Pelosi calls on House to return to session to vote on bill that stops changes at USPSHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on the House to return into session later this week to vote on a bill that would prevent changes the Trump administration has made to the Postal Service, alterations Democrats say will cause a slowing of the flow of mail and potentially jeopardize the November election.
Pelosi, in a Sunday statement, said the "lives, livelihoods and the life of our American Democracy" are under threat from President Donald Trump, who last week said he opposed giving the USPS more money while at the same time acknowledging the lack of funding may hamper the office's ability to process mail-in ballots.
Pelosi wants the House to vote later this week on Rep. Carolyn Maloney's Delivering for America Act, which prohibits changes to Postal Service operations in place on Jan. 1, 2020.
Hours before Pelosi's call to return to session, Democrats urged the postmaster general to testify before a House committee nearly a month earlier than initially requested, saying the "urgent" hearing is needed to address "dangerous" changes made at the Postal Service.
In a joint statement, Pelosi, Maloney, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Gary Peters, the ranking Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, called on Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and USPS Board of Governors Chairman Robert Duncan to address "sweeping and dangerous operational changes at the Postal Service that are slowing the mail and jeopardizing the integrity of the election."...................
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/08/16/usps-democrats-congress-invite-postmaster-general-hearing/5594610002/
