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Delivering for America Act

Floor Speech

Date: Aug. 28, 2020
Location: Washington, DC

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Ms. MOORE. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 8015, legislation that is sorely needed to help protect the integrity of our Postal Service.

Our communities depend on a reliable Postal Service. The hardworking men and women of the Postal Service every day help ensure that critical mail reaches every part of this country, even in the middle of a pandemic. These essential workers make sure that this essential public service is carried out.

Despite the challenges of moving mail in a country as large as ours and longstanding fiscal challenges, it is no wonder the Postal Service continues to score high in public opinion polls. It is after all, the public service that touches most Americans almost every day.

The Postal Service is not a business. Nor is degrading its level of service a viable business plan. Doing so would only hurt the Postal Service, its workers, and the American public, including those in rural areas. Yet, that is unfortunately the direction that the Postal Service's leadership.

I have heard from so many of my constituents who are concerned about the damaging recent changes to Postal Service operations under the leadership of the new Postmaster General, changes which are already being felt in our communities through reports of delays in getting critical mail.

While the recent announcement that these changes would be suspended for a short time is a step forward, that is not enough.

Additionally, besides the changes being made by new Postmaster General, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that has befuddled this Administration also poses a clear threat to the short-term and long- term fiscal health of the Postal Service. I am pleased that the bill before us today includes needed funding to address mail volume declines to support the Postal Service and its workers through these trying times.

We need to protect and maintain a strong Postal Service which is what this bill does. I support this legislation and urge my colleagues to do the same.

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