I think maybe in each of those instances, certainly in IRS, the Department of Treasury, you have a Commissioner serving a 5-year term and the head of the Department is a political appointee who may not be there for 5 years.
Carper discusses the importance of leadership continuity in agencies with political appointees.
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I felt forever that there's actually revenues opportunities for the Postal Service through vote by mail.
I think the greatest way that the Commission can have an impact on that is probably through our rate-making authority.
We will do it again. Maybe the next time we will actually make it to Columbia.
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