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On the recordDecember 6, 2011
The other day the Postmaster General said that first class mail wasn't going to be first class anymore; it wasn't going to be overnight; it might be 2 or 3 days. Because of the problems we have with making the post office financially sufficient, there are ways they could accomplish this, and I've got a bill that allows them to go into other services to expand their revenue base, and there's also about $5 billion that's an issue concerning payments into a health fund that could be resolved. The post office is almost as American as apple pie. A lot of people will switch to using the Internet to pay their bills and they'll never go back to the post office. I'm afraid that what's been recommended is penny-wise and pound-foolish, and a great American institution that serves many rural people and others without a lot of connectivity and fortune will suffer. I wish the Postmaster General will reconsider his action. I have a ``Dear Colleague'' being circulated. I hope people will sign on and that we will save the U.S. Postal Service. ____________________
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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