Cost-saving fixes for the United States Postal Service routinely spark hot debates – one still-developing measure on Capitol Hill had a short-lived run in Kilgore this week. In late May, the U.S. House of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform Committee approved the Secure Delivery for America Act of 2014 (HR 4670). Next headed for a…
H.R. 4670 Secure Delivery for America Act of 2014 The Essentials 1. For three years, Representative Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) has tried to sell his colleagues on a comprehensive postal reform bill. His rescue plan for the money-losing U.S. Postal Service includes ending Saturday letter delivery, closing some post offices, and consolidating the agency’s sprawling distribution…
Issa Advances Bill to Cut Door Delivery As previously discussed in the e-Team, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) appears unable to gain enough support for his extreme and anti-worker postal bill, H.R. 2748. Now, he has adopted a new strategy and is trying to advance his destructive postal agenda piece…
May 21, 2014—Statement of Fredric V. Rolando, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, following the Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s approval of H.R. 4670, the Secure Delivery for America Act of 2014: This irresponsible bill, H.R. 4670, is bad for the American public, bad for businesses, bad for the economy and bad for…
