Thanks so much. My thanks to you and to Senator McCaskill for holding this hearing and to our witnesses for being here.

They can do this stuff. It is laid out in their Alliance for Prosperity.

in 2014, I began coming to the Senate floor almost every month. I came here to highlight some of the great work done each and every day by the men and women who serve us in the Department of Homeland Security. I continued that effort…

Two weeks ago today, I was in Guatemala with the Vice President and Secretary Jeh Johnson.

I think that it is a fine policy to have.

The Postal Service's financial position has been on our 'High-Risk List' for many years.

Senator Heitkamp, my wife seems, lately, to be interested in me working with her to update our will.

One of my top goals since I joined this Committee 400 years ago---- No, 15 years ago--has been to address these challenges and to help the Postal Service find a way to thrive in the 21st Century.

Those are all very helpful comments.

It took us in the House a dozen years to see the 2006 law enacted, and we could not have done so without your leadership here in the Senate.

the long-term viability of this organization is vital, and it is vital to the American economy.

The time to pass legislation has passed and we are beginning now to unscrew lightbulbs from the tree.

we all may not be happy with the results of what they may or may not do going forward.

I think that it is important to underscore that, unlike in other countries, it is not defined.

the terrorist attacks that we have seen over the last couple of months, including those tragically in Paris and San Bernardino, CA, have made it all too clear that terrorists' threats to Americans and to our allies are very real. I believe…

these challenges are not insurmountable. With your help, we will preserve the United States Postal Service well into the future.

We require the Postal Service to do something that I do not know if any other business in America does.

It is just not fair. It is not right.

God bless you and those 77 percent of the respondents.

I think that we have been very innovative with the mail, in terms of bridging hard copy and digital.

We very much look forward to working on this and getting this job done.

I think that the Postmaster General outlined some of these.

We have been the beneficiaries, in this Committee, of a couple of folks who have served as detailees.

We can do what needs to be done to actually fix the problem.

I look forward to working with our colleagues in the weeks ahead to promptly enact Postal reform legislation.