,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #ii  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of
 ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #g1    
#bjai,mr4 ,peters 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,moran1 ,mr4 ,carper1 ,ms4 ,murkowski1  
,ms4 ,smith1 ,ms4 ,collins1 ,mr4 ,jones1
 ,mr4 ,sullivan1 ,mr4 ,sanders1 ,mr4    
,blunt1 ,mr4 ,whitehouse1 ,mr4 ,roberts1
 ,mr4 ,king1 ,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 ,ms4    
,harris1 ,mr4 ,udall1 ,mr4 ,reed1 ,ms4  
,baldwin1 ,mrs4 ,shaheen1 ,ms4          
,duckworth1 ,ms4 ,sinema1 ,mr4 ,kaine1  
,mr4 ,tester1 ,ms4 ,rosen1 and ,ms4     
,hassan7 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 more than #ejc1jjj      
career employees work for the ,united   
,states ,postal ,service1 including more
 than #aje1jjj military veterans2       
,whereas the ,united ,states ,postal    
,service is at the center of the mailing
 industry1 which generates              
#a1djj1jjj1jjj1jjj annually and employs 
approximately #g1ejj1jjj individuals in 
the ,united ,states2 ,whereas the       
,united ,states ,postal ,service serves 
the needs of approximately #aeg1jjj1jjj 
business and residential customers not  
fewer than #f days per 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       
privatization1 in whole or in part4