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 he or she have a pretty good to-do list."

"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."