The committee will come to order. Without objection, chairs authorized to declare a recess at any time. Secretary ross is with us, hell be joining us momentarily. Ill recognize myself for an Opening Statement and then my friend from maryland. The census is constitutionally required. It is what insures that just as every vote should be counted, every person should be counted. This is a conditioned precedent for accurate redistricting and accurate reapportionment. The census is not only important for purposes of constituting our government, its also important for apportioning the resources and services of our government. So the census is vitally important for a number of reasons. It is also eminently predictable. There are a few things that can be foreseen quite like the census. It happens every ten years whether youre ready or not. So its incredibly important beginning with the fundamental truth of counting every one of our fellow citizens, and we know well in advance when its coming. S
The committee will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. Secretary ross is with us. Hell be joining us momentarily. I recognize myself for an Opening Statement, and then my friend from maryland. The census is constitutionally required. It is what ensures that every vote should be counted, every person should be counted. This is a Condition Precedent for accurate redistricting and accurate reapportionment. The census is not only important for purposes of constituting our government, its also important for apportioning the resources and service of our government. So the census is vitally important for a number of reasons. It is also imminently predictable. There are a few things that can foreseen, quite like the census. It happens every ten years, whether youre ready or not. So its incredibly important, beginning with the fundamental truth of counting every one of our fellow citizens. We know well in advance that its coming. So we cant
Public service by americas Cable Television companies. And is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. Next, commerce secretary wilbur ross on efforts to modernize operations of the u. S. Census bureau ahead of the 2020 census. Secretary ross outlined Information Technology investments at his agency and answered questions on reaching out to traditionally underrepresented communities while controlling costs. This House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is 2 two hours and 50 minutes. The committee will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. Secretary ross is with us. Hell be joining us momentarily. I recognize myself for an Opening Statement, and then my friend from maryland. The census is constitutionally required. It is what ensures that every vote should be counted, every person should be counted. This is a Condition Precedent for accurate redistricting and accurate reapportionment. The census is not only imp
Another but just aimed at sewing divisiveness on some really charged topics. Watch the communicators tonight at 8 00 eastern on cspan2. Next, commerce secretary wilbur ross testifies on modernization efforts at the u. S. Census bureau ahead of the next census in 2020. Secretary ross spoke about attempts to streamline Data Collection and to reach communities that were traditionally underrepresented. This hearing from the House Oversight committee is just under three hours. The committee will come to order. Without objection, chairs authorized to declare a recess at any time. Secretary ross is with us. Hell be joining us momentarily. Ill recognize myself for an Opening Statement and then my friend from maryland. The census is constitutionally required. It is what ensures that just as every vote should be counted, every person should be counted. This is a Condition Precedent for accurate redistricting and accurate reapportionment. The census is not only important for purposes of constitut
Now wilbur ross talking about efforts to modernize operations at the u. S. Census euro ahead of the next count schedule or 2020. This portion is two hours. The census ensures every vote, every person should be counted. Four reapportionment is important for constituting our government, also worked the resources and services of our government. The census is vitally important for a number of visas are you it is eminently predictable. There are a few things quite like the census. It happens every 10 years whether you are ready or not you it is incredibly important beginning with the fundamental truth of counting every one of our fellow citizens. We know well in advance when it is coming so we cannot complain when we are caught off guard and that we did not see it. Have a couple years before we count everyone but now is the time to make sure we are ready to count everyone with accuracy, security, and professionalism. We are concerned with cost, citizens are hearing about cuts, and there are