. >> i want to thank the chairman and the ranking nobody give me this opportunity to introduce david shapira. mr. chairman you read -- or you highlight the some of his business background. and that's i think one of the most significant parts of his record and resume. i won't dwell on the details of his background. but i do want to say something about his character. i think that's what i'll start with. we all know the challenges of being in lekted service. appointed public service comes with challenges as well. the process itself is substantial challenge and i'm always amazed and gratified that we have people willing to put themselves forward for public service even though the process to get there to be confirmed or

will consider our second nominee today, david shapira sitting on the front row on our left you're right but was on the board of governors consider nomination what is a very challenging time for the postal service as well but as albert einstein once said and we talked about this yesterday, in the first applies opportunity. by the same token a lot of opportunity. postal service operates within massive logistics and that employs millions of people and even as first class to is lost other forms of syndication i think the future is more promising than someone we believe in any number of ways. advertising help us to a popular effective option for millions of commuters. not millions but thousands. millions of people still like to read, receive the magazine in the mail every week. it like printed copy, even millennials like printed copy, not just the stuff on the internet. e-commerce and package delivery or been making the postal service a vital part of the disappeared even the postal service traditional competitors will rely on it to carry items the last mile to rural communities around the co

. >> i want to thank the chairman and ranking member this opportunity to introduce david shapira. mr. chairman you read -- or you highlighted some of his business background and that's i think one of the most significant parts of his record and resume. i won't dwell on the details of his background, but i do want to say something about his character. i think that's what i'll start with. we all know the challenges of being in elected public service. it comes with a lot of challenges as well. the process itself is a substantial challenge. and i'm always amazed and gratified that we have people willing to put themselves forward for public service even though the process to get there to be confirmed or even to be considered is challenging. the fact that david is willing to do this is an indication of his character and also his commitment to our country. he was chairman of giant eagle. he received his ma in economics from stanford. we don't have a lot of that around here. we could use more of that. with degrees in economics. he's on the board of directors of the allegheny conference on

the senate governmental affairs committee held a hearing on the nomination of david shapira. he previously served as an skv with a super market chain. ron johnson, chairs this hearing. >> we can move on to the second part of our hearing here. >> he's been nominated to be the governor for the united states -- his leadership, they saw huge growth, expansion in the pittsburgh area to ohio, ind indiana, west virginia and maryland. there is decreasing volume and in fiscal year 2014 with net loss of $5.5 billion. they need to counter the loss in revenue by changing consumer behavior. the ability to expand to customer preference that giant eagle has shown is something that postal service vitally needs. welcome, we look forward to your testimony. we have bob casey from pennsylvania that would tlik say a few words prior to your testimony. >> before we speak, let me just say we don't trust senator casey. >> that's why we were hoping senator toomey would be here. >> maybe pat will show up, too. seriously, great to see you, bob. thanks for coming. this is great. >> i want to thank the ch

so i just think that david shapira represents the best that pennsylvania and pittsburgh has to offer this country. he's an extremely talented and accomplished business and philanthropic leader and we're just very fortunate to have his services. i fully support his confirmation. >> thank you senator toomey and senator casey for taking time to offer the words of support to the nominee. mr. shapira it is tradition to ask you a series questions prior to my questions. allow the senators to retreat. let me start with is there anything you're aware inform your background that might present a conflict of interest with the duties of the office with which you've been nominated? >> no. and if anything should arise, i would recuse myself from any possible decisions about that. >> okay. thank you. >> do you know if anything personal or otherwise that would in any way -- that would in any way prevent you from honorably discharging the office to which you've been nominated? >> no. >> do you agree with our reservation to comply with any request for summons to appear and testify before any duelly con