The Delivering for America Act, introduced by House Oversight and Reform President Carolyn Maloney of New York, is the latest action on cuts and sluggish postal service by the agency ahead of the 2020 2020 election, which is already being lifted by the coronavirus pandemic. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, a Republican donor and ally to the president, announced Friday a vacancy in leadership positions in the agency and a reorganization of top leaders.
Maloney’s proposal would “prohibit the Postal Service from implementing changes to the operations or level of service it had in place on January 1, 2020” until the coronavirus pandemic ended.
“Our Postal Service should not become an instrument of partisan politics, but should instead be protected as a neutral, independent entity that focuses on only one thing and one thing – delivering the mail,” Maloney said in a statement. “Millions of people rely on the Postal Service every day to communicate, access critical medicines and vote. At this moment in the history of our nation, when the number of Americans voting by mail for these presidential elections is expected to this will more than double from the latter, the Congress must protect the right of all eligible citizens to count their vote. “
The Democrat went on to say that the coronavirus pandemic “is not the time to introduce changes that threaten the reliability and transparency of services”, adding that the bill would “reverse these changes so that this fundamental U.S. service can continue unhindered. . “
DeJoy told the Board Service of Governors for Postal Services on Friday, “We will do everything we can to deliver election mail on time, complying with our operational standards.”
“Despite all the claims to the contrary, we are not slowing down the election post or any other post,” he said. “Instead, we will continue to use a robust and proven process to ensure the proper handling of every election post.”
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