Perilous time for the 2020 census. Troubling, there were reports indicating career officials at the Census Bureau warned the trump about significant problems that will delay the delivery of census data to late january or early february. After these reports became public, the director of the census, dr. Steven billingham, issued a Public Statement confirming problems were found, but provided no details. These developments were particularly troubling because they were not reported to our committee before we write about them in the press or before the census director made his Public Statement. Committee has jurisdiction, but nobody from the Trump Administration informed us about these problems or delays. For these reasons, the committee wrote a letter to the Census Bureau november 19. We asked for documents career officials prepared describing these data problems and the resulting delays. We also requested documents repaired for the department of commerce, including the commerce secretary
Are my own and not to be attributed to the trustees. Of the census accuracy is deeper and more complex than the latest chapter on anomalies. These are problems yet to be found reveal the consequences and risks. To help illustrate the challenges of 2020 census accuracy, i start with Research Conducted by Diana Elliott and i last year to explore 2020 census outcomes. This was precovid. We chose three risk scenarios and used Census Bureau research to simulate 2020 counts. The most optimistic scenario mimicked the performance of the 2010 census, which came in 0001 of population estimate. When we overlaid that performance over the 2020 projection, we discovered a net undercount of the population of 3 . Stated differently, had the pandemic never happened, people of color are historically undercounted, and our wonderful nation, have become more racially and ethnically diverse over the past 10 years. While this 2010 census was accurate for the total u. S. Population, it came at the expense of
You. He wants health and medical experts to be the guides. And the politics, follow the science. Hes guided as we all are by scientists and medical experts. We will follow the science. Many say that again. He does rely on the guidance of his health and medical experts. Jesse Turns Out Biden and the white house didnt mean any of that, what they really shouldve said is this. We will follow the science unless it hurts us politically. For example, the White House Press secretary is throwing the cdc under the bus for saying teachers can safely return to School Without being vaccinated, watch this. Vaccination of teachers is not a prerequisite for savory opening of schools. She spoke to this in her personal capacity, we are going to wait for the final guidance to come out. The white house said today that the cdc has yet to release official guidance while another expert, dr. Anthony fauci just said this. You cant have children going Back To School as we have in the past without necessarily ha
Fighting yet. So martha, on behalf of not just the senate but the nation, thank you so much for your service to our country, in uniform and here in the senate. We wish you all the best in the bright days to come. Now, madam president yesterday i mention the several bigticket items left on the congressional agenda before the end of the year. Over the next few weeks the city was passed an appropriations bill to keep the government funded that we must ask the annual defense bill, a piece of legislation that congress has passed every year for nearly 600 years in a row. At the top priority as well is a major covid relief bill. We are in a moment of Genuine National catastrophe. The rate of new cases of hospitalizations and deaths are the highest or do the highest at any point during this awful pandemic. The economic fallout of the pandemics spreads and spreads, november saw the largest single to we could jump in unemployment benefit application since early april, enhanced job benefits are o
Talked about u. S. Military strength in a discussion at the Heritage Foundation. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the Heritage Foundation. Welcome all of you here in the auditorium and everyone online, as well. Its a great pleasure for us to be back in the building of the Heritage Foundation. Weve been away for some type teleworking. But this is my first day back for a while. Im very pleased to be back here today for this very important hl Heritage Foundation. Weve been away for sometime teleworking but this is my first day back for a while but im very pleased to be back here today for this very important event. Of launching the Heritage Foundations 2021 index of military strength. Now this is the seventh addition of the index. And the index has become one of Heritage Foundations flagship publications. Our goal is unchanged from the very first issue. Its to provide both the leaders of this country, and also the American Public a premier open source and authoritative assessment of Ame