Four Congressional representatives have sponsored resolution calling for the U.S. Postal Service to “take all appropriate measures” to maintain its six-day-a-week delivery schedule.
Led by Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO), Nick Rahall, (D-WV); Chris Smith, (R-NJ); and Zoe Lofgren, (D-CA), the non-binding resolution HRes 173 expresses the sense of the House that the USPS stay with this schedule that it has had since 1912 and not try to cut it back in an attempt to try to save money.
The proposed resolution has been referred to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
Late last month, Ppostmaster General Jack Potter asked the Senate Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management Federal Services and International Security Senate panel to consider “temporarily” reducing mail delivery from six to five days a week and for legislative relief from the U.S. Postal Service’s nearly $5.8 billion yearly healthcare benefit obligations (Direct Newsline, Jan. 28).
