As the U.S. Postal Service faces delivery slowdowns, U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, a Democrat from Georgia, has proposed legislation to impose stricter oversight on who leads the agency. The bill would require the president to appoint the postmaster general and the U.S. Senate to confirm the appointment.
FILE - Chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Investigations Sen. Jon Ossoff , D-Ga., speaks during the hearing on Sexual Abuse of Female Inmates in Federal Prisons, Dec.
13, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. FILE - Postmaster General and CEO Louis DeJoy speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, March 6, 2024. 13, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. 13, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. FILE - Postmaster General and CEO Louis DeJoy speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, March 6, 2024. FILE - Postmaster General and CEO Louis DeJoy speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, March 6, 2024. ATLANTA — Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia said Wednesday he wants Congress to have more control over selecting the U.S. postmaster general after a mail-service breakdown in his state. Ossoff’s proposed Postmaster General Reform Act would require the U.S. Senate to confirm a president’s appointment to the role. Right now, the position is appointed by the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors without confirmation from Congress. The legislation would also allow postmaster generals to stay in office for a maximum of two five-year terms. The position currently has no term limits. “The execution debacle by the U.S. Postal Service in Georgia has been a failure of leadership and a failure of management, and it has reflected the incompetent leadership and the incompetent management of the postmaster general himself,” Ossoff said at a news conference Wednesday.throughout the country that the postal system is not prepared to handle a rush of mail-in ballots ahead of the November election.Vance and Georgia Gov. Kemp project Republican unity at evangelical event after Trump tensions Georgia lawmakers have blamed operational issues at the postal facility in suburban Atlanta for many of the state’s delivery hiccups. USPS consolidated multiple facilities into one in Palmetto, which was supposed to make the delivery process more efficient.were created in Richmond, Virginia, and Portland, Oregon, as the Postal Service has tried to deal with nationwide slowdowns in delivery and financial losses. The volume of first-class mail has dropped 80% since 1997 as packaged shipments have grown, leading toDeJoy for updates on how he plans to improve the agency’s operations, a concern that has also been echoed by a number of Georgia’s Republican U.S. House members. “This is about whether seniors are receiving their medication in the mail,” Ossoff said Wednesday. “This is about whether citizens are receiving vital notices from the court -- notices to appear, notices of eviction. This is about whether small businesses can function. High quality postal service can’t be a luxury. It is a necessity.”Ossoff visited Palmetto in June. He called out DeJoy for poor management as employees from across the state had to move to the Palmetto location.Ossoff said Wednesday that Georgians deserve better, saying he expects bipartisan support for the legislation. “This is a job of such importance that there needs to be a real job interview with those the people elect to confirm the most important officials in the federal government,” Ossoff said.is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. Follow Kramon on X:
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Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff seeks more control over postmaster general after mail meltdownAs the U.S. Postal Service faces delivery slowdowns, U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, a Democrat from Georgia, has proposed legislation to impose stricter oversight on who leads the agency.
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