"Last month, I sent a letter to President Obama urging him to nominate a new Director as soon as possible."
"I pressed this morning on the President's nominee for Commerce."
"If you haven't started thinking about who you would like to have on the Census Bureau, start thinking about it right now."
"I agree that we need a Director of the Census Bureau as soon as possible."
"I would like to ask each of you to send me two names by close of business tomorrow of somebody that you think would be an excellent Director of the Bureau of the Census."
"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."
"These Race and Ethnic Advisory Committees are really very important, because they have members who come from diverse minority communities and work very well together."
"They should hire a workforce that is ethnically and racially diverse and represents the hard-to-count and minority community populations."
"I was the founding vice chairman of that as governor at the time and we decided we would do a paid ad campaign."
"Transparency is key. It helps ensure that the Census is on track."
"I think that it is a very good idea to have a term appointment for the Director of the Census Bureau."
"I support it. Most critical decisions for the Census occur between 3 to 5 years before that Census."