Political Quotes

“I am today introducing companion legislation to H.R. 3246 in order to help the U.S. Postal Service meet its temporary personnel needs in rural areas. Congressman Thomas Sawyer has introduced the House version of the bill. I want to mention at the outset that this measure will have no effect whatsoever on the Federal budget. It will cost taxpayers nothing, since the Postal Service's operational costs are borne by the agency, coming from the revenue generated from its sales and services. The Postal Service has identified the need for this legislation to allow the hiring of individuals on a temporary basis. This is particularly true for rural parts of the country. In these areas, the Postal Service often has difficulty attracting temporary letter carriers and postmasters to fill vacancies. Since there are far fewer postal workers in rural areas, it is harder to hire trained temporary employees. When career postal employees are ill, on vacation, on detail, or are out for some other reasons, there often aren't any trained employees familiar with procedures and routes to take their place temporarily. A better alternative--and the one sought by this bill--would be to hire, on a temporary basis, a retired postmaster or other former postal employee who may be living in the community.”