Important to know the approach were taking here. Are there costs to be cut . Yes. Are the things we can do to become more effective . More efficient . Yes. But i also believe the Postal Service is a vital tool of commerce and a thriving vibrant, productive Postal Service is essential to our economy. We cannot ignore this. Think about the world of the internet, think about the way commerce is moving, the way we communicate, how we send bills and kmoocommunicate as a nation. You have to have a vibrant, thriving Postal Service to achieve that. Thats why i think so many people are here today and rithser one of the most important things our committee will be addressing and taking care of and thats the goal and what were trying to achieve and i thank you all for being here. We should have a good hearing today. With that, Ranking Member, mr. Comeings of maryland. I want to thank you for your hard wi hard work and staff on both sides working so hard for a long time to try to resolve the many c
Mr. Hanna, it strikes me in your response to some of my colleagues on this side of the aisle, comments with your role about Vice President cheney and the agreement or the decision to invade iraq is it was a mistake and you apologize for that in your own way. But we should just move on from that. Is that a misrepresentation of how you view your actions . Its senate more complicated than that. Of course. And too long to explain. That, yes, if the case depended on weapons of mass destruction in iraq, that was false. And the American People didnt understand the grounds on which we were going to war to take out a guy who is a horrible dictator and a major strategic threat to american interests that the American Congress in 1998 passed a law almost unanimously saying the iraq liberation act saying weve got to doing . To get rid of this guy. Didnt say war necessarily but it says weve got a big problem with iraq, we need to doing . About it. But it was based, wouldnt you say, on the assumption
Mail, they face an unprecedented financial crisis. Since 2006, mail volume has declined more than 25 or about 60 billion of pieces of mail annually. Theyve lost money for nine straight years. They face mounting longterm financial challenges. They have 54 billion for retiry health care and has exhausted its statutory debt limit and it lacks the funds it needs for critical infructure investmeinv. And a Delivery Fleet think about all the millions and millions of postal boxes that need somebody to come deliver the mail to them. It is a miraculous thing that for less than 50 cents, you can put a stamp on an envelope and a day or two or three days later, its going to show up at another address in the country. It really is truly amazing. But if youre going to purchase new delivery vehicles, youre going to need money and its something that the Postal Service does not have. In the mean time, they must manage a Delivery Fleet of vehicles on average is 20 years old and costs 20 billion a year in
Leadership around the world. Postmaster general make and brennan discussed the future of the u. S. Postal service at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on wednesday. She outlined what policy changes could be made. This is 2. 5 hours. The committee on oversight and government reform comes to order. Thank you for being here. This is important and it affects every american. It is a vital part of the commerce in United States in the United States. We are here to talk about the Postal Service and to ensure options for longterm viability. 40 of the mill volume is carried through the United States Postal Service. Workers are spread throughout the country and it is the backbone of a 1 trillion mailing industry that employs 7. 5 billion people. 7. 5 million people. There is an unprecedented financial crisis. Mail volume has declined by 25 . As a result, the Postal Service has lost money for nine straight years, with nearly a decade of longterm financial challenges. The agency has
Seems like we cant seem to buy a sunny day. Lets get right over to meteorologist lauren casey in our Weather Center to tell us what to expect. I got to keep the umbrella handy. You dont need to keep it grasped in your clutches, all month long definitely throughout the weekend but youll need to know where it is as we head to tomorrow. This weekend, umbrellas needed them at the International Airport picking up over two inches of rainfall yesterday and today combined. Wilmington close to two inches, same case in mt. Laurel, wildwood picking up three quarters of an inch. Finally its starting to turn off. Stormscan 3 showing us a lot of shower activity diminishing. Breaks in the cloud deck north of city but still light shower city ongoing. Also at the delaware beach that to dissipate as we head to the next several hours. As we were talking about only one sunny day so far this month. Just pathetic. 11 cloudy days, nine partly cloudy days and today will likely go down as a cloudy day once its