[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 19, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S3988]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                TRIBUTE TO NEW HAMPSHIRE POSTAL WORKERS

  Mr. SUNUNU. Mr. President, contrary to popular belief, this 
motto, which appears on a number of postal buildings, is not the 
official motto of the United States Postal Service. But it certainly 
could have been this past winter in the Granite State, where we 
suffered through some of the coldest temperatures and heaviest 
snowfalls in recent memory.
  In spite of these challenges, Postal Services employees in New 
Hampshire have achieved record performance. On-time First-Class 
overnight mail service is at all-time record levels, and customer 
satisfaction is at 98 percent. In addition, New Hampshire's Postal 
employees re the safest in the Northeast and among the safest in the 
nation. Under ordinary working conditions, these achievements would be 
impressive. When you consider the bone chilling cold and seemingly 
relentless snows of these past few months, these achievements are even 
more remarkable and indicative of the dedication and commitment of New 
Hampshire's Postal employees.
  While the New Hampshire District of the United States Postal Service 
has always been among the national leaders in serving and satisfying 
their customers, I want to publicly thank each of New Hampshire's 4,000 
Postal employees for their tireless efforts, especially over these past 
few months: the employees are the processing and distribution plants 
who made sure that the mail was ready for timely dispatch despite the 
concelled flights and closed roads caused by the inclement weather, the 
maintenance people who kept the sorting machines running efficiently as 
well as the employees who maintained the vehicles so that mail could be 
transported safely and on time; letter carriers that withstood the 
cold, brutal weather and traversed through mountains of snow to provide 
delivery to their customers; and the clerks in the post offices who 
cheerfully greeted customers and gladly handed over mail rendered 
undeliverable in areas with impassible roads.
  I also would like to give a well-deserved thank you to the postal 
customers in our great state who worked so hard to maintain safe access 
to their mail receptacles. Clearly, mail service this past winter was a 
team effort requiring patience and cooperation among and between Postal 
employees and New Hampshire's Postal customers. Once again, New 
Hampshire's hardy residents and Postal employees delivered.

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