The beleaguered postmaster general told the Senate that there’s nothing to see here
Nothing to worry about. Photo: Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Imag Over the past few weeks, farmers in Maine have received thousands of dead chickens in the mail. The culprit isn’t Armageddon or disease, Representative Chellie Pingree told the Portland Press Herald, but rather dysfunction within the U.S. Postal Service.
Throughout the hearing, DeJoy appeared defensive — not only of his policy changes but of his job performance as well. “There are some accusations that [USPS] is not a business, but when you have to deliver service and you have to be sustainable, the operating model has to cover costs, and we have to take actions to do that, and I have great experience at that,” he said.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin also exercised a great deal of control over the USPS’s Board of Governors. As Slate reported on Thursday, Williams testified that candidates for the board had to go to Mnuchin’s office “to kiss the ring and receive his blessing before confirmation.
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