Thomas R. Carper: “I think the biggest gap--we've talked about it--is our inability to achieve affordability across a broader spectrum of…”

We help make the rules for the country, and we do not do this by ourselves.

Thank you for your passion, and I would ask that we spend the rest of this day dealing with this.

I am the last Vietnam Veteran serving in the U.S. Senate, and kind of relates to my great affection and interest in the postal issues.

Not really. I have just come from the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, which is having a hearing on the Key Bridge, the bridge in Baltimore that was badly damaged.