Our economy cannot survive dependent on old, dirty fossil fuels--we must break free of our dependence.

Clean energy does create jobs. This is a story we are hearing throughout Delaware.

I am just really delighted that you are here, Chad, and I want to welcome you.

We are going to hold a roundtable in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Monday morning, May 18.

I would just lay that at your feet.

Two words, my friend. Two words you need to think about: Census Director.

During my last year when I was governor of Delaware, States were involved in a big lawsuit against the tobacco industry.

We are delighted that you are before us today.

We rely on Inspector General reports. In this Committee especially, we rely on the work of the Government Accountability Office.

I cannot wait, if confirmed, to learn about the media campaign that is being designed right now.

Dr. Groves, your nomination, as you know, comes at a critical time for the Census Bureau.

Those three items keep coming back to us again and again and again.

The mayor of Philadelphia indicated the cost, the loss to Philadelphia and Pennsylvania for every person not counted was actually very large.

A big part of the problem that we got into with the Census Bureau has been our inability to manage well a large technology contract.

It sent up real alarm signals, and it should. It did for us, and it certainly should for you.

we received the letter to the Committee signed by all the former Directors of the Census for 30 years or so.

I asked each of them to give me a name or two of somebody who could be Census Bureau Director, and several of them submitted your name.

I thought he did a good job answering those three questions.

I want to go back to a point I raised earlier on with respect to undercount and overcount.

I want to follow up on the line of questioning that Senator Collins was pursuing at the end of her comments.

I think in some instances they may be moved to be more responsive, to participate more fully, with an appropriate appeal from our President or even from Mrs. Obama.

We opened our hearing in Philadelphia on Monday with a wonderful video prepared by the Census Bureau...

They spoke of the need for partnerships, of the need for a strong media campaign to raise awareness of the census.

These are tough things to deal with and to get right.

We continue to change the nature of what we are looking for a contractor to provide.