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On the recordOctober 6, 2009
I do not want to be sitting here 10 years from now and with Senator McCain, Senator Coburn, Senator Burris, and others and have to say why aren't we using technology that others have been using for not only 15, but 20 years; why aren't we using that technology to better count the people in this country?
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper emphasizes the need for technological advancement in the Census process.

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