. they argued the data collection is a privacy intrusion by the federal government, but making it optional could degrade the q...
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