Despite these achievements, the 2010 Census was the most expensive in our Nation's history by far, even taking inflation into account.

If I were Dr. Groves, I would immerse myself in this planning process and make it the number one priority for the next several years.

We commend the Census Bureau for seeking the input of stakeholders such as ourselves and acting on several of our recommendations with regard to its media plan.

That 22-percent figure should be compared in 2000 to 17 percent, so that is a move in the wrong direction.

As politically difficult as it may be, we must find a way to pay for these investments.

We need to look in every nook and cranny of our Federal Government in order to find ways to do a lot of the traditional things that we have done better.

All right. Good.

All right. Well, that is good to hear. That is good to hear.

I do not want the folks in this Committee to go through that. I do not want the Senate to go through that.

We want to ensure that we do the best job that we can.

We are having what I call a skirmish now in terms of what are we going to pass for a spending plan.