Postal Chief Says Service Is Better While Lawmakers Say There Is Still Work to Do

The Postmaster General told the House Oversight Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) had made significant progress toward the goals of its Delivering for America 10-Year Strategic Plan.
But during its May 17 hearing, the subcommittee wanted to hear that the mail would be delivered on time.
“It’s not lost on any of us that there are economic issues,” said subcommittee Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas). “But there are day-to-day issues that can be addressed.”
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy acknowledged that his agency is facing challenges. He said most of the Postal Service’s fiscal issues came from regulatory and oversight groups with unrealistic expectations. DeJoy told the subcommittee that the Postal Regulatory Commission and past leadership had “presided over 15 years of deterioration.”…}