[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 4176]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          U.S. POSTAL SERVICE

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, today a number of postmasters 
from the United States Postal Service were in my office, and they had a 
very good idea about how important the U.S. Postal Service is, the jobs 
that it creates, and how we should find solutions.
  In my own community, heavily occupied by seniors, they cried out when 
post offices were closed that were close to their community, where they 
were able to walk and secure their checks. Some of them like to come 
directly to handle their business. We are better than closing down post 
offices in rural and urban America, and we're better than not finding a 
solution to employ hardworking Americans in an efficient and effective 
manner.
  I look forward to working with our postal family, those hardworking 
Americans all across America who have been the good Samaritans to 
determine whether our seniors were in need of bringing medicine to 
homebound patients, bringing information and helping small businesses.
  We can work to solve this problem efficiently and effectively.

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