Tom Carper actually said...

"We are spending a little more than $1 trillion a year more than we have."

"we just need to remember that we are all in this together."

"I certainly recognize that, without knowing the details of the internal operations, trying to more closely hit a 90-day schedule, give or take, is much more important to the policy makers."

"Postal Service finances are always the gorilla in the room regardless of the issue at hand."