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The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has jurisdiction over the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). The Committee has addressed the protection of the mail system, postal employees, and the public from anthrax, the long-term financial viability of the USPS, and comprehensive postal reform legislation. 

Legislation

01/25/13 - H.Res. 47, Expressing the sense of the House of representatives that the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee, as an entitiy of the United States Postal Service, should issue a commerative Stamp in honor of the holiday of Diwali. [113th Congress]

Documents

10/5/12 - Letter to the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee on considersation of a Diwali stamp

10/28/10 - Letter to the Postmaster General and the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee on consideration of a Diwali stamp

More on Postal Issues

May 21, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON –  A key house panel today green-lighted a proposal (HR 2291) by Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12) to rename Grand Central Station Post Office, located at 450 Lexington Avenue in New York, New York the “Vincent R. Sombrotto Post Office.” Maloney is the second highest ranking Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform committee, which unanimously approved the bill. 

Jul 18, 2013 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Reps. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Ami Bera (D-CA), Grace Meng (D-NY) and representatives of the Indian-American community today presented Ron Stroman, Deputy Postmaster General, with petitions signed by thousands of supporters of a commemorative stamp honoring the Indian holiday Diwali.

Jul 12, 2013 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) today announced she had obtained 36 co-sponsors for H. Res. 47, her resolution requesting that the U.S. Postal Service issue a commemorative U.S. stamp in honor of the Indian holiday Diwali, the five-day “festival of lights,” celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs and Jains around the world.
 

Dec 14, 2011 Press Release


NEW YORK, NY – Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney today announced that the New York District of the United States Postal Service (USPS) has removed the Roosevelt Island Station post office from the Postal Service’s discontinuance list.  She received the notice today from the USPS’ headquarters in Washington, DC, which wrote to her office, “The New York District has removed the Roosevelt Island Station from the Post Office discontinuance list.  After careful evaluation of the data, it was determined that it would not be feasible to close the office at this time.”

Nov 20, 2009 Press Release
New York, NY – Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, State Senator Liz Krueger, State Assembly Members Micah Kellner and Jonathan Bing, City Council Members Jessica Lappin and Dan Garodnick, and Upper East Side community leaders and residents today hailed the announcement by the United States Postal Service (USPS) that it is no longer considering closing the Cherokee Station Post Office, which is located at 1483 York Avenue on the Upper East Side. This summer, the USPS revealed that it was studying the possibility of closing Cherokee Station and moving the services offered there to several other post offices -- the closest of which, according to the Postal Service, was the Roosevelt Island Station, about a half-mile and one swift-moving river away.
Nov 20, 2009 Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Borough President Scott Stringer, State Senator Daniel Squadron, Councilwoman Rosie Mendez, Councilwoman-elect Margaret Chin, and Seward Park Co-op President Michael Tumminia today hailed the U.S. Postal Service’s announcement that it is no longer considering closing the Pitt Station Post Office, which is located at 185 Clinton Street on the Lower East Side.
Sep 14, 2009 Press Release

Queens, NY – Today, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney and Senator Charles Schumer applauded President Obama’s signing of their legislation (H.R. 774) to name the Long Island City Main Post Office after former Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro. The new Geraldine Ferraro Post Office is located at 46-02 21st Street in Long Island City, Queens, in the district Ferraro represented with distinction in the U.S. House of Representatives.


Jan 28, 2009 Press Release
Queens, NY – Today, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens) announced that she has introduced legislation (H.R. 774) to name the Long Island City Main Post Office after former Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro.  The Main Post Office is located at 46-02 21st Street in Long Island City, Queens, in the district Ferraro represented with distinction in the U.S. House of Representatives.  In 1984, Ferraro strode into history as the first female vice-presidential candidate on a national party ticket.  In the House, Ferraro served on the Post Office and Civil Service Committee, among other committee assignments.
Apr 8, 2003 Press Release
WASHINGTON: Today, the House of Representatives passed a postal reform bill that will lead to a three year freeze on postage rate increases, if the bill, which has also been passed by the Senate, is signed into law as expected by the President. The Postal Civil Service Retirement System Funding Reform Act of 2003 (S. 380) focuses largely on addressing the Postal Service's fiscal crisis surrounding employee payment formulas, but is also linked to a commitment by the Postal Service to hold rates steady until at least 2006.

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