The fact that not anybody really likes the end product is probably the sweet spot of where we need to end up being.

there are 50 laboratories of democracy, let them go forward and experiment.

we need tax reform to generate some revenues to go toward deficit reduction.

What I think the Board of Governors wants to do is to pay down its obligation to the Treasury, some of it at least.

I am a glass-half-full guy, and I am a glass-half-full with respect to better containing the growth of health care costs in this country going forward.

I think it is a wonderful precedent for much of the rest of our government.

I want to thank you and the Committee for having this hearing, and I think the sooner we get some postal reform, the more pressure will be released out in the field.

we need entitlement reform that saves these programs, saves them for the next generation, saves money, and also does not savage old people or poor people.

I appreciate the 80 percent. I appreciate the 40 years. I think it is a step in the right direction.

How do we get a better result for less money in literally everything that we do?

Rather than closing 3,000 or 4,000 post offices, you have come up with a way you can actually continue to keep post offices open

OK. Fair enough.

This situation is unacceptable. It is also avoidable and it calls for urgent action from Congress and the Administration.

I applaud the way that you have really tried to right-size the enterprise.

The Postal Service deserves a great deal of credit for staving off the liquidity problems, but that is going to end within a year.

Congress should focus on the elephant in the room: The prefunding of retiree health care liability.

one of the things I think we are pretty much in lockstep on is the need to reduce our Nation's budget deficit.

I am anxious to hear Senator Tester, his comments and his questions.