i whole heartedly believe there should be a ten-year phase out of the united states postal system forern union stopped telegrams. i believe people would rather the system go out of business than pay a buck for a stamp. greg from vermont disagrees. he says those awaiting medicine or a check in the mail will then realize what it meant to have six-day delivery. we want to thank everybody for your well-crafted comments today. >>> despite days and weeks of intensive searching, there are still no signs of haleigh cummings. she is missing for more than a year now. the last person to see the 5-year-old was misty cross lynn, then the girlfriend of her father. recently croslin's mother is speaking out about this. she said she was told haleigh was sexually molested the night she vanished. >> where did that story come from? >> from misty. >> what did she say? >> that she heard haleigh in there crying. >> who was in the room with her? >> i'm going to say joe or tommy, one. >> or both? >> or both. >> and what if anything did misty croslin do to take her of care? >> according to what she told me whe

the united states postal service is in a heap load of debt.o reduce delivery from six days a week to five days a week. >> it's fine with me. i'll find a way to get my business done. >> it wouldn't affect me much. we don't really check our mail saturdays anyway. >> i'm not happy about it. the reason they're not making money is because people are not satisfied. i don't know if this is going to boost satisfaction. >> i don't like getting the mail. it's usually just bills or junk mail so it doesn't mat tore me at all. >> i don't have a real problem with it. i think they can really save money doing it, it would be okay. >> how much time do you spend using your computer to communicate versus using the united states postal. >> are you serious? computer all day long. we might as well be using the pony express. >> you can communicate online instead of letters and what not. >> you can get coupons online, mail, and pay your bills online. >> the only thing i use the post office for is mailing packages. >> we want to save paper and the internet is a key wa

speaker, as chairman of the health subcommittee with jurisdiction over the united states postal service, i'm proud to present h.r. 4543 for consideration. this legislation will designate the facility of the united states postal service located at 4285 payne avenue in san jose, california, as the anthony j. cortese post office building. introduced by my friend and colleague, representative zoe lofgren of california, on january 27, 2010, h.r. 4543 was favorably reported out of the oversight and government reform committee on april 14, 2010, by unanimous consent. in addition, this legislation enjoys the overwhelming support of the california house delegation. a 55-year resident of san jose, california, mr. anthony cortese was born in the east bay city of richmond, california, and graduated from james lech high school in san jose. while in his early 20's, he began working for the united states postal service as a letter carrier. in the downtown san jose post office and continued to serve as a produce postal service employee for over 40 years. as a letter carrier he became a member of the un

but if you use the united states' postal service, it will generally take up to ten weeks to get yourfrom the irs. >> all right. we were showing for a moment there our next question, which i want to get to. do i need to have direct deposit if i'm going e file? because a lot of people are going that way. >> yes, that's a common misconception that taxpayers have. you do not need to have a direct deposit bank account, if you e file your tax return. all you need to know is, e filing is the safest, fastest, most effective way to get your refund check, and again, you'll get it within ten days, with or without a direct deposit account. >> can i track the status of my refund? >> isn't it great to know, tom, that you can absolutely track the status of your refund check? here's what you need to do. you need to go to irs.gov, and go to the "where's my refund" page at that irs website. and you can track the status of your refund. if you e-filed, it will be available within 72 hours. and if you mailed your tax return, that information will be available within three to four months -- three to four

hundreds of thousands of post offices across the united states in populated areas of less than 4000 people, and when you figure out the cost of operating those postal service is, paying those postmasters and also their benefits, you could right now reduce the cost of postage down to 10 cents. now, at the congress didn't link the offense responded to my employee suggestion and said that it was the only identity as some of the city side. that is the most ridiculous statement i've ever heard. 10 miles of populated cities of 14 belsen or more. why is the postal service subsidizing these post offices in the small cities that do not have any customers? it is ridiculous. guest: i think you raise a good point about the role of the postal service in america. the constitution says we should have post offices. that is part of what the government should do. where they are located and what their service is is the question. not only deliver the mail, they create an identity for the community, a meeting point, a sense that there is a government that cares about me, no matter how far i am from urban areas of the country. the postal service is obligated, under its

postal service in the world. half of the world's mail is delivered here. in the united states. it is still 170 billion peace industry and it's enormously efficient. it gets people mail to one end of the country from the other at 44 cents, the least expensive postal rates in the world. >> host: is the concept of the hybrid sort of like the old western union telegram that the message would travel electronically and then a paper copy would be delivered? >> guest: something like that, but it might be something that involves track and trace of a letter. it might be something great you are printing a flyer or a pamphlet at one end or the other. you know, you don't have to rely on simple dots and dashes for western union telegrams anymore. there are many different ways in which technology could work with hardcopy and the postal service is trying to develop some unique products in that regard. >> host: next call is from canton, illinois. joe, democrat line. >> caller: good morning c-span, good morning ladies. i hope you give me the opportunity to finish what i say. but in 1986 while wor

postal service in the world. half of the world's mail is delivered right here in the united states. is still a 170 billion piece industry, and it is enormously efficient. it gets people's mail from one end of the country to the other at 44 cents, the least expensive postal rate in the world. host: is the concept of hybrid sort of like the old western union telegram where it starts electronically and then delivered? guest: it could be. you could be printing a letter or flyer or pamphlet. you don't have to rely on dots and dashes for telegrams any more. there are many ways in which tech nol could work with hard copy, and the postal service is trying to develop unique products in that regard. host: we have joe from the democrats line. caller: in 1986 while working for the postal service, i came up with an employee suggestion that was turned down that would have dropped the postage in half. what it was is that i was a-- or a temporary post master for two cities that had populations of less than 700. in four weeks time both postal services only had one customer. i was paid $47,000 a year

case, my first assistant united states attorney virginia gibson, assistant united states colin sherico, dennis cook, it is hard-working agents from health and human services and postal inspector generals and the hard-working attorneys from the hhs ig. each united states attorney's office focuses upon the health care fraud that it finds in its district. in the eastern district of pennsylvania, we have had great success pursuing pharmaceutical companies that have defrauded the government through kickbacks and off-label marketing. in the last five years this office has recovered more than $4 billion for taxpayers from pharmaceutical companies that cut corners and did not play by the rules. they used its sales force to pressure doctors to prescribe seroquel for purposes that had never been approved by the food and drug administration. the fda only approves drugs after they have been rigorously tested to ensure that they are safe and effective. by pushing seroquel for unapproved purposes, they made patients into guinea pigs in an unsupervised drug test. today's settlement puts a cost on such misconduct. thank you. [laughter] >> questions? >> you said it's not a victimles

postal service. a simpler way to ship. >> greta: here's the best of the rest. today is tax day for all-americans, including of course the president of the united states.family's tax returns. president obama and the first lady made an adjusted income of 5.5 million dollars. most of that money came from president obama's book sales. the first family paid almost 1.8 million in federal income tax. naying $329,000 to 40 different charities. vice president biden and his wife dr. jill biden report add justed kpwros income of $333,000. the bidens contributed almost $5,000 to charity. people across the midwest the same at the same time last night. what the heck was that? check it out. a little after 10 p.m., a giant fireball streaked across the mid western sky from west to east people in several states reported seeing the fireball the light caused houses to rattle and people reported hearing a loud sonic boom when the fireball streaked across the sky. national weather service thinks the fireball was a meteor. vikings don't know if brett favre will be the quarterback next season but he's still making his presence known in the team locker room. he's a spokespers

postal service, congressman jason chaffetz. i thank them for their support and helping us move it to the floor today. the goal of the bill was simple. the united states census currently under way is a critical source of information for america's future. regrettably, scamless and conartists are trying to hijack the word census to confuse citizens into opening and responding to mail that is unrelated to the actual u.s. census. we must protect the u.s. census from this kind of fraud. h.r. 4621 simply requires mailings which have the term census on the envelope or cover to also include an accurate return address and the name of the sender on the envelope. h.r. 4621 was drafted merely to avoid the first amendment concern and avoid interfering with legitimate use of the mail by nonprofit organizations. the bill was intended to prevent the deceptive use of look-alike mailings by requiring transparency and disclosure. the house voted 46-0 to pass h.r. 4621. the senate passed the same bill by unanimous consent. not many bills pass this house unanimously, but this one did. both houses. that's not something that happens real quick around here. you would think t