U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, blasted U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy over the Postal Service’s plans to revamp mail delivery.
The proposal would prioritize faster mail delivery for people living within 50 miles of the Postal Service’s largest processing centers while slowing down delivery of the mail in rural areas by an extra day. Hawley went back-and-forth with DeJoy about the proposal during a hearing Thursday by the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
“Like every input that we get, we take it, you know, take it seriously,” DeJoy testified. “You make adjustments. But I think there’s an overwhelming propensity for us to move forward, and you should expect that.”
Hawley responded, “Well, I want you to know, and I want you to expect that I hate this plan, and I’m going to do everything I can to kill it.”
He added, “I’m going to work with everybody I can across this dais to protect delivery to rural America. And if I have to go down with the ship, I’ll go down with the ship, but I’m going to do everything I can to kill it.”
DeJoy replied, “Yeah, you won’t go down with the ship. If you’re successful, the Postal Service will go down.” Hawley retored, “No. If I’m successful, rural America will get its mail delivered on time, which it’s currently not.”
In an interview with Missourinet after the hearing, Hawley said that he’s blocking confirmation of nominees to the Postal Service’s Board of Governors for not pledging to stop the plan.
A written statement from the USPS said the change would save $30 billion over ten years and reduce the Postal Service’s carbon footprint.
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