Statement for the Record Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of the Mollohan amendment. The 1990 census count was seriously deficient, particularly as it failed our minority communities. Almost 9 million people were not counted in the process, including one in ten African-American males, one in twenty Hispanics and one in ten young Asian males. In fact, the 1990 census was the first census since 1790 to be less accurate than the census preceding it. We can do better than this and we owe it to all segments of our communities to make the strong effort to approve the Mollohan amendment to keep the census fair, accurate and representative of our diverse population.
Full funding is necessary.
Full funding of the census is necessary to prevent any delays in the preparation by the Census Bureau to proceed with its improved plans for 2000. The Mollohan amendment still leaves room for the Supreme Court to act on the census question without any interruption of plans by the Bureau to modernize, organize personnel and facilities and engage in contracting now.