We need to begin easing off of the accelerator with one foot and start tapping the brakes with the other foot, as we begin to slow the growth in spending and again begin to grow revenues.

Can you identify any use for presidential rescission authority if the President cannot get a vote in Congress?

I know no one who has a greater commitment to that, a highly principled commitment to that, than Russ Feingold.

Understanding the risks from certain chemicals, Congress attempted, I think it was in 1976, to give the EPA the tools necessary to protect public health from certain toxic chemicals in our country through the Toxic Substances Control Act.

The use of chemicals in this country either saves, or in many cases improves the quality of not just thousands of lives, but tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of lives every day, even more than that.

However, as we all know, exposure to some chemicals or combination of chemicals can be toxic to human health and to our environment.

5-day delivery is the only pragmatic structural change that will generate the kinds of savings we are talking about, $3.4 billion according to our studies.

Our thanks to your family, as well, for their willingness to share you with the people of our country.

Congress must address this problem by finishing the work that we began in the Continuing Resolution and permanently restructuring the Postal Service's retiree health obligation in a more rational way.

It has been a great opportunity to continue what I do in my day job and also do some public service.

It is important to our country and certainly important, I know, to us.