,,iii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #adg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march    
#bg1 #bjbe,mr4 ,peters 7for himself1    
,mr4 ,sullivan1 ,ms4 ,collins1 ,ms4     
,murkowski1 ,ms4 ,hassan1 and ,mr4      
,tillis7 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 the ,united 
,states ,postal ,service is a           
constitutionally mandated service per   
article ,i1 section #h1 clause #g of the
 ,constitution of the ,united ,states2  
,whereas the ,united ,states ,postal    
,service is a self-sustaining1          
independent establishment that does not 
receive taxpayer funding and relies     

solely on revenue derived from the sale 
of postal services and products2        
,whereas the ,united ,states ,postal    
,service and its more than #fcj1jjj     
employees are at the center of the      
#a1ijj1jjj1jjj1jjj mailing industry1    
which employs more than #g1ijj1jjj      
,americans2 ,whereas the ,united ,states
 ,postal ,service serves the needs of   
customers at more than #afh1jjj1jjj     
business and residential addresses every
 day1 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 employs nearly 
#gc1jjj military veterans and is one of 
the largest employers of veterans in the
 ,united ,states2 ,whereas postal       
employees are dedicated public servants 
who do more than process and deliver the

 mail1 including serving as the eyes and
 ears of their communities and often    
responding first in situations involving
 health1 safety1 and crime in their     
communities2 ,whereas privatization of  
the ,united ,states ,postal ,service    
would result in higher prices and       
reduced services for its customers1     
especially in rural communities2 and    
,whereas privatization of the ,united   
,states ,postal ,service would          
jeopardize the booming e-commerce sector
 and 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 not subject to 
privatization4