The Administration recognizes that the Postal Service, through no fault of its own, is facing real financial challenges.

The growth of FTC's staff and budget reflects a rapidly evolving and sophisticated marketplace.

If there was another shipment of drywall being manufactured in China for export to the United States, would it be subject to testing for this hydrogen sulfide?

I have joined a lot of other people in just finishing Michael Lewis' book, 'The Big Short', and it is really an eye-opener of what was going on at the time that this real estate bubble was created.

Some of the credit ratings that were given were misleading, to say the least.

Yes, we're protecting military families; but not nonmilitary families, we don't protect all families when it comes to these bottom-feeders.

So, we ought to look at that.

And what is the next step after PRC has made its judgment on this estimate?

the Postal Service asked the Postal Regulatory Commission to study the 5-day service model.

I applaud your last line of questioning and believe that you have really touched on something that is absolutely essential.

I am just wondering if there is more and more of this information that is being made available to the public.

Recent research has questioned whether Triclosan...may disrupt the body's endocrine system.

But, are you suggesting that the anticipated cost of the healthcare system of the Postal Service should be lower?

If the SEC regards its obligation to oversee credit rating agencies as a high priority, why were you not able to devote some of the increased funds?

Americans living in rural areas where the Postal Service's competitors do not deliver or where broadband connectivity is not available rely especially on 6-day USPS delivery.

If Senator Collins will spare me one little vignette here? About 4 or 5 weeks ago, I was in Africa with Senator Sherrod Brown.

I don't know--aside from my credit card, I don't know, if I buy something online, whether that information is going to be sold.

I had one Senator who was an obstacle. I never convinced him, but I outlasted him and eventually passed in fiscal year 2009 the language necessary for this.

Thank you, Chairman Durbin, for holding this important hearing on the financial situation facing the United States Postal Service.

I am pleased to convene this hearing before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government.

It would be the beginning of the demise of the Postal Service.

I had hoped that we would be able to offer an amendment related to the so-called 'title loans,' or 'payday loans,' a type of predatory lending.

I look forward to hearing from Chairman Leibowitz on the FTC's most recent efforts to identify and publicize these types of scams and other financial frauds.

Are you having second thoughts?

We are as one, as a Commission, in opposing that.