Plans to streamline the U.S. Postal Service are drawing the ire of lawmakers from both parties.
This month, members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and House Committee on Oversight and Accountability questioned and rebuked Postmaster General Louis DeJoy over his 10-year reform plan.
“Delivering for America” is intended to cut costs and increase efficiency, as the postal service strives to break even amid a $9.5 billion dollar loss last year due in part to mail volume declines and inflation.
However, several lawmakers, including Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), voiced concerns about how the changes are affecting rural areas in their districts.
Rici Roberts shares those concerns. She’s a mail handler and union president at the plant in Cheyenne, Wyo. Operations there are set to be downgraded, as most mail processing shifts 100 miles south to Denver.
