Sean Patrick Maloney: “The record is clear. We need to defeat this bill. The U.S. Conference of Mayors in a letter this week said, ``A lengthy…”

“The record is clear. We need to defeat this bill. The U.S. Conference of Mayors in a letter this week said, ``A lengthy 1990 style post-census local review will do very little to address the persistent undercount problem. We urge you to oppose any legislation that places at risk the Census Bureau's ability to conduct a timely, post-enumeration survey.'' We should let the professionals at the Census Bureau do their job. We should stop trying to micromanage the census. We should support an accurate census and defeat H.R. 472.”