Chairman Clay Congratulates Dr. Robert Groves on His Confirmation as the Next Census Director

-WASHINGTON, DC. – “I congratulate Dr. Robert Groves on his confirmation as the next Director of the U.S. Census Bureau. President Obama has chosen a remarkably talented leader to direct America’s largest peacetime project.Dr. Groves is a nationally recognized expert in statistical research and survey methodology. I look forward to working closely with him to reduce the undercount of minorities and to increase the national mail-back response rate for the census questionnaire. As Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census and National Archives, I am committed to helping the Census Bureau conduct the most accurate enumeration in U.S. history.

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