Tom Carper

This is about are we going to be guided by decades of science from thousands of respected scientists or not. This is about are we going to seize the opportunity that is inherent in the adversity we face at home and around the world or not.

In the past, I have spoken about the need for the Postal Service to focus not just on closing facilities, but also expanding access to the services that it offers.

He will be an excellent leader and member of the Postal Service Board of Governors if the Senate chooses to confirm him.

I believe that all parties are now aware of the historic financial times the Postal Service finds itself.

I believe the Postal Service has done a commendable job during the past 6 years in terms of dealing with cost controls and so forth.

In my view, it is important for the Postal Service to combine any efforts to cut costs and streamline operations during this financial crisis with an aggressive effort to attract new business and retain as much as possible of what is left…

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…

Another thing that Congress can do to help in this environment is to leave the day-to-day management of the Postal Service to the Postal Service.

The Postal Service ended fiscal year 2009 with a 13 percent decline in mail volume compared to fiscal year 2008.

I just want to thank you for the opportunity to introduce Dennis Toner to be the President's nominee for the Board of Governors for the U.S. Postal Service.

I also want to thank you for your service for more than three decades and for making our former junior and then senior Senator, Joe Biden, look good enough to actually become Vice President of this country.

Do you think there might be some way to retain 6-day-a-week delivery and to take a page out of what they have done over in the U.S. domestic auto industry?

A colleague of ours from Oregon, Ron Wyden, and I and others have introduced legislation modeled after what they do in Oregon when it comes to voting.

We also need to look at the Postal Service's pension obligations.

He is truly a man of singular intelligence, character, integrity, and conviction.

The Postal Service usually ranks right up around the top. That should be noted and commended.

I believe the Postal Service is well positioned to make the decision itself, and I believe the decision should be made by the Postal Service rather than the Congress.

In this case, I think Oregon could be a State for us to model as a Nation.

Congress must address this situation, first by finishing the work we began last September and permanently restructuring the Postal Service's retiree health obligation in a way that makes sense.

This loss comes despite heroic efforts on not just the part of the Postmaster General and his team.

I am truly confident that he can draw upon his wealth of business knowledge and experience to identify the critical issues affecting the Postal Service.

There are some benefits that flow to the Postal Service, obviously, in terms of additional revenues and business.

In my old job as State Treasurer, the State Treasurer's responsibilities included administering fringe benefit programs for State employees.

Studies have shown that the elimination of Saturday delivery alone could save the Postal Service upwards of $3 billion per year.

I believe the Postal Service is, too. We need good people in leadership positions.