WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today commended U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and the United States Postal Service (USPS) Board of Governors on the creation and delivery of a business reform plan:
“Congress has waited several years for the Postal Service to provide a business plan and Postmaster General DeJoy has delivered a serious plan that warrants thorough consideration. Postmaster General DeJoy and the Board of Governors’ plan contains innovative ideas seeking to modernize the Postal Service to keep up with the evolving marketplace. Importantly, the plan preserves nationwide six-day mail delivery and seven-day package delivery. It also takes advantage of existing post offices with a sizable investment in retail operations and creates new services geared toward local small businesses.
“In fixing a problem as big as the Postal Service, which stands to lose $160 billion over the next decade, there will be tradeoffs. Many may be concerned by the possibility of raising rates and modified delivery standards for long distance mail products, but I am eager to better understand the various proposals contained in this plan. Congress must objectively consider USPS’ plan before we take any other action and I hope my Democratic colleagues will abandon their partisan postal politics and give the plan a fair shot. Only after we all evaluate it should Congress determine how, and if, we should supplement these reforms to provide lasting change.
“Between USPS leadership and Congress, we must make the necessary reforms to ensure USPS is financially stable, meets the needs of the American people and its workers, and maintains its designation as an independent institution. This will require tough decisions, but that is the only way to ensure the Postal Service, an American institution, remains something the American people trust and can rely on."
The Oversight Committee awaited the release of the USPS business plan since 2019. Last week, Ranking Member Comer and all Oversight Republicans called on Postmaster General DeJoy to release the long-awaited business plan.
