[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 101 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 101

 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United 
 States Postal Service should discontinue the practice of contracting 
                      out mail delivery services.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 28, 2009

Mr. Sires (for himself, Ms. Schwartz, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mr. Crowley, 
      Mr. Chandler, Ms. Pingree of Maine, Mr. Holt, Mr. Brady of 
  Pennsylvania, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Sutton, Ms. Moore of 
  Wisconsin, Mr. Wilson of Ohio, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Grijalva, 
  Mrs. Capps, Mr. Patrick J. Murphy of Pennsylvania, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. 
  Sherman, Mr. Driehaus, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Hall of New York, and Mr. 
 Carney) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United 
 States Postal Service should discontinue the practice of contracting 
                      out mail delivery services.

Whereas letter carriers of the United States Postal Service provide mail 
        delivery service to over 144,000,000 homes and businesses across the 
        Nation;
Whereas the contracting out of mail delivery services is being increasingly 
        promoted by the Postal Service as a key business strategy for its core 
        function;
Whereas by contracting out letter carrier positions, the Postal Service is 
        bypassing the hiring process that ensures that only qualified people 
        handle America's mail;
Whereas the contracting out of mail delivery services limits the ability of the 
        Postal Service to prevent, investigate, and prosecute mail theft, mail 
        fraud, and other illegal uses of the mail; and
Whereas the protection of our mail delivery services is a vital component of our 
        national security: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the United States Postal Service should discontinue the practice of 
contracting out mail delivery services.
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