James Comer: “I thank the gentleman from Georgia for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of this amendment offered by the…”

“I thank the gentleman from Georgia for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of this amendment offered by the Government Operations Subcommittee ranking member, my colleague, Jody Hice. I support this sensible amendment, which will preserve vital accountability mechanisms for the Director of the Census Bureau. The bill attempts to insulate the Census Bureau Director and empower an unaccountable career Deputy Director. We should not be tying the hands of a future President to properly exercise executive oversight over the management of the Census Bureau. Mr. Chairman, I encourage my colleagues to support the commonsense Hice amendment.”