Sean Patrick Maloney: “I just took one day of USA Today and cut out of the paper all of the articles that were based on census data. I really…”

“I just took one day of USA Today and cut out of the paper all of the articles that were based on census data. I really challenge all my colleagues and all of the listening public to do the same thing. When you read the paper, notice how many articles really are based on the census. On the front page, one of the articles that was cut out is about the recent successes in the war on cancer. Measurement of these successes requires information on national disease rates, which rely on census data. There is also a little front page article on recent college graduate jobs and pay situations. The column on 'What's Up in Washington,' it talks about Social Security, transportation, it talks about grant moneys, that are based on census numbers. We must have an accurate count. It is a bipartisan effort.”