To the extent that we can get the money back, we need to do that.
I think that it is a very good idea to have a term appointment for the Director of the Census Bureau.
I just think that, however it is structured, it should have the freedom to make independent programmatic decisions.
We need a first-rate Director of the Census Bureau and we need him or her right now.
All right. The Administration's fiscal year 2010 budget doesn't propose increasing recruitment and hiring of Census take...
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...
the Secretary of Commerce wasn't very mindful of those responsibilities, his oversight responsibilities in terms of prov...
I think maybe in each of those instances, certainly in IRS, the Department of Treasury, you have a Commissioner serving ...
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...
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 a...
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 h...
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 min...
