A friend of mine, Lamar Alexander, a former governor, now serves in the U.S. Senate, he likes to talk about hearings as talkings.

We are not the best ones to put together the marketing plan.

Well, I am just delighted that you have joined us, Congressman.

There are about 12,000 folks in Delaware who were missed.

Senator Carper. Mr. Mesenbourg, thank you so much, and thanks again for your leadership.

we have a situation where, ironically, folks that are most often undercounted are those that live in the most dire economic situations

losing those numbers makes a lot of difference to us.

I would say the First Lady might be a terrific asset there as well.

We have had 8 good years under his leadership.

Among the duties that are spelled out in the Constitution for us to undertake on an ongoing basis is every 10 years to conduct a Census.

I strongly believe that an accurate count will level the playing field and will bring our community much closer to the American dream.