[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 154 (Friday, September 26, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2027]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   INTRODUCTION TO LEGISLATION TO CREATE AN INDEPENDENT CENSUS AGENCY

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                        HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 25, 2008

  Mrs. MALONEY of New York. Madam Speaker, today I am introducing a 
bill with my colleagues Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Clay, Mr. Honda, and Mr. 
Waxman to establish an independent Census agency. It is indispensable 
to the basic principles of democratic representation that the decennial 
census is seen by the American public to be completely independent and 
nonpartisan. Elevating the Census Bureau to the status of an 
independent agency is a powerful statement to the American people and 
their leaders that the decennial census and the other critical surveys 
conducted by the Census Bureau are protected, and that our Government 
will summon the best demographers, statisticians, scientists and 
managers we can find to lead this vital agency.

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