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" Really know how to sugarcoat this except to say it's a major scroll. By the government agency in charge of keeping track of key statistics about how all of -- tens of thousands of temporary US. Census workers were. Improperly. Fingerprinted. Including some people with criminal. Backgrounds. That's right. According to the Government Accountability Office and isn't Batman oxy moron. As many as 200 people with a criminal record may have been hired we're told these employees. Are actually going to awarded a word count each and every person in America. That's right the Census Bureau now implementing new guidelines for conducting background checks -- you see the problem here convicted criminals. Working for the government of living congress joining us now is a member of this wasn't cheap shot I admit you talk congressman Jason. He's one of the good and honorable people he's a member on the subcommittee on information policy census and national archives thanks for being -- congressman."

" I could not -- to get out on bail if they have Weaver dep. Given the number of former members of congress now behind bars -- this is a huge security issue isn't it. Yeah ideas I like it's Paramount that the American people have confidence in the people that are gonna go to door to door by next April 1 2010. And conduct the census and what's concerning is we've suddenly found. 1800 people that have actually got a criminal background 42% of those -- nearly 750 people. Have salacious backgrounds such as child molestation. Rape. You even have some people convicted of manslaughter that it -- brought into the process now. I give credit to the census bureau for actually conducting background checks that doing fingerprinting and working with the FBI. But what's not acceptable is that tens of thousands of these were done improperly and therefore we don't know the background of these people."

" You know it it I have to ask you the question. You know eight corn was on the list. Of people from home. You know the Census Bureau was gonna hire going and going door to door and that invites a whole another. A series of questions doesn't."

" Well they had partnered with acorn to help conduct the census they have over a million people they're gonna be hired in order to conduct the census. And I applaud the census bureau for actually dismissing acorn as a partner. But at the same time we have to make sure that if you have any sort of criminal background you should be dismissed. And not accepted as somebody that's going to -- participate. In the enumeration process of the census is just totally unacceptable give people are gonna go door to door knock on your door. And want personal information and and the public casts I have the utmost confidence of of the integrity of those people."

" Right and this stuff is important -- on peoples that we -- how many people in America where they live now not true because this is the data that dictates. Roads and schools an enormous amount of money that are devoted to those projects. But more important -- that it's also the basis is it not for congressional. Redistricting. In which she invites the question. Why -- Judd Gregg turned down -- job. Of of being commerce secretary because the White House was taking away control of the Census Bureau away from commerce were traditionally belongs. And the White House wanted control of it do you have confidence. In how this census is being conducted."

" Well we have serious questions of in my job moral responsibility United States congress is via check and balance is thought to be the cheerleader for the White House. It's all I wanna do everything I can't make sure that politics is left out of it and that we're doing it with the utmost integrity and independence. Because there's so much on the line politically with redistricting as you pointed out and literally hundreds of billions of dollars that will be given out to states and communities. Based on this this census and so. There's a lot on the line that's why we gonna make sure it's done all right well I don't know how to get."

" Higher you know rapists and child abusers and killers and -- send your complaints to the Census Bureau director of Robert -- is my guess on congressman Jason. Well thank you."