Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. Comer for yielding. Mr. Speaker, you will never hear me complain about having to come to Washington to vote. After all, it is an honor to serve the people of this great Nation and our constitutional obligation to be here present to vote on the issues facing America. So the question today is: Are there issues that need to be addressed in the United States Postal Service? There certainly are. We all know that there are. After all, the USPS has been on the Government Accountability's High Risk List since the beginning of the Obama-Biden administration. The systemic issues are not new. They did not creep up all of a sudden in the last few weeks since the new Postmaster has been in office. They have been here for awhile. So, if we are really trying to address the issues, there is room for discussion. The late Chairman Elijah Cummings and the now White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows have a bill that has some serious effort put into it. Tomorrow we will be having a hearing with the Postmaster to discuss the bill we are arguing today and voting on. The White House has offered a $10 billion package, which the Speaker has rejected. So there are options if we want to address the real issues, but today is not about a serious effort.…”