House committee piles on criticism of DeJoy’s postal overhaul plans

Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., a former professor, on Tuesday likened the U.S. Postal Service’s decision to lower performance targets for next year to changing the grading scale for a student with a bad grade instead of helping them improve.

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, appearing before Raskin and the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, responded that he would give himself a good grade. Later on in the hearing, he said that it would be an “A.”

The House hearing is another example of bipartisan skepticism and criticism of DeJoy’s 10-year Delivering for America plan to overhaul USPS’ operations to put the postal agency on a sustainable financial future.

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