[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 24913]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                  KEEP CENSUS INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL

  (Mrs. MALONEY of New York asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, in the closing days of this 
session, indeed, closing hours, the Republican majority has attached 
language to the BBA agreement that would allow CBO to have access to 
confidential census material. This is just plain wrong. This is greater 
than a census issue, this is a confidentiality issue, a privacy issue.
  Secretary Minetta has written the President and called for a veto of 
any legislation that has language that violates the privacy of the 
census. He recalls that his own family was interned during World War II 
based on confidential census material.
  We cannot violate the confidentiality of the Census Department. 
During the census surveys, this poster was up across America, assuring 
the American people that their information was private. They should 
have added ``No Republican Congress.''
  Say ``no'' to any vehicle that violates the confidentiality of the 
Census Department and the privacy information of the American people.

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