On the recordNovember 13, 1997
I want to suggest an alternative constitutional theory, that if this body approves a method of taking the Census that deliberately gets an undercount, that raises a constitutional question, and because we know that statistical sampling is more accurate, that is the constitutional issue before the body. Mr. Speaker, I am a former chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. I appreciate that in conference $2.5 million was added to the EEOC's appropriation after the Women's Caucus wrote the conferees concerning stark underfunding of that agency. While this is $4 million less than the President's request, this amount does represent an increase. I am pleased that the $7 million increase that was forthcoming from the Watt-Norton amendment last year actually helped reduce the backlog 30 percent, and we should continue to fund the agency so that it can continue to do that.
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