Majority Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On Filing Cloture To Advance Postal Reform Legislation

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor before he filed cloture on the bipartisan postal reform legislation. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks:

This week the Senate has kept making progress towards our goal of passing – and ultimately enacting – the largest bill to support the U.S. Postal Service in a long, long time. This is a bipartisan bill, long-overdue, and far-reaching in how it will place our post office on secure footing for the future.

Democrats have spent the day working with Republicans on a list of amendments that they want to hold with regards to this bill, and these negotiations are ongoing.

So while we work on an agreement – and to keep the process moving – I will be filing cloture so that we can take the next step towards the final passage. It is my hope that we can arrive at an agreement tomorrow and finish this bill before the weekend. There’s every reason in the world to do so.

At the end of the day, the vast majority of Democrats and Republicans want to see this bill sent to the President’s desk quickly.

I want to thank my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for their continued work, especially Chairman Peters. This postal reform bill has been a long time coming, and when passed it will ensure that tens of millions of Americans who rely on the Post Office every single day for medicines, Social Security checks, and other goods, can make sure that the Post Office remains in good hands and is strengthened. 

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