[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Pages 21285-21286]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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  SENATE RESOLUTION 283--EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT THE 
    UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE SHOULD DISCONTINUE THE PRACTICE OF 
                 CONTRACTING OUT MAIL DELIVERY SERVICES

  Mr. CASEY submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs:

                              S. Res. 283

       Whereas letter carriers of the United States Postal Service 
     provide mail delivery service to over 144,000,000 homes and 
     businesses across the Nation;
       Whereas the contracting out of mail delivery services is 
     being increasingly promoted by the Postal Service as a key 
     business strategy for its core function;
       Whereas by contracting out letter carrier positions, the 
     Postal Service is bypassing the hiring process that ensures 
     that only qualified people handle America's mail;
       Whereas the contracting out of mail delivery services 
     limits the ability of the Postal Service to prevent, 
     investigate, and prosecute mail theft, mail fraud, and other 
     illegal uses of the mail; and

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       Whereas the protection of our mail delivery services is a 
     vital component of our national security: Now, therefore, be 
     it
       Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that the 
     United States Postal Service should discontinue the practice 
     of contracting out mail delivery services.

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