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On the recordMarch 17, 2010
Compensation and benefits costs represent 80 percent of the Postal Service's costs, as Senator Durbin mentioned earlier.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin highlighted the significant portion of costs attributed to compensation and benefits.

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