Henry Waxman: “I think we ought to defeat the rule as well so that we can help the post office. It is terrific that the House is now…”

“I think we ought to defeat the rule as well so that we can help the post office. It is terrific that the House is now going to get its mail. We are spending the money to make the mail safe and to protect all of our staff who open the mail. But what about everybody else in the country? Will their mail be safe? If we defeat this rule, we can pass an amendment that will provide funding to make the mail safe for everyone. But the Republicans say we do not have the money. It is funny, but the Republicans have found $1.4 billion to give to IBM, $1 billion to give to Ford, $600 million to the Texas utility companies, and over $500 million for Chevron and Texaco in the outrageous giveaway bill that passed 2 weeks ago. But somehow we cannot find $500 million for the Postal Service to make the mail safe for everyone. None of this makes sense, but if we defeat the rule and pass the Obey amendment, we can begin to restore sanity to our priorities.”