Sean Patrick Maloney: “the Nation needs an accurate census, one that includes everyone. The 1990 census undercounted 8.4 million people. The…”

“the Nation needs an accurate census, one that includes everyone. The 1990 census undercounted 8.4 million people. The count heavily disfavored minorities. Correcting the census undercount is the civil rights issue of the 1990s. The Census Bureau, under the direction of the National Academy of Sciences, has come forward with the modern comprehensive plan for the Year 2000 Census, one that will include everyone. The Republican majority is trying to stop the plan from going forward. The Republican majority should not fear counting blacks, Hispanics and Asians. What they should be afraid of is repeating the errors of 1990 while the Nation's minorities look on, knowing those mistakes could have been prevented, knowing they were intentionally left out. Mr. Speaker, the Year 2000 census must be about policy, accurate policy, not politics.”