Democratic senators press for Postmaster general Louis DeJoy
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Twenty-nine Democratic senators wrote in a letter to DeJoy on Thursday that the Postal Service needed to deliver mail to troops abroad and that changes he proposed could have a disproportionate impact on service providers who have no other way to deliver mail.
“USPS is the only service that can provide to the Army Post Office (APO) and Fleet Post Office (FPO) addresses used by our military overseas,” she wrote.
“Since your appointment as Postmaster General, you have implemented many damaging operational changes and policy changes that have already resulted in emails have been delayed for weeks in many areas. Reports of hiring freezers, plans and route changes, shifting leadership, dismissal and removal of e-mail sorting machines, and other reorganization of operations have left a once proud and efficient system with intent and severely stressed. ”
The letter was sent ahead of DeJoy’s appearance before the House of Representatives Friday morning.
The letter highlighted one of several concerns Democrats have expressed about policy changes announced by DeJoy, including a staff shake-up, deleting e-mails, reducing overtime for postal workers and adjusting delivery policies.
Democrats’ concerns have largely focused on the Postal Service’s ability to deliver post-vote votes in time for the November election, although bilingual lawmakers are concerned about other issues such as delivery to rural areas .
DeJoy recently said he would postpone the changes until after the election, although Democrats indicated in the letter that they were still worried about the impact of the adjustments once they are implemented.
“While your recent suspension of operational changes is a necessary first step and course correction is needed, it is not enough and unclear that this suspension will reduce the damage already done to the mail system, and prevent the disruption and damage to Americans. it serves our nation in uniform. We are also concerned that your statements regarding the suspension of these changes will not really be implemented, ”she wrote.
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