[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 20 (Tuesday, February 7, 2012)]
[House]
[Pages H519-H520]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              THE CLOSING OF THE SOUTH TEMPLE POST OFFICE

  (Mr. CARTER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CARTER. Mr. Speaker, over the past month, I've heard from many of 
my constituents about the closing of the contract post office in my 
district, the South Temple Post Office.
  My constituents enjoy going to the South Temple Post Office because 
it is fast, efficient and the service is outstanding. However, the 
United States

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Postal Service recently announced it would be closing this office, 
along with 19 other contract postal units.
  Why?
  Because these contract post offices are not hiring enough union 
workers or are, allegedly, taking union jobs away from the main 
branches. In other words, even though the United States Postal Service 
was $8.5 billion in the hole in 2010 and even though the owner of the 
South Temple Post Office sends a check of $1 million every year to the 
postal service under their contract, they have decided to close it 
because of union dispute.
  This is just plain wrong. My constituents should have a choice of 
what post office they want to use and to use the one that serves them 
the best. If the privately owned contract office is performing better, 
they should be able to use that privately owned contract office.
  Rest assured, I will fight this nonsense and try to get this post 
office kept open.

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