[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 9, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H1079]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             IN SUPPORT OF THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE

  (Mr. KILMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KILMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the Postal 
Service Reform Act of 2022, bipartisan legislation to help the U.S. 
Postal Service remain financially viable and ensure it provides the 
high quality of service that Americans expect and deserve.
  Even before this pandemic began, the post office and our postal 
workers played a critical role in our country, ensuring that folks 
across our Nation received essential packages and letters, including 
medication, food, supplies, ballots, and notes from loved ones.
  And this importance only grew during the pandemic.
  Now, unfortunately the Postal Service has faced serious financial 
challenges in recent years, even as postal workers serviced more 
locations. It has been burdened by, among other things, a requirement 
that no employer in private industry has, to prefund benefits for 
workers who, frankly, haven't even been born yet.
  That is why this week I voted for the bipartisan Postal Service 
Reform Act. This bill makes some commonsense reforms to save the Postal 
Service billions of dollars, to have the backs of the terrific 
professionals who work for the Postal Service, to improve the service's 
performance, and to ensure that folks in my region and around our 
country can rely on the delivery of paychecks, prescriptions, tax 
returns, and more.
  We have got to get this bill signed into law.

                          ____________________