Thomas R. Carper: “I think the greatest way that the Commission can have an impact on that is probably through our rate-making authority.”

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.

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

Not really. I have just come from the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, which is having a hearing on the Key Bridge, the bridge in Baltimore that was badly damaged.

We are better off when we hear community concerns at the beginning of the process rather than at the end.