The U.S. Postal Service is considering an overhaul of its mail processing. The proposal would prioritize faster mail delivery for people living within 50 miles of the Postal Service’s largest processing centers, but it would also result in rural mail delivery taking an extra day.
U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo. 5th District, opposes the plan.
“We should not have to get up every morning as members of Congress and deal with constituents who are not getting their mail, or they’re getting their mail every three days,” Cleaver told Missourinet.
Cleaver also said the plan would be discriminatory toward people who choose to live in rural areas.
“You want to use the word discrimination, this is it,” he said. “If you choose to live in a rural area, if you decide that that’s, you know, where your spirit is, and that you want to have, you know, a small-town experience, you ought to be able to make those make decisions for yourself.”
Cleaver has been critical of delays in mail delivery in the Kansas City area in recent months. Cleaver said he regularly hears from consituents about problems they have with the USPS
