"I would, as I said at the outset, do everything I can to fulfill the expectations and responsibilities you would be entrusting to me."
"It still makes sense that the Postal Service should remain a Federal entity that should function like a private business."
"I think that one of the things that is germane is holding management accountable."
"Saturday delivery seems pretty desirable and is a valuable service both to the people that get the mail, like me, and the people that are sending it."
"The Board has to play really a vigorous and energetic role at pushing urgency on management to develop options, thorough analysis, strategic thinking, innovation, and so on."
"If you are not getting the results, then you have to do something about it, and at Amtrak, we actually wound up having to replace the chief executive officer (CEO)."
"I would probably start with some skepticism against proposals to eliminate it."
"I am aware that for decades now, Congress determined that the Postal Service should be a public entity."
"I think there are rules out there that are inefficient, ineffective, and overly costly."
"The question of disclosure is going to be hotly contested, and if you pass Senator Schumer's bill, that will be challenged in the Court as another violation of the First Amendment."