I would just urge the Subcommittee to keep those in mind.

You squeeze--let's say $6 billion out of what?

Let me just say, we think around here about echo effect.

And roughly what percent--is the loss greater in First-Class? Where is it the greatest?

What I am asking for is that the Board be given the latitude to evaluate our mail volumes and to make decisions, in concert with our mailers, on when it would be prudent to roll back or eliminate six day delivery.

When will that happen?

I have heard from the car companies who have said we have the technology literally to put vehicles that use hydrogen out on the road--cars, trucks, vans--but we do not have the infrastructure in order to make it successful.

Are you asking for maybe a test drive, a year or so, see how it works out, do you have enough flexibility?

I think there is some agreement, at least among Senator Collins, Senator Lieberman, and myself, that if we are not comfortable going with 8 years, we may be comfortable going with 2 years.

I think you are going to tell us, but why?

How widely known are those options, Mr. Potter? Have you done any surveying on that to find out just how many people actually realize what their options are?