This was your obligation to protect these children.

How can we possibly not take in all seriousness the tragic situation of these children who are fleeing conditions that are unimaginable to us?

that is absolutely right. I join my distinguished colleague from the State of Missouri, as well as my colleague from the State of Wyoming and our colleague from the State of Iowa. This is an incredibly important issue. It is probably the…

They are your contractors, right?

I want this to be about service and about once again reestablishing, especially in rural communities.

We need to find better ways to say thank you.

I want to applaud you personally, because I do not think that when I came to the Senate that was true.

It is absolutely essential to the rural economy that we get this right.

How are we going to reestablish that trust and faith, Postmaster General, in rural delivery?

I want to make this point, because I think that way too often the attitude is that 6-day delivery is just a jobs program.

I want to thank you for being so doggedly determined that we, as the board of directors for the United States Postal Service, do our duty and do our responsibility.

We have to make this issue a higher priority in the halls of Congress, and so I really applaud you.

No, it is people trying to do their jobs and do what is best for American consumers.

I certainly share the sentiment that once we start telling someone, 'We are not going to deliver the mail at the end of the mile,' then we are not the United States Postal Service.

I think that it was particularly rewarding when we look at what we would traditionally see as a bean counter, the Inspector General, recognizing the importance of that morale, recognizing the importance of maintaining the workforce, and…

The inmates are in charge of the asylum.

if we as a country do not have a more unified message, we risk our national security in not managing the refugee population that we have.

if we do not manage the refugee population, if we do not assist the refugee population once they are here.