On the recordApril 24, 2012
first, I congratulate my colleague from Maine for an excellent amendment. As she indicated, the Postal Service made a major miscalculation, a mathematical error, in the study it did on the Hampden processing center in our State. So that Senators know, the amendment would say if a proposed consolidation of a mail processing center is appealed to the Postal Regulatory Commission, the Commission can be asked to review the underlying study's methodology and the estimated savings to make sure it is correct because right now there is no way to challenge a mistake that is made by the Postal Service in conducting these very important studies that are going to decide whether processing centers stay open. I commend my colleague from Maine for a very well thought out amendment, and I urge its adoption by voice vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate? If not, the question is on agreeing to the amendment, as modified. The amendment (No. 2080) was agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Mexico. Amendment No. 2043, as Modified
