Political Quotes

“I do apologize to my friend from Tennessee. Postal Service Reform I want to just continue and talk about what the managers' amendment does. I went over a number of criteria by which it strengthens our ability to protect rural post offices, and that is something I think many of us from rural America want to see happen. We understand how important rural post offices are to the heart and soul of small communities. The Lieberman-Collins bill took us a good way forward. This amendment goes further. I should say that while I think the managers' amendment is a step forward in almost every instance, I believe that through the amendment process we can strengthen the bill even further. I intend to be working with many of my colleagues to do just that. So we talked a little bit about strengthening the ability of rural post offices to continue to exist. Second issue: The managers' amendment protects regional overnight delivery standards. The managers' amendment requires that the Postal Service retain a modified overnight delivery standard for 3 years, ensuring that communities across the country continue to receive overnight delivery of first-class mail--a very significant step forward for small businesses and for people throughout our country. A maximum delivery standard of 3 days would also be maintained for first-class mail sent anywhere in the continental United States. Originally, the Postmaster General had suggested maybe we could lengthen the time from 3 days to 5 days.…”