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Unfortunately, my colleagues in Congress have unfairly burdened the Postal Service with a costly, unfunded mandate to pre-pay health care for retirees. No other agency or business has to pay these costs in advance - and neither should the Postal Service.

I would like to see every newspaper and every magazine have a network of bureaus all over the world, gathering news.

The federal government spends millions to run the Postal Service. I could lose your mail for half of that.

It is time for Congress to save the Postal Service, not dismantle it.

Well, you could take several stories off the buildings of most U.S. government agencies and we'd all probably be better for it too.

As a trusted institution with brick-and-mortar facilities in every corner of the United States, our public Postal Service is uniquely positioned to serve as a communications, finance, and service hub for the 21st century.

Direct mail was the basis of a lot of new Right organizations in the '70s and early '80s, and it actually led to the downfall of the majority of them. It's very expensive, and you end up putting your organization more and more in debt if you're not successful with it.

The Postal Service is a vitally important institution for the American people. It must be saved.

Now back in those days, to become a rural mail carrier you had to be approved by congress.

Now that this legislation has passed the House, I look forward to the vote in the Senate that will bring us to Conference, where we can resolve any outstanding issues and make this postal reform reality - for the Postal Service and for all Americans.