On the recordApril 25, 2012
Mr. President, some of our colleagues have raised justifiable concerns about the level of compensation that has gone to some of the most senior officials at the U.S. Postal Service. The compensation package for one previous leader of the Postal Service was in excess of $1 million. In a day and age when rank-and-file postal employees are going to be asked to make some sacrifices as labor negotiations go forward, I think it is important for us to remember the concept of leadership by example. This amendment makes sure that, frankly, deferred compensation packages of the kind I just described do not occur. We cut in half--from 12 to 6--the number of postal executives who are able to receive compensation in excess of a Cabinet-level salary, but to give the Board of Governors the ability to pay a fee for good progress toward reducing the budget deficit at the Postal Service through pay above that up to about $270,000. The last thing we say is, the idea that senior executives at the Postal Service do not have to pay anything for health care or do not have to pay anything for their life insurance is wrong and that should end. We do that with this amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator's time has expired. The Senator from Connecticut.
