On the recordApril 25, 2012
Madam President, this amendment is pretty simple. I thank Senator Pryor for joining me on it. It basically is an amendment that reduces compensation for the senior executives at the Postal Service. It limits the six most senior Postal Service employees to a base salary no more than we pay our Cabinet Secretary, which is just a skosh under $200,000. There are going to be some changes in the Postal Service. Some of these cuts are going to take place at the lower end, some in the middle management, some at the upper end. To be fair, everybody needs to feel the pain and besides that, to be right fair, the Postmaster is an important job but so is the Secretary of Defense, Secretary of State, and others. I don't think we should be paying him more than what we do our Cabinet Secretaries. After all, the Postal Service is public service. I ask Senators' concurrence on the amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Connecticut.
