,,iii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #fcc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september
 #ah1 #bjah,mrs4 ,mc,caskill 7for       
herself1 ,mr4 ,king1 ,mr4 ,sanders1 ,mr4
 ,coons1 ,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 ,mr4        
,booker1 ,mr4 ,sullivan1 ,mr4 ,jones1   
,ms4 ,warren1 ,mr4 ,peters1 ,ms4        
,heitkamp1 ,mr4 ,reed1 ,mrs4 ,shaheen1  
,mr4 ,moran1 ,mr4 ,tester1 ,ms4 ,harris1
 ,ms4 ,murkowski1 ,ms4 ,hassan1 ,ms4    
,hirono1 ,mr4 ,blunt1 ,mr4 ,whitehouse1 
,ms4 ,collins1 ,ms4 ,baldwin1 ,ms4      
,duckworth1 ,mr4 ,carper1 ,mr4 ,kaine1  
,ms4 ,smith1 and ,mr4 ,udall7 submitted 
the following resolution2 which was     
referred to the ,committee on ,homeland 
,security and ,governmental ,affairs    
,,resolution  ,expressing the sense of  
the ,senate that ,congress should take  
all appropriate measures to ensure that 
the ,united ,states ,postal ,service    
remains an independent establishment of 
the ,federal ,government and is not     
subject to privatization4  ,whereas     

,congress has the authority to establish
 post offices and post roads under      
clause #g of section #h of article ,i of
 the ,constitution of the ,united       
,states2 ,whereas the ,united ,states   
,postal ,service is a self-sustaining1  
independent establishment that relies on
 revenue derived from the sale of postal
 services and products1 not on taxpayer 
funds2 ,whereas the ,united ,states     
,postal ,service and the more than      
#ejj1jjj employees of the ,united       
,states ,postal ,service are at the     
center of the #a1djj1jjj1jjj1jjj mailing
 industry1 which employs a total of     
#g1ejj1jjj individuals in the ,united   
,states2 ,whereas the ,united ,states   
,postal ,service serves the needs of    
#aeg1jjj1jjj business and residential   
customers not less than #f days a week1 
maintains an affordable and universal   
network1 and connects the rural1        
suburban1 and urban communities of the  
,united ,states2 ,whereas the ,united   
,states ,postal ,service is consistently

 the highest-rated agency of the        
,federal ,government in nonpartisan     
opinion polls2 ,whereas the ,united     
,states ,postal ,service is the second  
largest employer of veterans in the     
,united ,states2 ,whereas the employees 
of the ,united ,states ,postal          
,service-- 7#a7 are dedicated public    
servants who do more than process and   
deliver the mail of the people of the   
,united ,states2 and  7#b7 serve as the 
eyes and ears of the communities of the 
,united ,states and often respond first 
in situations involving health1 safety1 
and crime in those communities2 and     
,whereas the privatization of the       
,united ,states ,postal ,service would--
 7#a7 result in higher prices and       
reduced services for the customers of   
the ,united ,states ,postal ,service1   
especially in rural communities2  7#b7  
jeopardize the booming e-commerce       
sector2 and  7#c7 cripple a major part  
of the critical infrastructure of the   
,united ,states3 ,now1 therefore1 be it 

,that it is the sense of the ,senate    
that ,congress should take all          
appropriate measures to ensure that the 
,united ,states ,postal ,service remains
 an independent establishment of the    
,federal ,government and is not subject 
to privatization in whole or in part4