Harley Rouda: “It was just a few months ago that I was here at a committee meeting, and during a break, I had the opportunity to meet…”

The Postal Service also has a ridiculous mandate to prefund in 10 years' time 75 years of retiree health benefits, unlike any other private or public institution.

As you know, there is a bipartisan bill sitting on Mitch McConnell's desk that would eliminate the prefunding mandate and free up tens of billions of dollars for the U.S. Postal Service.

The science is settled. I want to recognize that I am interested in trying to work with members across the aisle.

I do not think the Green New Deal is the way to do it, but I do think that we have the capacity, the intellectual, technical capacity to address these issues and do it in a way that not only benefits our country but the whole world.