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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 633 

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 privatization. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018 

Mrs. MCCASKILL (for herself, Mr. KING, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. COONS, Mr. VAN

HOLLEN, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. JONES, Ms. WARREN, Mr. 

PETERS, Ms. HEITKAMP, Mr. REED, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. MORAN, Mr. 

TESTER, Ms. HARRIS, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Ms. HASSAN, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. 

BLUNT, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Ms. COLLINS, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. 

DUCKWORTH, Mr. CARPER, Mr. KAINE, Ms. SMITH, and Mr. UDALL) 

submitted the following resolution; 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 

privatization. 

Whereas Congress has the authority to establish post offices 

and post roads under clause 7 of section 8 of article I 

of the Constitution of the United States; 

Whereas the United States Postal Service is a self-sustaining, 

independent establishment that relies on revenue derived 


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from the sale of postal services and products, not on taxpayer funds; 

Whereas the United States Postal Service and the more than 

500,000 employees of the United States Postal Service 

are at the center of the $1,400,000,000,000 mailing industry, which employs a total of 7,500,000 individuals in 

the United States; 

Whereas the United States Postal Service serves the needs of 

157,000,000 business and residential customers not less 

than 6 days a week, maintains an affordable and universal network, and connects the rural, suburban, and 

urban communities of the United States; 

Whereas the United States Postal Service is consistently the 

highest-rated agency of the Federal Government in nonpartisan opinion polls; 

Whereas the United States Postal Service is the second largest employer of veterans in the United States; 

Whereas the employees of the United States Postal Service— 

(1) are dedicated public servants who do more than 

process and deliver the mail of the people of the United 

States; and 

(2) serve as the eyes and ears of the communities 

of the United States and often respond first in situations 

involving health, safety, and crime in those communities; 

and 

Whereas the privatization of the United States Postal Service 

would— 

(1) result in higher prices and reduced services for 

the customers of the United States Postal Service, especially in rural communities; 

(2) jeopardize the booming e-commerce sector; and 


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(3) cripple a major part of the critical infrastructure 

of the United States: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that Con2 gress should take all appropriate measures to ensure that 

3 the United States Postal Service remains an independent 

4 establishment of the Federal Government and is not sub5 ject to privatization in whole or in part. 

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