I want to follow up on the line of questioning that Senator Collins was pursuing at the end of her comments.

I think in some instances they may be moved to be more responsive, to participate more fully, with an appropriate appeal from our President or even from Mrs. Obama.

I cannot wait, if confirmed, to learn about the media campaign that is being designed right now.

We continue to change the nature of what we are looking for a contractor to provide.

We are delighted that you are before us today.

We opened our hearing in Philadelphia on Monday with a wonderful video prepared by the Census Bureau...

we received the letter to the Committee signed by all the former Directors of the Census for 30 years or so.

Dr. Groves, your nomination, as you know, comes at a critical time for the Census Bureau.

During my last year when I was governor of Delaware, States were involved in a big lawsuit against the tobacco industry.

A big part of the problem that we got into with the Census Bureau has been our inability to manage well a large technology contract.

Delaware's farming community is facing a drastic change in terms of regulatory requirements.