[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 108 (Tuesday, August 4, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H7007]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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  (Mr. GREEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GREEN. Mr. Speaker, it is important for every American to be 
counted. How can Congress determine what a community needs if we really 
do not know how many people are in that community? It is estimated that 
the 1990 census undercounted the population in my hometown of Houston, 
Texas by 67,000 people. It is estimated the State of Texas lost $1 
billion in title I school funding, road construction and senior citizen 
services because of the undercount in 1990.
  Statisticians and scientists have determined that using scientific 
statistical methods will produce a census that is more accurate and 
less costly to taxpayers. We should stop playing politics with the 
census issue and say let us count every American. Today the Mollohan 
amendment will ensure that the Census Bureau be able to conduct an 
accurate and cost effective census in the year 2000. We need to support 
the Mollohan amendment.
  Mr. Speaker, everyone deserves to be counted.

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