Over the past week, Sen. Maggie Hassan has joined with other members of New Hampshire’s Congressional Delegation asking for answers regarding funding of the U.S. Postal Service.
On Wednesday, the four members of delegation expressed concern over reported delays of vital medication, food and benefit payments they have heard from constituents.
They added that the USPS plays a vital role in helping the nation function during the pandemic and urged Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to address the issue.
“We are very concerned about reports of recent policy decisions made at the agency under your tenure, including instructing workers to leave mail behind at distribution centers, restricting transportation practices, and cutting overtime. These harmful policies undermine the fundamental commitment to service on which the USPS was founded,” they said in a letter to DeJoy.
Hassan also joined Sen. Jeannie Shaheen and other Democrats in urging DeJoy to address recent changes to long-standing practices at the USPS.
“Like voting itself, the USPS is vital to our democracy. Since you assumed the role of Postmaster General, there have been disturbing reports regarding changes at USPS that are causing significant delays in the delivery of mail. Under normal circumstances, delayed mail is a major problem – during a pandemic in the middle of a presidential election, it is catastrophic,” the lawmakers wrote in a separate letter to DeJoy.