[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 36 (Thursday, February 25, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H702-H703]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       SLOWDOWNS IN THE U.S. MAIL

  (Mr. CASTEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. CASTEN. Mr. Speaker, for months I had calls coming into my office 
about delays in the U.S. mail. Some of these delays had to do with cold 
weather, some are because of COVID, but most are the direct result

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of the failures and slowdowns deliberately imposed by Postmaster DeJoy. 
His efforts to eliminate overtime, close mail processing facilities, 
and remove mail sorting machines have taken all of the cushion out of 
the system.
  Our postal workers are demoralized, they are seeing mail pile up as 
they are blamed for the delays. Seniors have gone for days waiting for 
medications. Constituents and local mayors are sounding the alarm.
  The truth is that our Postal Service has survived this assault from 
its own leadership, only because those letter carriers and mail 
handlers have doubled down in spite of the challenges through rain, 
through sleet, and snow. And, yet, DeJoy has failed them. He has failed 
the American people.
  He has not failed by accident. He has a mission to weaken and 
ultimately privatize the post office to make people who depend on the 
Postal Service angry enough to finish the destruction that he has 
started. He hasn't succeeded yet. But every day he stays in office is 
another day closer to him realizing that goal. The Postal Service needs 
a leader who is committed to public service. DeJoy must go.

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