[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 37 (Tuesday, March 3, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E532]
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INTRODUCTION OF THE RESTORING THE INTEGRITY OF AMERICAN STATISTICS ACT 
                                OF 2009

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                        HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, March 3, 2009

  Mrs. MALONEY. Madam Speaker, today, I am reintroducing a very 
important piece of legislation with my colleagues Mr. Dent, Mr. 
Gonzalez, Mr. Ruppersberger, and Mr. Gerlach to establish the Census 
Bureau as an independent agency. Because the founding fathers believed 
it to be indispensable to the basic principles of democratic 
representation, the decennial census was given a constitutional 
mandate. A scientific endeavor of such importance should be viewed by 
the American public to be completely independent and nonpartisan. It is 
time to give the Census Bureau the independent status commensurate with 
the scientific agencies that are its peers, such as NASA, the National 
Science Foundation, and others. 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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