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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
More on Postal Issues
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.