[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 108 (Tuesday, August 4, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H7008]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               CENSUS MUST FOLLOW CONSTITUTIONAL MANDATE

  (Mr. EWING asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. EWING. Mr. Speaker, the last speaker talked about the census. 
There is one overriding requirement for the census, that it follow the 
constitutional mandate for an actual count. Now, all the great things 
that have been said about doing it the other way really do not follow 
the constitutional mandate. It is easy to get up and say, ``Well, it 
will cost less money. We are going to count everybody.''
  Of course we want to count everybody. That is the issue. We do not 
believe you will get an accurate count by sampling. The Constitution 
does not provide for a count by sampling. It requires an actual 
enumeration. So the Democrats do not want to follow the Constitution. 
The Republicans do. We believe that is the requirement. We are willing 
to pay the cost. We want an accurate count.

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