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Tom Carper: “How important is it, in your view, for Congress to find some way to permanently restructure the Postal Service's retiree…”

On the recordJune 9, 2010
How important is it, in your view, for Congress to find some way to permanently restructure the Postal Service's retiree health obligation--not to walk away from that obligation, but to restructure it in a way that is more realistic and sensible?
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper emphasizes the need for Congress to realistically restructure Postal Service retiree obligations.

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