Political Quotes

On the recordMay 10, 2016
You are correct in that. There are a number of factors, and that is one of the reasons why your costs are so high because you are buying vehicles that you plan to keep in place for a number of years and your fuel costs, your maintenance costs are exorbitant compared to what other private companies would be doing.
Said by
Gary Palmer
Republican · Alabama

Editor's note · Context

Palmer critiques the Postal Service's vehicle procurement costs compared to private companies.

Share

More from Gary Palmer

Jul 7, 2026

In the movie, ‘Field of Dreams,’ they said, ‘Build it, and they will come,” U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer said at a 2023 media event, misquoting the 1989 Kevin Costner film. “That applies to infrastructure.

alabamareflector.com
Jul 24, 2024

Each year the Environmental Protection Agency spends as much as $50 million a year to employ nearly 200 armed agents at an average cost of $216,000 per year per agent. The American people would likely be surprised to hear that. According…

govinfo.gov
Jun 12, 2024

We have got all kinds of problems with this. I was very involved in Alabama looking into fraud in respect to that.

congress.gov

Other voices in this conversation