Jeff Miller: “I am asking today that the Census Bureau begin work to come up with a plan for counting all Americans overseas in the…”

“I am asking today that the Census Bureau begin work to come up with a plan for counting all Americans overseas in the 2010 Census. The Bureau must find a way to get this done. These are hard-working American citizens who vote and pay taxes, just like and the gentleman and I. It is not fair that they are left out of the decennial census just because it is a difficult job to count them. It will be a challenge to count Americans living abroad, there is no doubt about that, but challenges are not new to the Census Bureau. It can be done, and it is important that the Bureau begin researching this now so that they will be included in the 2010 Census. I will discuss it further with the Director, but I would like to see the Bureau put forth a proposal for counting overseas Americans as expeditiously as possible.”