Friday, May 8, 2015
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following reaction to the announcement that the U.S. Postal Service reported a net loss of $1.5 billion in the second quarter of fiscal year 2015:
“Today’s financial report shows that despite a thriving – and growing — package delivery service, which grew by 14.4 percent, longstanding financial burdens and an ongoing decline in First Class mail continue to threaten the Postal Service’s long-term sustainability. Today’s news shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone. As I have said before, while Postal Service leadership has done what it can to cut costs, keep prices competitive, and right-size the enterprise, it is critical that Congress works together to pass a bipartisan and comprehensive bill as soon as possible. I am committed to working with my colleagues in Congress, the Administration, and stakeholders to fix the serious, but solvable challenges facing the Postal Service.”
Senator Carper will hold a bipartisan roundtable titled “The Challenges and Opportunities for the Postal Service in a Digital Age” on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 2:30 p.m. in room 342 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C.
The briefing will be a roundtable discussion analyzing the challenges and opportunities facing the Postal Service in the digital age. Members will be able to use this briefing to assess the hurdles facing the Postal Service and identify the tools the Postal Service needs to innovate and thrive in the 21st century.
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Scheduled participants:
Donald Hall, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer Hallmark
Tammy Whitcomb, Deputy Inspector General U.S Postal Service Office of Inspector General
Lori Rectanus Director, Physical Infrastructure U.S. Government Accountability Office
James W. Sauber, Chief of Staff National Association of Letter Carriers
Carper is worthless. Former thief PMGs Potter and Donahoe had him in their hip pockets, and he still hasn’t stopped his blathering about things he has no idea about. The man has his mind made up and no amount of reason is going to get him to change. He refuses to acknowledge that it was he and his cronies in Congress that created the problem for the USPS in the first place, and now he wants us all to welcome him riding in on a horse and saving us. Thanks but no thanks. If Carper would stop trying to help us we’d be a lot better off. In fact, if Congress would stop acting altogether everyone would be a lot better off. Every time they do something they usually create a lot more problems than they solve. Go away, Carper. We should have given you your walking papers long ago.