$8 billion to put high-speed rail corridors all over the country connecting all these communities.

the $862 billion to get the country on the right track, again, is working.

$8 billion worth of stimulus money to put high-speed rail systems connecting all of these communities.

This is what the Recovery Act is all about--sparking new growth, tapping into the ingenuity of the American people and giving folks the tools they need to help build a new economy in the 21st century.

I see value in reporting cost savings, along with some of the other measures of success that you have cited in energy efficiency.

I like to say that sometimes people would rather see a sermon than hear one, and I think in a number of respects, the Postal Service has shown us a sermon, really by your behavior, and I just applaud you for that.

Am I missing something? Do you think Federal agencies should adopt advanced metering as a technology with a relatively quick payback period?

Well, we have a $300 billion tax gap, so this maybe will help.

Given your business model and all those vehicles you have, is there any potential for not just saving money, but actually making some money through a vehicle-to-grid approach using your 200-and-some-thousand vehicles for that purpose?

You picked 2,000 and they represent 70 percent of the----

That is smart.

I believe knowing the financial ramifications could be very helpful.

By making greenhouse gas reductions, the integrating metric for performance, the Executive Order encourages whole systems thinking.

the amount of buying power that the Federal Government possesses is remarkable.

$1.5 billion in private dollars, maybe nothing from the Federal Government.

If the Department of Defense can't perform this task, there probably wouldn't be any Postal Service or Department of Energy or budget process.

we are borrowing from around the world and we are buying way too much.

I commend you very much, as I did the Postmaster General yesterday, for working as diligently as you are on so many fronts to rein in costs, control your expenses, and also to look for other ways to develop new sources of revenue, and I…