Tom Carper: “I must admit the news of your decision to leave this post as Director of the Census Bureau is bittersweet.”

I think the greatest way that the Commission can have an impact on that is probably through our rate-making authority.

We are better off when we hear community concerns at the beginning of the process rather than at the end.

We will do it again. Maybe the next time we will actually make it to Columbia.

People ask me what I am proudest of in my life, and I always say, raising three boys, with a big assist from their mom.