Postmaster General Louis DeJoy will testify Friday before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, amid heightened scrutiny of the U.S. Postal Service.
DeJoy’s appearance before the Republican-led committee comes as President Donald Trump has repeatedly attacked vote-by-mail efforts and Democrats have raised serious concerns about delays in receiving postal deliveries.
“I wanted to give the [postmaster general] an opportunity to tell his side of the story before he appeared before a hostile House committee,” said Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), the chairman of the Senate Homeland and Governmental Affairs Committee. Johnson added that “the Postal Service has had significant financial problems for years, and it is important for everyone to fully understand its current fiscal challenges.”
DeJoy is also scheduled to testify before the Democrat-led House Oversight and Reform Committee Aug. 24.
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I hope he remembers to say that the USPS has been removing mailboxes for the past 10 years, GOING BACK TO THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, in an effort to save money. They remove boxes that don’t have traffic as well as boxes that need to be upgraded in order to avoid people with sticky fingers.