this is not a mere formality, phoeu budget point of order. -- my budget point of order. it is not just something i'm going through the motions of. i believe it's a crucial vote. now i respect so deeply my colleagues who have worked on this legislation. it is very complex. it is very important. it is a very difficult issue. this country has got to confront rationally the difficulties in the postal service. the world is changing. e-mails and other things are occurring. i won't say this is a horse and buggy whip manufacturing system, but it has to alter to keep up with the times, and we can't just throw money at it. by throwing money at it often, you keep it from reacting to the realities of the situations they're in. so i respect deeply the people who worked on this, but i do believe it's a crucial vote. even if one supports every dollar of spending in the bill, colleagues do you support a violation of the budget control act in such a dramatic fashion so soon after it was adopted? vote to sustain the budget point of order. that's what i ask my colleagues to do. let's stand

this is not a mere formality, phoeu budget point of order. -- my budget point of order. it is not just something i'm going through the motions of. i believe it's a crucial vote. now i respect so deeply my colleagues who have worked on this legislation. it is very complex. it is very important. it is a very difficult issue. this country has got to confront rationally the difficulties in the postal service. the world is changing. e-mails and other things are occurring. i won't say this is a horse and buggy whip manufacturing system, but it has to alter to keep up with the times, and we can't just throw money at it. by throwing money at it often, you keep it from reacting to the realities of the situations they're in. so i respect deeply the people who worked on this, but i do believe it's a crucial vote. even if one supports every dollar of spending in the bill, colleagues do you support a violation of the budget control act in such a dramatic fashion so soon after it was adopted? vote to sustain the budget point of order. that's what i ask my colleagues to do. let's stand

this is not a mere formality, phoeu budget point of order. -- my budget point of order. it is not just something i'm going through the motions of. i believe it's a crucial vote. now i respect so deeply my colleagues who have worked on this legislation. it is very complex. it is very important. it is a very difficult issue. this country has got to confront rationally the difficulties in the postal service. the world is changing. e-mails and other things are occurring. i won't say this is a horse and buggy whip manufacturing system, but it has to alter to keep up with the times, and we can't just throw money at it. by throwing money at it often, you keep it from reacting to the realities of the situations they're in. so i respect deeply the people who worked on this, but i do believe it's a crucial vote. even if one supports every dollar of spending in the bill, colleagues do you support a violation of the budget control act in such a dramatic fashion so soon after it was adopted? vote to sustain the budget point of order. that's what i ask my colleagues to do. let's stand