House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday introduced legislation that would block the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from implementing a series of changes amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The Delivering for America Act would prevent USPS from instituting shifts to its operations or to the level of service that was in place at the beginning of 2020.
WASHINGTON — A new bill proposed in Congress aims to at least partially undo changes at the U.S. Postal Service that have slowed mail delivery and consolidated power in the hands of a Trump political appointee, all ahead of an election when much of America will vote by mail amid the pandemic.
A new bill aimed at reversing organizational and structural changes undertaken at the United States Postal Service by the new postmaster general was introduced to Congress Wednesday.
President Trump says the U.S. Postal Service is incapable of facilitating mail-in voting because it cannot access the emergency funding he is blocking, and made clear that requests for additional aid were nonstarters in coronavirus relief negotiations.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — House Democrats on Wednesday threatened to subpoena top officials at the U.S. Census Bureau after they refused to give interviews to an oversight committee over why the 2020 head count of every U.S. resident was cut short by a month and will stop at the end of September.
U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney, chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, said in a letter to Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham that she would use “compulsory measures” to get the eight officials to appear if they didn’t agree to show up for interviews voluntarily.
NEW YORK, NY – Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12), the Chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, visited the U.S. Postal Service Morgan Processing and Distribution Center to tour the facility and speak with employees. Joined by USPS staff and National Postal Mail Handlers Union Local 300 members, the Congresswoman released the following statement:
Washington, DC — Yesterday, Representative Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, introduced the Delivering for America Act in the wake of unprecedented changes proposed by the new Postmaster General to the operations and organizational structure of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS).
NEW YORK, NY – Today, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12), author of the Never Again Education Act, joined Assemblywoman Rebecca Seawright outside of her office to condemn the anti-Semitic defacement that was discovered there earlier this morning. Standing alongside religious and community leaders, the Congresswoman released the following statement,
A Defense Department and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) watchdog will consider probing the Trump administration’s moves to advance the proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska following congressional requests on Monday.