[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 8 (Thursday, February 3, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: February 3, 1994]
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          INTRODUCTION OF A BILL TO PROTECT EXPRESS MAIL USERS

  (Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, did you know that it is a 
crime to use Federal Express or UPS to send most of your mail. That is 
right, a regulation adopted by the U.S. Postal Service makes it 
unlawful to send anything but what they deem urgent material via 
Federal Express or any other express carrier. In fact, an Atlanta 
corporation was recently fined $30,000 for using someone other than the 
Postal Service.
  Free market principles are turned on their ear when consumers can't 
choose a private carrier without fear of a stiff penalty from a quasi-
Government agency with police powers. If an individual or business is 
willing to pay much more than the price of a 29-cent stamp, that's 
their business, not the business of the Postal Service.
  Mr. Speaker, this regulation is just plain crazy, and I urge my 
colleagues to join me in repealing it.

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