Political Quotes

“I rise today in support of the two U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors nominees that are before the Senate this afternoon, as well as a third nominee under consideration later this month. Like our Presiding Officer, I had the privilege of serving our country in a time of war and a time of peace, with three tours in Southeast Asia and a good deal of time in the Cold War after that. My dad had many years in the Navy, and my uncle, my mom's youngest brother, was an enlisted man, a third-class petty officer on an aircraft carrier in 1944, the USS Suwannee. There was a kamikaze attack, and it never recovered. I know how important it was to my uncle, to my dad, and to myself when we would receive mail, whether it was in Southeast Asia, whether my uncle was deployed on his aircraft carrier or my dad was deployed around the world--how important the mail was. I know how important the Postal Service was to tens of millions of people who voted last fall in local elections, State elections, and Federal elections across this country--more than ever, ever in the history of our country. There are some people I know who think that the Postal Service is a relic and is not something that we need.…”