I am convinced if someone had been able to activate the D.C. National Guard and have 1,000 or 2,000 guardsmen and--women deployed at the Capitol in a timely way on the 6th of January, this death and destruction would not have occurred.
Carper emphasizes the need for timely activation of the D.C. National Guard during emergencies.
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I felt forever that there's actually revenues opportunities for the Postal Service through vote by mail.
To have vacancies that may be not just months, but in some cases years to that have been filled, that justice delayed is justice denied.
I am the last Vietnam Veteran serving in the U.S. Senate, and kind of relates to my great affection and interest in the postal issues.
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