is evident to those in the chamber, senator collins and i are here and will be here from now until 2:00 p.m. when we go to the nlrb rule. we'll be here from 4:00 to 5:00, which is the next open block before we go to the judicial nomination. and we're prepared to stay this evening after the judicial nomination as long as proponents or discussants of the various amendments want to come to the floor to engage in debate and discussion on them. and i hope our colleagues will do that. as senator reid said, this is an important piece of legislation. nobody denies that the u.s. postal service, really an iconic american institution which millions of people depend on, not just for the mail but for their jobs, both directly working for the postal service and indirectly but not too indirectly because they work for