Tom Carper

What are some things that do not work? What are some things that we just ought not to do?

How do we get a better result for less money?

I have said many times we are contributing to their misery by our addiction to methamphetamine and heroin and crack cocaine and so forth.

I was talking earlier in my opening statement, I mentioned that we have a 4,000-mile border with Canada.

It is also an economic powerhouse for both of our countries.

Since 9/11, we have increased our border staffing and technology footprint along the Northern Border.

Is there more that we can do to better secure our Northern Border? Sure there is.

Our shared border with Canada is--listen to this--the largest in the world.

Let us take a look at the problems. Let us take a look at the conflicts.

The process seems mind-numbing.

Their bill, S. 961, the Data Security Act of 2015, sets a national data security standard that recognizes those who already have one under the GLBA.

If you were sitting up here with us and you wanted to make darn sure that we got a good Census at a reasonable price, what are the one or two things that you would do if you were in our shoes to make sure that that happened?

That sounds like a lot.

Just to keep in mind maybe what I hope we already do this, but whether it is in the postcard or whether it is in something that folks get over the Internet or something that people get in writing saying, 'You are going to get a survey,'…

Some other Governor in some other State has dealt with this issue. They figured out how to deal with it in an appropriate way successfully.

Are some more important than others? I presume they are.

But there is nothing to ensure that you will want to stay beyond this at this time.

Maybe what we learned from the last couple of times out, 2000, 2010, about counting hard-to-count populations, one of the ideas I floated, I guess in the run-up to 2010, was maybe we could have--in terms of incentivizing people, to find…

What Ms. Cha just said, is that something that rings a bell, access controls?

Is there any time during that process we somehow convey to people why this is important for them to do it, to respond?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Pay me now or pay me later.

How do we incentivize people to be better citizens in this process?

My hope is that is going to serve us well.

A lot of people think that we in Washington cannot organize and run a good three-car funeral procession.