[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 186 (Friday, October 22, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H5797]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE DELAYS

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. KAPTUR. Madam Speaker, I rise today to call attention to the 
significant mail backlogs we are experiencing in northern Ohio, across 
the whole region, Cleveland to Toledo, impacting the timely and 
reliable delivery of mail.
  Postal employees do remarkable work every day to execute their 
mission.
  To the tens of thousands of military veterans who work for the Postal 
Service, we owe you an enormous debt of gratitude for your continued 
loyal service to our Nation.
  However, the decision by the U.S. Postal Service Board of Directors 
and management to implement disastrous policies to consolidate 
processing centers and ship local mail hundreds of miles away to be 
sorted elsewhere is truly illogical.
  While we are finally seeing incremental progress being made, our 
region is still in desperate need for constructive solutions to the 
backups and slow processing people are enduring on the ground.
  I will continue working with my colleagues from across our country 
and across the aisle until we bring about new Postal Service leadership 
and fully restore the service our people and communities richly deserve 
and expect.

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