Tom Carper actually said...

If you haven't started thinking about who you would like to have on the Census Bureau, start thinking about it right now.

I want to make sure that when that new Director of the Bureau of the Census is identified, vetted, nominated, confirmed, goes to work, that ...

I was the founding vice chairman of that as governor at the time and we decided we would do a paid ad campaign.

I think that it is a very good idea to have a term appointment for the Director of the Census Bureau.