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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS
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SENATE RESOLUTION 99--EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT CONGRESS
SHOULD TAKE ALL APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO ENSURE THAT THE UNITED STATES
POSTAL SERVICE REMAINS AN INDEPENDENT ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AND IS NOT SUBJECT TO PRIVATIZATION
Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. Moran, Mr. Carper, Ms. Murkowski, Ms.
Smith, Ms. Collins, Mr. Jones, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Blunt,
Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Roberts, Mr. King, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Harris, Mr.
Udall, Mr. Reed, Ms. Baldwin, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Sinema,
Mr. Kaine, Mr. Tester, Ms. Rosen, and Ms. Hassan) submitted the
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs:
S. Res. 99
Whereas Congress has the authority to establish post
offices and post roads under clause 7 of section 8 of article
I of the Constitution of the United States;
Whereas the United States Postal Service is a self-
sustaining, independent establishment that relies on revenue
derived from the sale of postal services and products, not on
taxpayer funds;
Whereas more than 503,000 career employees work for the
United States Postal Service, including more than 105,000
military veterans;
Whereas the United States Postal Service is at the center
of the mailing industry, which generates $1,400,000,000,000
annually and employs approximately 7,500,000 individuals in
the United States;
Whereas the United States Postal Service serves the needs
of approximately 157,000,000 business and residential
customers not fewer than 6 days per week, maintains an
affordable and universal network, and connects the rural,
suburban, and urban communities of the United States;
Whereas the United States Postal Service is consistently
the highest-rated agency of the Federal Government in
nonpartisan opinion polls;
Whereas the United States Postal Service is the second
largest employer of veterans in the United States;
Whereas the employees of the United States Postal Service--
(1) are dedicated public servants who do more than process
and deliver the mail of the people of the United States; and
(2) serve as the eyes and ears of the communities of the
United States and often respond first in situations involving
health, safety, and crime in those communities; and
Whereas the privatization of the United States Postal
Service would--
(1) result in higher prices and reduced services for the
customers of the United States Postal Service, especially in
rural communities;
(2) jeopardize the booming e-commerce sector; and
(3) cripple a major part of the critical infrastructure of
the United States: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that Congress
should take all appropriate measures to ensure that the
United States Postal Service remains an independent
establishment of the Federal Government and is not subject to
privatization, in whole or in part.
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