MONTPELIER, Vt. —
Vermont Senator Peter Welch had some harsh words for the head of the United States Postal Service after Postmaster Louis DeJoy announced he would resign.
“Good Riddance,” read a statement from Welch on Tuesday following DeJoy’s announcement the previous day.
On Monday, DeJoy asked the Postal Service Board of Governors to start looking for his replacement.
DeJoy, who has held the position for the past five years, oversaw the distribution of mail-in ballots during the COVID-19 pandemic and helped develop a 10-year plan to address billions of dollars in losses through cost and service cuts.
He previously said that postal customers should get used to “uncomfortable” rate hikes as the postal service seeks to stabilize its finances and become more self-sufficient.
DeJoy took the helm of the postal service in the summer of 2020 during President Donald Trump’s first term. He was a Republican donor who owned a logistics business before taking office and was the first postmaster general in nearly two decades who was not a career postal employee.
Vermont’s Congressional Delegation has been outspoken about some of these changes and the impact they have had on rural services over the years.
