Political Quotes

“I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 8015, the Delivering for America Act. This legislation is vital to protecting the United States Postal Service. I maintain that the post office is the thread that holds the fabric of our great country together. The Postal Service existed before our Nation's Constitution as the lifeline that connected far-flung communities. The Founders believed so strongly in the importance of the post office that they enshrined it in our Constitution. The post office provides a critical public service that we cannot allow to become a potential political pawn of a dysfunctional, destructive, and, I dare say, disastrous administration. This administration has demonstrated time and again why government should not be run like a business. Businesses exist to make profits. The post office and the whole of our government exist to provide services. That is why it is called a Postal Service, not the postal corporation. Today, we are acting to reinforce our Postal Service system, which provides vital services like delivering medications, Social Security benefits, income and tax payments, veterans benefits, Census forms, and absentee ballots to all American communities, however remote they may be. Americans' dependence on the Postal Service has dramatically increased during this pandemic as we have watched the on-time delivery of mail decrease significantly.…”