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August 6, 2009

Financial State of U.S. Postal Service

Witnesses testified on changes needed to put the U.S. Postal Service and its employees on better financial footing. The Postal Service… read more

Witnesses testified on changes needed to put the U.S. Postal Service and its employees on better financial footing. The Postal Service reported a quarterly net loss of $2.4 billion, blaming the recession for a drop in mail volume and saying it may need to cut mail delivery to five days a week from six. Mail volume dropped 14.3 percent to 41.6 billion pieces in the fiscal third quarter to June 30 compared with a year earlier. close

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Daniel K. Akaka U.S. Senator [D] Hawaii
Roland Burris U.S. Senator [D] Illinois

William Burrus President American Postal Workers Union
Tom Carper U.S. Senator (Class 1) [D] Delaware
Tom Coburn U.S. Senator [R] Oklahoma
Susan M. Collins U.S. Senator (Class 2) [R] Maine
Dale Goff President National Association of Postmasters of the U.S.
Ruth Goldway Member U.S. Postal Regulatory Commission
Phillip R. Herr Director Government Accountability Office->Physical Infrastructure Team
Nancy Kichak Associate Director U.S. Office of Personnel Management->Strategic Human Resource Policy
Joe Lieberman U.S. Senator [I] Connecticut
John S. McCain III U.S. Senator (Class 3) [R] Arizona
Jack Potter Postmaster General U.S. Postal Service
Frederic Rolando President National Association of Letter Carriers
Mark Suwyn Executive Chairman NewPage Paper Corporation
James West Director Williams-Sonoma->Postal and Legislative Affairs
David C. Williams Inspector General U.S. Postal Service

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Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

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Program ID:: 288255-1
Category:: Senate Committee
Format:: Senate Committee
Location:: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:: Aug 06, 2009 | 10:02am EDT | C-SPAN 1
Last Aired:: Aug 09, 2009 | 3:36pm EDT | C-SPAN 1

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