We hope that Congress can be an effective partner for you.

A critical concern to me and to my constituents are the canceled tests in Indian Country.

I do not want to be the head of the Census Bureau, but I want to offer a couple suggestions.

It is, of course, critical to get accurate counts there, but we have to make sure that the Census is prepared to meet the needs of rural America.

For too long, we have given Indian Country the leftovers. Members of these communities deserve to be counted where they reside, just like any other person.

This is probably a personal experience that maybe was not shared with everyone.

You are talking, Secretary, about actually engaging with the mail carriers?

I get all that, but I think anybody who looks at this... Why does it seem to be, to me, underutilized?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And, thank you to my colleague from New Hampshire for letting me go first.

Nothing like a State disaster the caliber of this to realign all of our thinking.

You cannot look at this and then understand this continues and think that we do not have a huge challenge where we need to look at all hands on deck.

I would tell you that is probably not true in North Dakota. Not true in rural areas.