Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), chairman of the Senate subcommittee that oversees
the United States Postal Service, told a group of postal officials and business
leaders yesterday at the Postal Vision 2020 conference that he expected to have
a new reform bill passed by both Houses of Congress and sitting on President
Obama's desk before Congress's July 4 recession.
“It's not easy to get this done, but we can get this done and, in the end, we have no choice,” Carper told a group of postal officials and business leaders at the conference held across street from USPS headquarters in Washington, DC.
Carper was a coauthor of the 21st Century Postal Act that failed to gain passage during the lame-duck session of Congress at the end of 2012. Had it passed, the act would have given USPS some relief from its $5 billion a year obligation to prepay pension benefits for its employees and allowed it to pursue other cost-cutting and revenue-building opportunities. Its failure to pass the house led to Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe's controversial announcement to cut Saturday mail delivery.
“It's not easy to get this done, but we can get this done and, in the end, we have no choice,” Carper told a group of postal officials and business leaders at the conference held across street from USPS headquarters in Washington, DC.
Carper was a coauthor of the 21st Century Postal Act that failed to gain passage during the lame-duck session of Congress at the end of 2012. Had it passed, the act would have given USPS some relief from its $5 billion a year obligation to prepay pension benefits for its employees and allowed it to pursue other cost-cutting and revenue-building opportunities. Its failure to pass the house led to Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe's controversial announcement to cut Saturday mail delivery.
