[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 99 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 7, 2019

  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

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   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.

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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