In the past, I have spoken about the need for the Postal Service to focus not just on closing facilities, but also expanding access to the services that it offers.

He will be an excellent leader and member of the Postal Service Board of Governors if the Senate chooses to confirm him.

I believe the Postal Service has done a commendable job during the past 6 years in terms of dealing with cost controls and so forth.

In my view, it is important for the Postal Service to combine any efforts to cut costs and streamline operations during this financial crisis with an aggressive effort to attract new business and retain as much as possible of what is left…

The Postal Service ended fiscal year 2009 with a 13 percent decline in mail volume compared to fiscal year 2008.

I believe that all parties are now aware of the historic financial times the Postal Service finds itself.

How important is it, in your view, for Congress to find some way to permanently restructure the Postal Service's retiree health obligation--not to walk away from that obligation, but to restructure it in a way that is more realistic and…

Another thing that Congress can do to help in this environment is to leave the day-to-day management of the Postal Service to the Postal Service.

I just want to thank you for the opportunity to introduce Dennis Toner to be the President's nominee for the Board of Governors for the U.S. Postal Service.

I also want to thank you for your service for more than three decades and for making our former junior and then senior Senator, Joe Biden, look good enough to actually become Vice President of this country.

Do you think there might be some way to retain 6-day-a-week delivery and to take a page out of what they have done over in the U.S. domestic auto industry?