Political Quotes

“I want to talk about some other communities, Litchfield, Illinois; Salem, Illinois; and Carlyle, Illinois, small rural America who support H.R. 472 and the Local Census Quality Check Act. I would like to share with the House some feedback I received from these communities and my constituents about the 2000 census. In fact, the Mayor of Litchfield, William Cornman, wrote me on March 24, 1999, and stated, ``We feel that in order to have an accurate Census, we must reinstate the post-Census Local Review program. If a mistake is made with the oversight of subdivisions and newly annexed areas, the Census count is not accurate.'' He continues, ``We feel that we cannot properly evaluate the Bureau's Partnership Program as it relates to our community. Thus far, all that they have provided us is a bulging packet of information and very little direction.'' I believe Mayor Cornman has made two critical points: one, that the local authorities cannot challenge and review the final census numbers, even if they are incorrect, and, two, the current Local Update of Census Addresses, the LUCA program, appears in the eyes of my constituents as just a bulging packet of information and very little direction.”