Oversight Democrats warn Trump on plans to 'dismantle' Postal Service
Source: The Hill
02/22/25 10:00 AM ET
Democratic members of the House Oversight Committee on Saturday urged President Trump to abandon plans to reform the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) after he said he was considering a “merger” for the mail service.
“Your reported efforts to dismantle the Postal Service as an independent agency would directly undermine the affordability and reliability of the U.S. postal system,” ranking member Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) and the panel’s other members wrote in the letter. “We urge you to abandon immediately any plans that would either privatize the Postal Service or undermine the independence of the Postal Service.”
The letter from Democrats follows reporting from The Washington Post that Trump was considering firing USPS’s board and absorbing the Postal Service into the Department of Commerce. Connolly noted that such a move would require congressional approval, “which Congress would not provide.”
Unlike other entities within government, USPS is not funded by Congress but rather earns revenue from the services it provides. But those services are also paired with a mandate to reach every mailbox in the U.S. — something private companies have no obligation to do.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5159019-house-oversight-democrats-donald-trump-usps/
Link to Rep. Connolly STATEMENT - Statement from Ranking Member Connolly on President Trump's Plans to Upend the U.S. Postal Service
Link to House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Democrats PRESS RELEASE - Committee Democrats Demand President Trump Abandon Any Plans to Illegally Dismantle or Privatize The Postal Service
Link to House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Democrats LETTER (PDF) - here
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Part of their "District Work Period" time.
That's why you are seeing the reports of the raucous town halls. 
