Sen. Kennedy Grills Lutnick on if the Census Bureau Is Defining Poverty Level: ‘Well You Need to Look, Because It Does’

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KENNEDY: "Mr. Secretary, the Census Bureau is under your jurisdiction, is it not?"
LUTNICK: "Yes, it is."
KENNEDY: "And the Census Bureau is in charge of defining what it means to be poor or in poverty in America, is that correct?"
LUTNICK: "I think it does economic analysis for America."
KENNEDY: "But it also defines poverty level, does it not?"
LUTNICK: "I don't know if it’s the defining — "
KENNEDY: "Well, you need to look, because it does."