Thomas R. Carper: “We are all in it together.”

I usually default to the golden rule, and I think in this case it's a pretty good guide as well.

If I had known--as you know, the breadth of the issues that we cover in this Committee are enormous. It is impossible for any of us to fully master each of them.

We help make the rules for the country, and we do not do this by ourselves.

I am the last Vietnam Veteran serving in the U.S. Senate, and kind of relates to my great affection and interest in the postal issues.