William Janklow: “Mr. Speaker, it is an unusual day in America when people can look to the Congress and understand that we may really…”

“Mr. Speaker, it is an unusual day in America when people can look to the Congress and understand that we may really solve a problem. If we can agree on something being a problem, it should not be hard to fix it. The debate ought to be around what does it take to bring about a solution, but we have to agree there is a problem. There is no question but that when one charges more for a monopoly like the Postal Service, when one charges more money for something than one is supposed to, then that is an unfair tax on the people, just as if the Congress had passed the tax. Two, it has a stifling effect on the economy and all of those businesses, but just as importantly, all of those individual human beings that use the Postal Service for everything from mailing their monthly bills to mailing out anniversary and Christmas cards. Three, they have not been able to figure out in the past how to take care of funding the Civil Service Retirement System adequately. It is a red letter day when the Republicans and Democrats can come together on a bill that they agree solves a problem.”