The second one is to love thy neighbor as thyself.

If the people know the truth, they will not make a mistake.

I want to thank Senator Johnson for calling me during the, I guess it was at the time of the run-up to the election when we were not in session actually encouraging us to hold a hearing.

I did not come to the floor to praise Senator Landrieu, but while I am at it, I would like to say a few words. I have the privilege of chairing the committee on governmental affairs. Senator Landrieu chairs the appropriations subcommittee…

as we finished the last series of votes we were talking about the range of difficult issues we face in this Congress and also in our country--a series of issues including what to do about ISIS and how to confront this latest threat…

We need to get over that. This is a good, balanced group of nominees, and the most important element I have ever seen in any organization I have ever been a part of... leadership is the key.

I will call that a political solution, but a compromise solution to that sort of thing.

I think that is potentially not just a good piece of business for the Postal Service, but, actually, something that could be very good for our country as we seek to encourage folks to exercise their Constitutional right.

We are grateful for those who have served in the interim in this capacity, but this is far too long.

I am Tom Carper, and I approve that message.

Not a good situation.

I hope we will, I think it would actually make the job of defending our borders easier, not harder.

Are you interested in becoming an insurance company?

This is definitely glass half-full, and the question is, are we going to continue to fill it and enable you to do your share? I sure hope that we will.

The Postal Service is not interested in becoming a bank, is it?

We pay taxes, we serve in the armed forces, we do everything that other citizens do, if necessary die in foreign wars, but we do not have the full rights of democracy.

If not this solution, then what?

I have come to the conclusion that this is the only viable option that guarantees the right to vote for District of Columbia residents.

We had no pension fund, we had no cash management system.

It is incumbent upon those of us who enjoy the right and privilege of full voting rights to take up the cause of our fellow citizens here in the District of Columbia and to find a workable solution.

It is hard to explain to anyone why a nation that sees itself as a beacon of democracy keeps the more than half-million inhabitants of its capitol city from normal participation in the governance of the country.

Every approach that has been explored... have been rejected by opponents for those who seek to block the ability of District residents to have equal rights.

I think equality is a prerequisite to democracy, and any other solution that does not give us full equality, I think, is like asking us to sit in the middle of the bus.

It is much easier to become a State.

Thanks for being here today and for your leadership of the control board all those many years ago.