Clay Blasts Trump Administration Attempt to Sabotage U.S. Postal Service
Clay Blasts Trump Administration Attempt to Sabotage U.S. Postal Service
Changes Will Degrade Mail Service to Residences and Businesses, Suppress Voting Rights Ahead of November Election
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay (D) Missouri has signed on to a bipartisan letter authored by House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D) New York, and Congressman Peter King (R) New York, sent to newly installed Postmaster General of the United States Louis DeJoy, demanding that the recent damaging changes to USPS be reversed and that efforts to delay mail service cease immediately.
“Postmaster DeJoy’s reckless and damaging changes have not only degraded mail service, they have put millions of postal customers across the nation at risk by slowing the delivery of prescription medications, groceries and other household necessities,” said Mr. Clay. “I am deeply concerned that elderly and disabled Americans, who depend on the USPS as a lifeline to the outside world, will bear the brunt of degraded and delayed mail delivery. There is also no question that the Postmaster General is actively trying to satisfy President Trump’s postal paranoia by making it harder to vote by mail, a safe and secure option already used by millions of Americans, and especially appropriate during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.”
The bipartisan letter to Postmaster General DeJoy says in-part:
“It is vital that the U.S. Postal Service does not reduce mail delivery hours, which could harm rural communities, seniors, small businesses, and millions of Americans who rely on the mail for critical letters and packages.
“Eliminating overtime and directing postal workers to leave mail on the floor of postal facilities will erode confidence in the Postal Service and drive customers away, resulting in even worse financial conditions in the future.”
To read the full letter signed by Congressman Clay and 83 other Members of the U.S. House, please go to: