Last week, the United States Postal Service announced it would suspend air service to support priority and express mail in Montana. The decision did not sit well with Montana’s two U.S. Senators.
In his monthly Rural Press Call, U.S. Senator Jon Tester blasted the decision and urged Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to restore air service immediately.
“Montana isn’t exactly a small state. It takes a while to get across, and when you have to drive it, it delays, delays, delays. For those reasons, this is a wrong decision. It’s just another example of how the United States Postal Service is turning its back on rural America,” said Tester. “I will continue to push Postmaster DeJoy to restore air service immediately and provide certainty to Montanans across our state who really do rely on express mail for everything from prescriptions to paychecks. I’m going to continue to push Postmaster DeJoy to do the right thing. So far, he hasn’t, and it’s been a continual problem with him not understanding distance, rural America, or even the importance of the United States Postal Service.”
In a letter sent last week to DeJoy, U.S. Senator Steve Daines said hundreds of thousands of customers across Montana rely on air distribution services for timely mail delivery across vast distances.
He asked DeJoy to reconsider the decision.