Mr. MICA. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of H.R. 2403. In my service as a member of the Government Operations Committee, I have expressed personal outrage about the operations of almost every Government agency or organization I have seen.

With gross mismanagement at the EPA, the Department of Energy, HHS and many other Government agencies, it is no wonder why the American people are upset about the continued misuse of their tax dollars. I rise today to inform the House and the American people that we have at least one Government official who is doing his part to reduce bureaucracy and cut wasteful spending.

Postmaster General Marvin Runyon has been the driving force behind what has been described as the biggest restructuring of an agency in many decades. In 9 short months, Mr. Runyon has cut $2.2 billion from the Post Office budget. He has cut management levels, eliminated more than 30,000 overhead positions, and he has cut programs and reduced other cost to stabilize postage rates. Although he made these cuts, he brought the postal customer approval rating to a record high 89 percent.

Recently, I made an unannounced visit to the postal headquarters and saw firsthand Mr. Runyon's successful reorganization. A year ago the headquarter building had almost every desk filled with a highly paid postal administrator; today most of those desks are empty. Mr. Runyon has cleaned house and is now prepared to lease one-half of the building for private office space. I commend Postmaster General Marvin Runyon for a job well done.

Today, we are asked to vote on a bill to repay the $92 million of the almost $500 million of revenue forgone through nonprofit mailers, money committed to the Postal Service by the Congress. In the past 10 years, reimbursement for revenue is the only money the Post Office has received from this body.

I ask my colleagues to vote yes on this appropriation and fulfill the commitment this body made to the Postal Service.