GRIC leader says ensuring accurate census is a ‘life and death’ issue
Gila River Indian Community Gov. Stephen Roe Lewis told a House panel Thursday that an accurate Census count could be a “matter of life and death” for tribal communities.
Lewis joined other witnesses at the House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing to warn against an early end to the count.
“At this point the Census Bureau needs more time to do its data collection and post-data collection process,” said John H. Thompson, who was director of the bureau from 2013-2017.
