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Tom Carper: “When the Postal Service was first really envisioned in the Constitution of our country, and Ben Franklin became the…”

On the recordMarch 30, 2022
When the Postal Service was first really envisioned in the Constitution of our country, and Ben Franklin became the first Postmaster General, the idea there was to try to bind our country together for communications and really for economic development and movement of goods and services.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Senator Carper highlights the historical purpose of the Postal Service.

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