Political Quotes

“President, I would like to take a moment to comment on the passage of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act. Today's passage of S. 662 is a first step towards meaningful postal reform. The Postal Service forms a crucial part of the backbone of our economy, and I am encouraged by today's action toward bringing meaningful reform to the Postal Service. I am optimistic that the process of resolving the differences between the Senate and House bills will result in a product that goes even further to ensure that America's Postal Service has the resources and flexibility necessary to remain relevant and competitive in the global marketplace. I want to thank the chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Senator Susan Collins of Maine, and Senator Tom Carper of Delaware, for their leadership. They worked diligently with their colleagues in the Senate, the U.S. Postal Service, the administration, and kept their focus on the thousands of postal workers in communities across America, and the businesses which rely on the mail system to craft the current compromise. In the past three and a half decades, the needs of the Postal Service have changed dramatically. Indeed, the way we communicate has been transformed by technology through e-mail, faxes, and my personal favorite, Blackberries. We can now pay our bills on the Internet. And online shopping is more common than catalog sales.…”