Washington, DC – Today, the Postal Regulatory Commission (Commission) released its Fiscal Year 2020 (FY 2020) Annual Report to the President and Congress. The report provides a summary of the primary activities undertaken by the Commission throughout the year. By law, the Commission is required to submit its report to the president and Congress concerning […]
12/21/2020 The latest coronavirus relief deal, which Congress is aiming to approve later today, provides $10 billion to help the ailing U.S. Postal Service, legislative aides familiar with the text tell Axios. Why it matters: This new round of funding comes as the Postal Service has struggled to operate amid the pandemic, withstand a surge […]
Members also seek investigation of DeJoy-led USPS illegally blocking congressional inspectional of postal facility U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11), and Albio Sires (D-NJ-08) today have called for the United States Postal Service (USPS) Inspector General to open a new probe into habitually abandoned mail in North Jersey. “As you investigate the […]
Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform Threatens Subpoena if PMG Louis DeJoy Continues Refusing to Comply with Committee Investigation Washington, D.C. (Aug. 24, 2020)—At a hearing today before the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy admitted that massive delays in mail, medications, and other critical […]
Key Highlights of PMG Louis DeJoy’s Testimony to a House Panel Louis DeJoy testified before the House Oversight Committee on Monday, where lawmakers continued to express concern about postal changes that could complicate mail-in voting. In searing opening remarks, Representative Carolyn B. Maloney, Democrat of New York and the chairwoman of the House Oversight Committee, […]
5/25/2020 On May 11, over 60 Labor leaders sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, copying both the Postal Board of Governors and the Postmaster General, urging them support the United States Postal Service. The letter states, “As representatives of our 17 million members and all American workers, […]
WASHINGTON – Citing concerns about the financial insecurity facing the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and 100 other civil rights groups called on Congress to support robust funding for the agency in the next coronavirus response package. The hundreds of thousands […]
The US Postal Service is in crisis, with lawmakers warning that plunging mail volumes could shut it down by June without “urgent” financial help — threatening everything from critical medicine deliveries and vote by mail to a third of Amazon orders. But the crisis is far more than financial. The National Association of Letter Carriers, […]
Washington, D.C. (Mar. 23, 2020)—Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Gerry Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, issued the following statement after House Democrats introduced a stimulus package with emergency funds to save the Postal Service from imminent bankruptcy as a result […]
Following approval from the House and Senate, President Donald Trump signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (H.R. 6201). As the country is experiencing a national crisis, Americans need to be reassured they will have access to medical testing for COVID-19 that will not cause an undue financial burden. Within the bill, there is explicit […]