📋 Tender Overview
U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) sent a letter yesterday with 26 of his bipartisan Senate colleagues to Postmaster General DeJoy and the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors calling on them to pause the planned changes to the USPS processing and delivery network that could slow down mail delivery until the potential impacts are studied by the USPS’s regulator, the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), and addressed by the Postal Service. In the letter, the Senators expressed concern over the impacts these changes have already had on communities across the country, including Houston, and the potential impact to timely mail delivery that could result from further changes.
They wrote: “We call on USPS to pause all changes, pending a full study of this plan by its regulator. While USPS claims these changes overall will improve service while reducing costs, there is evidence to the contrary in locations where USPS has implemented changes so far.”
“USPS must stop implementation, restore service in those areas where changes were implemented, and fully understand the nationwide effects of its plan on service and communities.”
“The Postal Service’s primary responsibility is to provide timely and reliable delivery to every community across the nation. While USPS must continue adapting as an agency to remain stable and serve the public’s current needs, it must proceed with caution and understand the implications of its plans in order to protect mail delivery for all communities.”
The full text of this letter is here and below. The letter was led by Senators Peters (D-MI), Collins (R-ME), Rosen (D-NV), and Lummis (R-WY), and it was also signed by U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), John Barrasso (R-WY), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Steve Daines (R-MT), Kyrsten Sinema, (I-AZ), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Angus King (I-ME), John Hoeven (R-ND), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Jon Tester (D-MT), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), and Maggie Hassan (D-NH).
This builds on a previous letter sent by Sen. Cornyn and Rep. McCaul to Postmaster General DeJoy in February urging the USPS to fix the mail delivery issues across Texas.
