Political Quotes

“Mr. President, it pains me greatly to disagree with my friend and colleague from Tennessee, with whom I have a great friendship and great respect, but what he is essentially offering comes pretty close to a complete substitute for the provisions in our bill, and I wish to go through the provisions to make sure our colleagues understand fully what the choices are that are presented by Senator Corker's amendment. First, let me say I do strongly oppose his amendment because of the impact I believe it would have on postal customers, whether they are in rural America, whether they are a big mailer, a small mailer, a residence or a business, and what the impact ultimately will be on postal revenue. Let us first discuss the issue of 6-day delivery. There are a lot of different views on this issue. Senator Corker has presented one, as has Senator McCain, of moving immediately to 5-day delivery. On the other hand, there are Members who have filed amendments who want to prevent the Postal Service from ever moving to 5-day delivery. Here is what is in our bill. Our bill recognizes the Postal Service should, if possible, avoid deep cuts in its service. Certainly, eliminating 1 day a week of delivery is a deep cut in the service it is providing. It recognizes, however, that if the Postal Service cannot wring out the excessive cost that is in its current system, it may have no choice but to eliminate Saturday delivery in order to become solvent.…”