Reforming the Postal Laws of the United States

REFORMING THE POSTAL LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES -- (Senate - December 08, 2006)

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Mr. CARPER. I thank my friend for her statement and for her help in moving this critical bill through the Senate tonight. I agree with her that the Appropriations Committee should not bear the burden of funding the Postal Regulatory Commission and the USPS inspector general. While it is important that the Commission and the inspector general enjoy the new independence from postal management that we seek to extend them in this bill, it is unfair to do so by taking scarce resources away from the critical programs overseen by the Appropriations subcommittee Senator MURRAY will soon lead. Our imprecision in drafting the section of our bill that Senator MURRAY refers to should not make her already difficult job even harder.

In the coming weeks and months, I pledge to work closely with Senator MURRAY, her colleagues on the Appropriations Committee, and my colleagues on the Homeland Security Committee in seeking a permanent solution to the problematic language that Senator MURRAY has brought to our attention.

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