[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]




                    NATION NEEDS AN ACCURATE CENSUS

  (Mrs. MALONEY of New York asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, the Nation needs an accurate 
census, one that includes everyone.
  The 1990 census undercounted 8.4 million people. The count heavily 
disfavored minorities. Correcting the census undercount is the civil 
rights issue of the 1990s.
  The Census Bureau, under the direction of the National Academy of 
Sciences, has come forward with the modern comprehensive plan for the 
Year 2000 Census, one that will include everyone. The Republican 
majority is trying to stop the plan from going forward.
  The Republican majority should not fear counting blacks, Hispanics 
and Asians. What they should be afraid of is repeating the errors of 
1990 while the Nation's minorities look on, knowing those mistakes 
could have been prevented, knowing they were intentionally left out.
  Mr. Speaker, the Year 2000 census must be about policy, accurate 
policy, not politics.

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