We do not hear any positive publicity about the Postal Service.

So, yes, sir, we do care about jobs.

We need the Postal Service. We have needed the Postal Service since this Nation was born.

We need to give the post office the flexibility to do what they can do to prepare to offer that service.

It is imperative that we act.

I believe that we were on maybe the two-foot line, Mr. Chairman. And we just cannot afford to fumble the ball because when we fumble the ball what happens is that America loses.

I trust Postmaster General Donahoe to make a good contract with Fed Ex and UPS.

If we do not figure out how to get better health care results for less money, or the same amount of money, for programs like Medicare and Medicaid, we will never balance the budget.

The President talked to us last night about what we need to do on deficit reduction and to grow the economy.

Our problem with the post office is we have 536 postmasters general.

We need to right-size this enterprise.

They saved hundreds of millions of dollars, hundreds of millions. Thank you so much.

We are extremely grateful to Senator Carper for his efforts in this area.

I just want to make sure that this is one that is on your radar screen.

It has never been more important for the Army Corps to fulfill its mission efficiently and cost effectively as we face more extreme weather, more regular flooding, sea level rise.

I was grateful to Senator Boxer for including provisions on extreme weather preparedness in her WRDA draft last year.

The provisions on extreme weather preparedness drafted by Chairman Boxer are an absolutely key component of this, and we fully support them in Delaware.

I am a strong believer that when it comes to storms, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

We have to look at our entitlement programs and figure out how we can save money in those entitlement programs.

I think the solution to this challenge is not easy. But there are three things we need to do.

How do we get a better results for less money, or better result for the same amount of money?

We have all heard the saying, probably used the saying, don't throw good money after bad.

I agree with what the Chairwoman's characterization of our committee. It is a good committee; we do get a lot done.

The future of the Postal Service is in our hands.

Someday there will be a Republican president.