When you are running a budget deficit, in the last 8 years we ran up as much new debt as we did in the first 208 years of our Nation's history, this year on track to our biggest budget deficit ever, and if we look forward to the next 10 years and $9 trillion of additional debt, we need to focus on improper payments, we need to focus on performance.
Carper highlights the urgency of addressing the national budget deficit and debt.
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I felt forever that there's actually revenues opportunities for the Postal Service through vote by mail.
We are better off when we hear community concerns at the beginning of the process rather than at the end.
I think the greatest way that the Commission can have an impact on that is probably through our rate-making authority.
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