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I’m working to defend the American Community Survey and Economic Census from efforts to eliminate their funding. These surveys are among the most detailed and useful to the public and private sectors. In the midst of economic times like these, it’s self-defeating for government to eliminate tools for job creators.
I have worked hard to preserve the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) and its funding when it was threatened by the Bush Administration. The SIPP was created by the Census Bureau in 1984 to gather more detailed information about the impact of government aid on people’s lives and how people move in and out of government programs. The SIPP also provides more in-depth information than other government surveys on work-family issues, such as maternity leave, child care usage and costs, and the work schedules of couples.I have worked successfully with my colleagues to secure full funding for the SIPP and keep this vital program intact.
The Founding Fathers’ recognition of the need for fully representative government which put power in the hands of the people was unprecedented at the time of the Constitution’s adoption. The modern decennial census is a uniquely American invention. It is indispensable to the basic principles of democratic representation that the decennial census is seen by the American public to be completely independent and nonpartisan.
Legislation
08/02/2012 - H.Con.Res. 136, Expressing the sense of Congress that the census surveys and the information derived from thosse surveys are crucial to the national welfare [112th Congress]
03/25/10 – H.R. 4945, Census Oversight Efficiency and Management Reform Act
02/09/10 – H.R. 4621, Prevent Deceptive Census Look Alike Mailings Act
03/03/09 – H.R. 1254, Restoring the Integrity of American Statistics Act
09/25/08 – H.R. 7069, Restoring the Integrity of American Statistics Act
03/12/08 – H.R. 5599, Legislation to designate the new Census Bureau Headquarters for Thomas Jefferson
02/02/05 - H.R.564, Just Apportionment of Representatives in Congress
01/25/05 - H.R.337, Term of Office of the Director of the Census Bureau
07/22/04 - H.R.4969, Release of Information of Annual Poverty Estimate and National Assessment of Educational Progress [108th Congress]
04/22/04 - H.AMDT.517, Maloney Amendment on Overseas Voters Rules [108th Congress]
04/03/03 - H.R.1619, Census of Americans Abroad Act [108th Congress]
04/02/03 - H.R.1571, Term of Office of the Director of the Census Bureau [108th Congress]
04/01/03 - H.R.1541, Just Apportionment of Representatives in Congress [108th Congress]
07/18/01 - H.AMDT.175, Maloney Amendment on Seeking Better Census Data [107th Congress]
07/18/01 - H.AMDT.172, Maloney Amendment on Inclusion of Americans Abroad in 2010 Census [107th Congress]
02/14/01 - H.R.681, Term of Office of the Director of the Census Bureau [107th Congress]
02/14/01 - H.R.680, Census of Americans Abroad [107th Congress]
10/02/00 - H.R.5538, Term of Office of the Director of the Census Bureau [106th Congress]
02/14/00 - H.R.3649, Census of Americans Abroad Act [106th Congress]
02/07/00 - H.R.3581, To make additional funds available to the Secretary of Commerce for purposes of the 2000 decennial census [106th Congress]
06/22/99 - H.R.2306, Requirements for Serving with the Census Mandatory Board [106th Congress]
Documents/Reports
04/10/12 – Letter from NYC Representatives to Census Director Groves responding to 2010 Census CQR decision
03/19/12 – Letter from Census Director Groves to NYC Mayor Bloomberg on 2010 Census CQR review
10/27/11 - Six former Census Directors write to House Appropriators concerned with budget cuts to Census Bureau and Economic Survey
07/13/11 – Letter to House Appropriators expressing concern over Fiscal Year 2012 Census Bureau budget cuts
07/13/2011 - Letter to Appropriations leadership opposing Census Bureau cuts in FY 2012 CJS Appropriations
03/27/09 - CRS Memo, "Undercount of Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the Decennial Census"
10/15/07 - Response Letter from Department of Commerce Regarding Funding
10/15/07 - Enclosure of Response Letter from Department of Commerce Regarding Funding
10/11/07 - Letter to Department of Commerce Regarding Funding
10/10/07 - Response Letter from Office of Management and Budget Regarding Continuing Resolution
10/02/07 - Letter to Office of Management and Budget Regarding Continuing Resolution
06/11/07 - Letter Requesting Survey of Income and Program Participation Funding
04/19/07 - Survey of Income and Program Participation Response from Census
03/27/07 - Letter on Survey of Income and Program Participation to Census
08/19/94 - Sunbelt Caucus Letter
04/30/91 - Rep. Gingrich Letter on Census
Links
Joint Economic Committee hearing, “The Economic Impact of Ending or Reducing Funding for the American Community Survey and other Government Statistics” (June 19, 2012)
Census Director Groves blog post, “A Future Without Key Social and Economic Statistics for the Country” (May 11, 2012)
Making Sense of the Census: A Document on Where the Census Stands: archived information on the 2000 Census from Representative Maloney's old website
More on Census
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and 12 co-sponsors today introduced a resolution supporting the importance of census surveys and the data they produce. In showing strong support for census programs, including the American Community Survey and the Economic Census, this resolution highlights the high value of the information provided to the nation in these surveys to both the public and private sectors. Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) introduced a companion resolution in the Senate.
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), along with business and civil rights leaders today decried efforts to eliminate the U. S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, a long-form census survey conducted annually since 2005.
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) issued the following statement upon release by the U.S. Census Bureau of the “Census Coverage Measurement,” a statistical survey whose results are measured against actual census data in order to measure efficiency of the decennial Census:
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), former ranking member of the Census subcommittee, offered the following comment after the House voted to de-fund the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (Roll Call #232: 232 - 190) : “The Republicans have earned a reputation as the ‘do-nothing party’ and now they want to also be the ‘know-nothing party’. This vote repeals the work done by Presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama and six Congresses to modernize the Census, and does so without even a hearing or full debate.”
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), former ranking member of the Census Subcommittee, today applauded Census Bureau Director Robert M. Groves after he announced his departure from the Bureau to become Provost of Georgetown University.
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), today issued the following statement on publication of the results of the 2010 Decennial Census.
“I along with many in New York are concerned that the results of the 2010 decennial census may not reflect the growth in the City that many of us believe occurred over the last ten years. I am particularly concerned by the difference between the results of the Decennial Census in many of New York City’s communities and the estimates the Census Bureau made last year as to the City’s current population, as well as the difference between the 7.8% vacancy rate measured by the Census Bureau and the 2.7% vacancy rate found in the 2008 New York Housing and Vacancy Survey.
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) reacted tonight to the defeat of S. 3167 in the House on a nearly party-line vote. The Senate companion to her bill (H.R. 4595, cosponsored by Rep. Charlie Dent, R-PA) would have made the Census Bureau director appointed to a five-year term and enable him or her to directly report to the Commerce Secretary to help protect the Bureau from the vagaries of year-to-year bureaucratic battles.
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Carolyn Maloney hailed Senate passage yesterday of legislation she co-authored with Sen. Tom Coburn, Sen. Tom Carper, and Rep. Charles Dent to reform the management of the U.S. Census.
"It's bipartisan, it's good government, it's scientific independence, it’s good management, and it's about time!" Maloney said. “This important reform ensures consistent professional management of this major scientific agency, and minimizes political interference of its vital Constitutional mission. I’m grateful to Senators Carper and Coburn for their bipartisan leadership this issue in the Senate. Now we in the House must commit to forward thinking to avoid problems in the run up to the 2020 census.”
WASHINGTON, DC – Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), senior member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and Chairman of its Information Policy, Census and National Archives Subcommittee Wm. Lacy Clay (D-MO), today sent a letter to U.S. Postmaster General John E. Potter asking for an investigation of the latest wave of mailings closely resembling census documents sent by the Republican National Committee.