On the recordMarch 7, 2022
I am here on the floor today to talk about Postal Service reform. We have another vote this afternoon. And this is incredibly important to the people I represent and whom all of us represent. It is important because the Postal Service is something people depend on for so much. This legislation we are talking about has been in the works for years. It is a bill to try to save the post office from insolvency. And if we don't act on this, I believe in the next few years we will be back here with a big bailout for the Postal Service because they are having a tough time financially. The combination of this legislation that we will pass and some internal reforms that the post office is making should be enough to get the post office back on track. The Postal Service has a Postmaster General right now who is absolutely committed to that--making the post office more effective, more efficient--but he needs a little breathing room, as he says, and that is what we are doing here in Congress. It doesn't cost the taxpayer anything. By the way, if we don't do this, in a few years, it would cost the taxpayers a lot in terms of a bailout, and I am afraid it would happen. The post office, again, is so important. It is definitely worth saving. Our country is pretty divided right now--let's be honest--but one enduring reality about our country is that we have a post office that ties us all together, and everybody depends on that post office.…
