ATLANTA — The Postmaster General says on-time delivery rates at the beleaguered Palmetto post office facility are up over 80%, but Georgia’s U.S. senator says it’s still not good enough.
By preserving these centers and examining the consequences of their potential closures, we uphold the continuity of essential services, mitigate the far-reaching consequences of their elimination, and alleviate the burden on an already strained postal service.
As my team and I continue our work and advocate to ensure that the Chokoloskee Postal Office returns to its previous standard of operation, know that I remain committed to holding the U.S. Postal Service accountable in its service of our community.”
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is continuing to apply “maximum pressure” on U.S. Postal Service management to resolve mail delays impacting Georgia families and businesses.
Today, Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) introduced the Modifying Allocations to Improve Local Service (MAIL) Act, legislation to improve mail operations in Minnesota by requiring the United States Postal Service (USPS) to redistribute the $3 billion in funding originally appropriated for their acquisition of a new fleet of electric vehicles to support the hiring and retention of rural postal employees.
PALMETTO, Ga. — Another group of Georgia lawmakers will be touring the U.S. Postal Service Distribution Center in Palmetto.
WASHINGTON D.C. (WCIA) — Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) has filed a bill he believes will protect Post Office Processing and Distribution Centers across the country from losing some of their services.
A Postal Service plan to eventually close processing and distribution centers in Springfield, Milan, Peoria and Champaign has Sen. Tammy Duckworth, (D-Illinois), calling on President Biden to replace the entire postal service board.
House Democrats are asking the U.S. Postal Service’s regulator to block its latest proposed price hike, saying another increase would threaten the future of the mailing agency.
Several members of Congress have written a letter to the Postal Regulatory Commission concerning the Commission’s review of the system for regulating rates and classes for market dominant products and in particular the rate hike proposed in April.