STATEMENT BY CONGRESSMAN WM. LACY CLAY (D) MO, CHAIRMAN, HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE ON INFORMATION POLICY, CENSUS AND NATIONAL ARCHIVES REGARDING PRESIDENT OBAMA’S NOMINATION OF DR. ROBERT M. GROVES TO SERVE AS DIRECTOR OF THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

-WASHINGTON, DC. – “I welcome President Obama’s nomination of Dr. Robert Groves as the next Director of the U.S. Census Bureau. 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.
The Census is America’s largest peacetime project. 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. I welcome Dr. Groves’ leadership of this shared national mission.”

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