"I don't believe that you can actually get blood out of a turnip."
"Let's assume that we do all of the things that Mr. Potter talked about earlier in terms of streamlining, staff reductions, but let's also assume that we do not pass H.R. 22."
"I do appreciate the efforts that the Postal Service is making."
"So the Board of Governors is in fact cognizant and displays sensitivity to the increasing concern about the issue?"
"I won't take 5 minutes, because I don't believe that you can actually get blood out of a turnip."
"Times have changed. The national economy is in a recession and there is no place more reflective of that than the economic reality of the Postal Service."
"The most important piece of legislation Congress should enact is H.R. 22, introduced by Representatives John McHugh and Danny Davis."
"We certainly share the Postmaster General's confidence in the future viability of the Postal Service, with help, obviously, from Congress as we have requested."
"charity begins at home and spreads abroad, so I have got to be concerned about Chicago."
"continuing resolutions do hamper movement into projected budget activity for the coming year or even the year that we might be in."
"if he is frustrated, then I must be devastated because when I look at the Chicago experience and I look at the fact that we have actually gotten worse by 95 additional days"