Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for your foresight and leadership in holding this hearing.

I believe there is still room for improvement in the nomination and confirmation process.

Hopefully our Good Earth will be around 10 years from now and so will the Postal Service.

I am proud to be an original cosponsor of Senator Kaufman's Pre-Election Presidential Transition Act.

I would sure encourage you to.

The financial health of the Post Office has to be a consideration as you move forward.

I do not think we actually calculated or miscalculated what the Postal Service owes, but somebody has, and maybe it is OPM.

the Postal Service Board of Governors proposed going from 6- to 5-day delivery, because we believe that delivery has to be able to pay for the amount--the frequency that we provide.

I remain concerned about the pace of nominations and confirmations.

We live in a country where about a third of us are overweight or obese.

I think one of the things that is misunderstood is this whole notion of access.

I also want to thank the Partnership for Public Service for its input.

A year ago, our GDP was down by 6 percent. The last quarter we reported on, it was up by 6 percent.

Overcharged $75 billion since roughly 1974.

The business model is broken. The generation below me does not want you, does not use you, does not need you.

I have to tell you, I do not always agree with the IG, but in this case, I am 100 percent behind him.

Even the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) money... is actually being repaid.

The wind does not always blow. We are looking off the shore of Delaware to deploy a windmill farm in about 2 years.