Thomas R. Carper: “We are delighted to kick it off with this hearing.”

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.

For too long, the seats have not been filled, and not been filled properly.

I hope is that the issues we just discussed... we can keep at it today and see if we can't find a way to yes.

Given how important this obviously is, my only regret is that we didn't have an opportunity to talk about it 24 hours ago.