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samplegirl

(11,481 posts)
Fri Apr 1, 2022, 07:45 AM Apr 2022

DeJoy continues destructive plans

Trump-Appointee Louis DeJoy Continues Destructive Plans for US Mail, as Calls for His Removal and for Major Postal Reforms Rise
House Committee on Oversight and Reform Hearing Wednesday, 24th.

BY LISA GRAVES AND EVAN VORPAHL | FEBRUARY 23, 2022

On Wednesday, February 24, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform will hold a hearing on options for reforming the US Postal Service to help ensure it delivers the services Americans rely on and need. The committee has invited the Postmaster General, Donald Trump’s appointee Louis DeJoy, and others to testify about the failures at the post office.

Many lawmakers and concerned citizens have renewed calls to remove him from his post, which has no term limit. He could stay in that post for decades, like a Supreme Court justice, unless removed. Thirty-four Democratic Senators also wrote a letter to DeJoy this past week about the severe delays in the delivery of mail over the holidays and other disruptive changes he made before the election.

Billmoyers.com

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2naSalit

(86,657 posts)
5. A small, select group...
Fri Apr 1, 2022, 09:51 AM
Apr 2022

Of appointees. We don't seem to have enough members willing to do that yet.

Maybe the Senate is holding up a vote on one or two?

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
8. This is an old article, and OP date is wrong. Since that time, DeJoy personally helped pass
Fri Apr 1, 2022, 10:22 AM
Apr 2022

legislation that removes the onerous requirement of prefunding retirement and health benefits. For first time in decades, USPS is on a strong financial footing.

The date on the OP is wrong and confusing, it was Feb 23, 2021.

https://billmoyers.com/story/trump-appointee-louis-dejoy-continues-destructive-plans-for-us-mail-as-calls-for-his-removal-and-for-major-postal-reforms-rise/

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
10. Why? It was well documented that today's post office needs about 35% of the flat-sorters the
Fri Apr 1, 2022, 10:59 AM
Apr 2022

Postal Service had sitting around taking up space, requiring maintenance, requiring staffing, etc.

The world is changing and the Postal Service is moving toward packages because so much of the flat mail from decades ago can be sent over internet nowadays.

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