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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 Trumps 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
ecstatic
(32,712 posts)Maybe we'll actually do something before the next general election. 🙄
samplegirl
(11,481 posts)still in.
Crazyleftie
(458 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,744 posts)So, who can remove him?
2naSalit
(86,657 posts)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?
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)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/
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)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.