ifnot, all in favor say aye. >> aye. >> the ayes visit. the amendment is adopted. senator moran? >> mr. chairman, thank you very much. i have just one amendment. it deals with rural post offices. the reality i suppose is that there are some post offices who have outlived their usefulness, their viability. but the reality is, others have not. and i have yet to see the criteria by which the postal service reaches a conclusion as to which ones remain viable, and which ones do not. the postal service earlier this year announced the potential closing of 3700 post offices. 134, for example, are in the state of kansas. so it's a significant number, but probably not compared to many other members of the senate. we have attended, staff of mine have attended 90 of those closing meetings. i can't think of an instance in which any member of the community goes to the committee meeting and comes away believing that the postal service has a plan in place for why their post office was chosen, or that there is anything that a member of the community can do about it. and so it seems to me we have