the postal service's return to operational profitability. now earning $4.4 billion over the past 2 1/2 years. our pension funds are healthy and better funded at 92% than most private sector pensions, and we have set aside some $50 billion for retiree health when most large private companies have not set aside a dime thanks to the growth of direct mail, and booming e commerce, total mail volume recovered and stabilized in 2015, increasing the postal service's revenue to $69 billion. there's no question that the postal service remains a vital part of the nation's economic infrastructure. in 2015, we delivered more than 150 billion letters, magazines and packages, six, even seven days a week. the postal service's revenue is just a small part of the 1.4 trillion of gdp accounted for, which now employs 7.5 million americans. with an 84% approval rating for the american people, we believe the postal service can thrive in the 21st century with the right public policies. now is not the time to weaken this treasured agency through service and delivery

how many employees at the postal service total? >> we have 498,000 career and 136,000 flexible or noncareer employees. >> okay. what was the 7.5 million referred to twice? ms. lowrance, you and mr. rolando both. >> it includes private sector as well as the postal service. >> okay, so more or less, what, 550,000, 600,000? i didn't tally that. >> roughly 634,000. >> 634,000, okay. and yet we all understand we've got a declining industry as a whole through -- because of a variety of factors, digital and so forth. does the postal service have too many employees? >> we have a requirement, our universal service obligation, to deliver to all 155 million delivery points, 135 million of which are physical delivery points, the other 20 are post office boxes, so that requires an extensive network and that network includes employees, facilities, vehicles -- >> i understand that, but is it top heavy? do we have too many employees? >> no. i would say that we consistently look at how to rebalance and where there are opportunities, and if you look

the president of the american postal workers union which represents more than 200,000 employees of the u.s. postal service and approximately 1,500 employees in the private industry. prior to taking office as president, he held a variety of positions in the apwu. he was elected to six consecutive terms of the greater greensboro area local. from 2000 to 2010, he served as the national lead field organizer where he engaged in a series of ground breaking union organizing campaigns and contract negotiations for private sector workers in the mailing industry. thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and good morning committee members, i appreciate the opportunity to speak to you here today. the public postal service is a central part of our jobs and economy. postal reorganization act states, quote, the united states postal service shall be operated as a basic fundamental service provided to the people by the government of the united states authorized by the constitution, created by act of congress, and supported by the people. the postal service shall have as its basic function the o

the postal service has yet to say who that is. and whether it plans to prosecute. porting from northeast washington, i'm sam ford, abc7 news. leon: i'm not sure everyone appreciates the service's diligence. would you want your mail if it had been in the sewer? doug: i have a few forecasts i had done i wish they were in the sewer. they were that bad. heat and haunt -- humidity coming back. this pretty image walking outside this evening. you can tell how temperatures ahead. just a few high clouds with plenty of sunshine. temperatures will not be as chilly, quite as chilly tonight as they were last night around the area. the winds are still pretty gusty around the region. the northwest at 12 to 15 miles per hour. they will diminish a bit later tonight. there will be a chill in the air as the temperatures drop down. now, average temperatures as you grill out this evening is 80 degrees. about now in many part of the area. we will slowly drop from the upper 70's to the mid-70's. the key is here the breezes will diminish and we will enjoy the low humidity levels throughout

the postal service is supposed to sign off on that and oversee that. 's a nondescript bore with people you've never heard of. the board itself is going the way of the mail now. pimm: why is the board not being populated as has been previously stipulated? what is the role of bernie sanders? >> the president of the united states appoints the members of the board of heaven or at least the nine members of the board of governors the other two are the postmaster general and her deputy. -- hasate has a proved not approved a president since 2010. in the last couple of years, bernie sanders has locked and never of -- a number of appointees. why is he blocking the appointees? one guy served under ronald reagan was a supporter privatization and another guy is tied to the payday loans does notand sanders like him and another guy wants to cut mail delivery and have people receive their mail scanned and the unions don't like them either. sheelah: is there any talk of the block being lifted? >> there has been talk of postal reform for the last couple of years. the pre

reform in the house and senate, but there has been talk of postalrm for the last couple of years. nothing has moved forward. the presidential election will probably take up everybody's bandwidth. in the meantime, there's only one presidential appointee left. only three members of the board of governors are left. james bilbrae served for a decade and his term will be up at the end of the year. then there will be two members, and the problem is there needs to be one appointee. otherwise it is just the postmaster general. it is unclear. usps says they can keep functioning, but the chairman of the board says maybe they can't. i think things will get worse. wechsler's possibility because there is talk of postal reform. it has been talk for last couple of years and nothing is moving forward. we're moving to a presidential election will probably take up everybody's bandwidth. +in the meantime, there's only one presidential appointee left. only three members of the board of governors are left. james bilbrae served for a decade and his term will be up at the

sheerah: the congressional fight over the u.s. postal service, we spoke with devon leonard. erah: this sounds like a sleepy day but it's a huge influential body that is overseeing an enormous budget. can you describe what they do and the amount of money is at stake? >> even though the mail is down and they have problems and deficits, the postal service still sent 154 billion pieces of mail on a budget that was $69 billion. the postal service is supposed to sign off on that and oversee that. it's a nondescript board with people you've never heard of. the board itself is going the way of the mail now. pimm: why is the board not being populated as has been previously stipulated? what is the role of bernie sanders? >> the president of the united states appoints the members of the board of governors or at least the nine members of the board of governors; the other two are the postmaster general and her deputy. the senate has not approved a president since 2010. in the last couple of years, bernie sanders has blocked a number of appointees. pimm: why is he blocking the appointees?

howard schultzs went on to work for the postal service in los mentioned the fact he was part of the iconicent in our history. in fact, the marines would have liked to have him here and let him know they are now recognizing him as part of what took place but he died in 1995 after many years of working with the postal service. again, never mentioning the fact he was part of this. so now a lot of things have to change here. they have to change name and faces to identify who was there. don't take credit away from anybody misidentified. they were all up on the mountain. they just weren't properly identified according to the memorial. that is the latest from the u.s. marine memorial. i'm jonathan elias, abc7. back to you. leon: amazing. change the way folks think about the iconic image when they see it. steve: absolutely. leon: how about, what do we think of the weather tonight? steve: we dodged the strongest storms this afternoon. they are well south of us. that is good news if you have plans outdoors to go for a jog or eat dinner outside. it will stay dry for most of you. looking out at the na

the postal service retrieved 25 l from theinky mai sewer. they blame the incident on a disgruntled letter carrier. >> he went to sleep and put the mail inside the sewer. kept on moving and got paid for it. leon: the postal service has yet to reveal the name of the letter carrier. they have not said what kind of punishment they will face. she lovshe says that kill him. on herte hutchinson was way to volunteer with a summer feeding program for children when the officer pulled her over. have beenf she might involved in a hit and run come even took her to the back of the car to show her scratches. when he told her that her partner would be back with her license -- [woman screams with laughter] alison: instead it was her son, army staff sergeant. ,e has to go back in two weeks provided he survives his mother's wrath. >> i'm going to kill him! i'm glad to see him, though. >> i was happy to see the reaction. alison: members of the georgia police department say they were happy to help the young man. he has served three deployments protecting his coun

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sam: the postal service said some of the mail was so water damaged it could not be delivered. the postal service hasient to disclose whether anybody is being charged for this. we have heard that a letter carrier did this intentionally in fact they fired him. but the postal service has confirmed none of this. reporting live from northeast washington, i'm sam ford, abc7 news. jonathan: thanks. at 4:00, we're in the midst of the deadliest time of the year for drivers. alison: on the heels of the terrible crash that took the lives of three clarksburg high school juniors. some are left wondering what can be done to make te roads safer for everyone. kevin lewis is in clarksburg. as we search for answers we are learning more about the driver and the passengers, right? kevin: yeah. absolutely. i'll tell you. the deaths of jacob dennis, cary greene and patrick shifflett have really rattled the community. everyone we interviewed including the principal here at clarksburg high school spoken so highly of the young men. police do believe that speed and inexperience behind the wheel led to

the clerk: h.r. 4960, a bill to designate the facility of the united states postal service located at 525 north broadway in aurora, illinois, as the kenneth m. christy post office uilding. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from iowa, mr. blum, and the gentlewoman from michigan, mrs. lawrence, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from iowa. mr. blum: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. blum: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. blum: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of h.r. 4960, introduced by representative bill foster of illinois. the bill designates the post office in aurora, illinois, as the kenneth m. christy post office building. mr. christy was a dedicated employee of the united states postal service and a devoted advocate for postal employees. i look fo

the clerk: h.r. 5028, a bill to designate the facility of the united states postal service loathed at 10721 east jefferson avenue in detroit, michigan as the mary eleanora mccoy post office building. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from iowa, mr. blum, and the gentlewoman from michigan, mrs. lawrence, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from iowa. mr. blum: i yield myself such time as i may consume. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. blum: mr. speaker, i rise in support h.r. 5028 introduced by my colleague on the oversight and government reform committee, representative lawrence of michigan. the bill designates the post office building in detroit michigan. born in an underground railroad station he she was an advocate for women and civil rights. i look forward to learning about mrs. mccoy and the sponsor of this bill and fellow member of the oversight committ

from the postal service. for whatever the bulk rate would have been for the large amounts of mail that i send out the door. it's not free mail for members of congress. i wanted to disspell that myth. i get all the emails that i know so many of my colleagues do that say, go and serve one term in congress and get your pension for life, nonsense, not true. i do get the emails that come in, talk about the special health care privileges that congress has, that nobody else can have access to, come on down, join the obamacare exchange, you can have the same health care privileges i have. all of the myths that go on out there, the myth of free mail continues still today. it's not free mail. we just don't put a stamp on it. why don't we end this confusion once and for all? i'd like to tell you this was my brilliant idea. small idea, but my brilliant idea. not true. we actually went down this road in the 1800's. i hold here, mr. speaker, you can't read it, it's an article from "the new york times." march 3, 1875. it say

the postal service delivered a letter to west haven, connecticut, man from an and. t arrived 53 years late. the aunt sent a postcard and attached was a note from the postal clerk who found the postcard to track down the family to make sure he received it. >> he had no clue. jonathan: better late than never. he is grateful that tom tracked alison: would they excuse it if it's a bill? jonathan: somebody would be in the clink by now. alison: who do you think will win the finals tonight? that is the question asked. >> she danced and she taught dance for 60 years. now smith is dancing alone. we will explain why. jonathan: a 98-year-old teacher has to shut down the studio. horace holmes has the story. horace: like any passionate ballerina, she is transformed when she dances. >> this is why i'm here to teach the children. >> this transforms her to a swan floating across the floor to move with grace and ease to defy ravages of time. 98 years old. she is a marvel. >> i'm still here. filled with the sound of laughter and footsteps of those she taught is now quiet. these days s

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guest: caller: it's not the main point i called about, but you mentioned the postal banking. the representative mentioned the problem with postal banking is the republicans are trying to block the post office. it might be an effort in futility. my main point is this, i am in debbie wasserman's district. i think she's a fantastic representative. she is wrong on payday lenders. i come from a banking background. you had a caller earlier that said he is happy with the fact that he got $500 for two weeks and it cost him $75. for a second figure what that interest would be. month -- 15% for two weeks, 30% a month, 360% for year on that very that's usery. but it shows you the poor people or being taken advantage of. only having topy pay for $75. debbie wasserman is wrong for supporting payday loans. these guys need to be put under observation. these fees need to be regulated. guest: the consumer protection bureau is doing just that. that's the reason that director is traveling around the country, listening to people, getting information like you just divided. it's so you can make som

. >> so the postal clerk wasn't very nice, and she had spoken back to him, and he just lost it. >> whoell do you think you are? >> who the hell do you think you are?! >> i'm the customer. that's who the hell i am! >> and? >> you know and. so? we'll see when your job comes up for review. >> the customer quiets down for about a minute while he waits for a manager. but then the clerk says something, and the dispute escalates. >> that's your job! that's your job, sweetie. that's your job. do your job! that's your job. >> go to hell. >> you go to hell first, you [ bleep ]. you [ bleep ]! get the manager out here. >> this man's response is extreme. we've all felt the frustration of long lines, long waits, and poor service. >> who the hell does she think she is? >> jefferson pang says he can understand the customer's frustration. >> i thought he was definitely flying off the handle, and the words he was using were a bit extreme for the situation at hand, but i guess he has some really deep issues with this post office, probably just like everybody else in this neighborhood. >> post office off

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wrely on the us postal service? when they ship with us, their business becomes our business. that's why we make more e-commerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country. here, there, everywhere. united states postal service priority: you >>> welcome back everyone. i'm alex witt. let's go to politics, a visit from senator elizabeth warren to hillary clinton's campaign headquarters in new york. it's fueling speculation about who clinton could pick as a running mate. casey hunt has more on this from washington, d.c. with a good morning to you, so what is the campaign saying about this if anything? >> well, the campaign remarkably buttoned down, you will be surprised to learn, about where they are in this veep stakes season we are about to enter. it's going to be pretty much the only thing we're talking about for a while now. and of course, elizabeth warren stoking speculation over the course of the last week or two, really, starting with that speech that she made attacking donald trump. she clearly has shown

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