… a week or two to find a location and start the process of opening a new facility. We and the entire Vermont delegation begged and pleaded with the post office. It took them literally a year, a year to do what could have been done in several weeks. All right. And the examples go on and on. So if we are going, if we believe, I believe, that in a democratic, civilized society, government must play an important role in protecting ordinary people. (24:40–24:47)
CLAIM
Asserts that it took the postal service a year to replace a post office in Vermont, which could have been done in weeks.
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