Jeff Miller: “one of the reasons it is more expensive this time around is we have a problem with something called a differential…”

“one of the reasons it is more expensive this time around is we have a problem with something called a differential undercount. That is wrong. The differential undercount is that certain segments of our population are undercounted in a larger proportion than other segments of our population. We need to do everything we can to address that undercount problem. Homeless people are hard to count. American Indians are hard to count. We have a higher percentage of undercount with American Indians than anyone. We need to put additional resources in to get the best count we can, whether it is the homeless population or certain inner city populations or some rural populations. That is the reason we are putting the additional cost in there, because it is the right thing to do, to address that differential undercount. I think in a bipartisan fashion we are supporting this in providing the full resources to the Census Bureau at this time. I ask for the defeat of the amendment.”