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

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

There are major efforts being made to dismantle Social Security, the public schools, the post office - anything that benefits the population has to be dismantled. Efforts against the U.S. Postal Service are particularly surreal.

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.

The ghastly thing about postal strikes is that after they are over, the service returns to normal.

It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of the Congress to dispose.

Postal service of today is far removed from that of 30 years ago when reform was last enacted.

It is time to cut out the mountains of waste and inefficiency and duplication in the federal government.

At a time when the Post Office is losing substantial revenue from the instantaneous flow of information by email and on the Internet, slowing mail service is a recipe for disaster.

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