Democrats on the House Oversight Committee on Saturday urged President Trump to abandon plans to reform the US Postal Service (USPS) after saying he was considering a “merger” of the postal service.
“Reported efforts to dismantle postal services as an independent institution would directly undermine the affordability and reliability of the US postal system,” said ranking member Jerry Connolly (D-Va.) and panels. Other members of the letter wrote. ” They will either privatize postal services or immediately abandon plans that undermine postal services' independence. ”
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Connolly said such a move would require Congressional approval and “congress will not provide it.”
Unlike other entities within the government, USPS is not funded by Congress, but it earns revenue from the services it offers. However, these services are also combined with power of attorney to reach all US mailboxes. Private companies have no obligation.
“Congress has stipulated a clear and important mission of postal services to provide efficient, reliable and universal services to all Americans,” the Virginia Democrats continued. Life-saving drugs, email-in voting, important financial documents, particularly letters in rural or less profitable areas where the private sector refuses to serve. ”
He also said that this shift would not place USPS on the “path of fiscal sustainability,” but instead “instead of political interference, changing management priorities and surge in prices, as well as the entire postal service and postal network. It's possible.”
Trump spoke to his plan on Friday, and although he did not commit to a particular path, he criticized the post office.
“We want to have a post office that works well and doesn't lose a lot of money, and we're thinking about doing that,” Trump said in an oval office reporter. He told the group. “And that would be in the form of a merger, but I think it will remain a postal service and will work better over the years.
“This was an incredible loser for this country and the incredible amount they lost,” he added. “And I think we can do something very good and keep it in a very similar way, but whether it's a merger, we have very much that we have elsewhere. Use some of the talented people and don't lose that much.”
The move comes after postmaster Louis DeJoy, appointed under Trump's first term, announced earlier this week that he would resign.
