"I am very disappointed to hear you come before us today and advocate as a potential solution to this economic crisis the elimination of the requirement for 6-day-a-week delivery."
"We worked to strengthen the funding for health insurance for postal workers and retirees."
"I do not know how you can ask for relief from your financial obligations and at the same time propose cutbacks in service."
"What we basically need is a general understanding that the Postal Service is challenged and is going to have to make these changes."
"I am also very concerned about the lack of financial transparency, which was a key goal of the 2006 legislation that we authored."
"It is absolutely unacceptable for you to come to Congress and say that you need relief from financial obligations, and then we hear from the GAO and from the Commission, from our own experience, that ..."
"the decision to further reduce postal services would cause an even bigger drop in mail volume that could lead to a death spiral for the USPS."
"Congress has been known in the past to put up road blocks that prevent you from operating in the most efficient manner possible."
"It took, as you know, Senator Collins and me some 5 years or so to get postal reform legislation enacted."
"Our purpose was straightforward. We wanted to help ensure the continuation of affordable universal service."
"I am also concerned about the apparent lack of a coherent civil-military plan for integrating our military operations with economic and political development that is so essential to success in counter..."
"It has now been over 7 years since the initial call up and mobilization of National Guard and Reserve Forces in support of the global war on terrorism."
"Do you believe that Article 5 of the NATO Alliance is still credible in the eyes of the new, and old, NATO members?"
"Each event offers opportunities for the U.S. and the Iraqis, but also dangers."
"I understand that President Obama will continue to refocus our military's efforts to this region."
"The situation in Pakistan is extremely worrisome, not only because Taliban fighters are using Pakistani bases to attack our soldiers in Afghanistan."
"I believe that the administration must consider the defense industrial base, such as the 95,000 (direct and indirect) jobs associated with the F-22 program."
"I expect we will all hear President Obama himself lay out his priorities for NATO at the 60th Anniversary Summit in April."
