On the recordApril 24, 2012
I support Senator Tester's amendment. It simply creates safeguards to ensure that the Postal Service, when it closes a post office, does so as the result of a process that is transparent and takes into account the unique needs of communities, particularly small towns and rural areas. This does not stop the decisionmaking process at the Postal Service to change the Postal Service. It makes it transparent and fair. If I may, at this time I ask unanimous consent that if a voice vote is requested and acceptable for any of the amendments relative to the postal reform bill, including this one, that the 60-vote affirmative vote requirement be waived for that amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.
