Eleanor Norton actually said...

"What I am trying to do is, as the title of the hearing implies, whether or not savings can make a difference, in terms of saving the institution."

"We don't want the Post Office to disintegrate before our very eyes, and this may happen."

"No institution has had a deeper long-term decline. No institution that I can think of has had a deeper long-term decline than the Postal Service."

"You cannot get an answer. I am not saying a straight answer; I am saying an answer from the Federal Government."