I think your response was, well, right now, let us just do what we said we were going to do and do that well.
Well, it sounds to me like part of what you all have said, a number of you said, one, make sure that--the key here is to try to reduce the n...
the Secretary of Commerce wasn't very mindful of those responsibilities, his oversight responsibilities in terms of providing directional le...
I think maybe in each of those instances, certainly in IRS, the Department of Treasury, you have a Commissioner serving a 5-year term and th...
That is a very good point.
We really need to look at what other approaches are out there that can either get better results or at least control the costs better.
I think that is in some legislation that the House is considering.
I would like to ask each of you to send me two names by close of business tomorrow of somebody that you think would be an excellent Director...
We want to make sure that whoever is leading this operation has the resources to do the job as best we can.
Given the cost of the Census in an era of unprecedented fiscal challenges, what are the cost drivers of the Census and how can the Bureau pr...
I agree that we need a Director of the Census Bureau as soon as possible.
I think there would need to be some safeguards in place, with the Census, it is important to have impartial data.
These Race and Ethnic Advisory Committees are really very important, because they have members who come from diverse minority communities an...
I think you could be effective with either scenario. I think what is most important, though, is to get the right leadership and the right ma...
They should hire a workforce that is ethnically and racially diverse and represents the hard-to-count and minority community populations.
I pressed this morning on the President's nominee for Commerce.
I think it is close to four feet, maybe four to five feet.
That was pretty good, Senator Merkley. Very good.
