Jason Chaffetz

I, like most people in this country, am in favor of preserving traditional marriage.

I do appreciate it, and I appreciate the work that you've put into this effort.

I would like to ask unanimous consent to offer two documents for the record.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you for holding this hearing today.

Today we will revisit some of those issues discussed in those hearings to see what sort of progress has been made.

What happens if it does pass? What happens if it doesn't pass? We have to deal with both realities.

I know the challenge, but we need a little bit more than Homer Simpson to get us out of the challenges we are facing.

Thank you, Chairman Lynch, for holding this important hearing on 'Protecting the Protectors: An Assessment of Frontline Federal Workers in Response to the Swine Flu (H1N1) Outbreak.'

I personally support H.R. 22, now that I have been able to dive in and look at it.

It just doesn't add up. That is my concern.

My congratulations and hats off to the entire postal community for the great savings and efficiency that were accomplished under your watch.

I guess I would ask that at some point, that the report be given back to us specific to that program.

I recognize the series of indicators along the way of the remarkable progress that has been made within the Postal Service.

What is the actual number? Maybe I just heard something wrong here, so my apologies.

This is the first of our oversight hearings on the Postal Service and our first hearing overall.

I hope this is something that we continue to explore, that we look at the differences between urban areas and rural areas.

I think that is another discussion that perhaps we have to have.

One thing I would caution that you should do is not go to 5-day delivery.

In my opinion, it gets strikingly close, if not over the line, of just trying to run around the basic compensation package.

I think there is a distinct difference between a rural post office, which could be the center of town, ... and maybe an urban center or downtown.

I have some deep concerns. You may have a football team that is fighting and doing everything they can and you want to pat some people on the back, but if you are losing the game and you come up in the red, I just don't see any room to at…

We need revenues to go up, we need expenses to go down to get to that magical point.

The U.S. Postal Service touches everyone.

Certainly when it comes to natural gas, I think we have to be particularly concerned if there is climate change legislation, that the electricity providers turn to natural gas.

One hundred percent of Americans.