It is our constitutional responsibility in Article I. We should not retard postal operations. Second, the Chaffetz point of order will actually cost our citizenry more money by, in fact, $66 million due to the added transportation costs that result from drastically slowing down the processing and delivery of the Nation's mail. The timely processing and delivery of mail is critical. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman will suspend. The Chair will, again, remind the gentlewoman to confine her remarks to the point of order.
Marcy Kaptur: “It is our constitutional responsibility in Article I. We should not retard postal operations. Second, the Chaffetz point…”
On the recordJuly 6, 2016
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