So many of you are writing, calling, and urging us to act to protect the US Postal Service.

We share your anger and frustration about what Trump is doing and your alarm about what it could mean for the election.

And we ARE working to stop him.

Some things worth following: 1/
After hearing of suspicious changes at USPS, House & Senate Dems immediately sought an Inspector General investigation.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/07/politics/postal-service-inspector-general-letter-usps-practices/index.html
We just learned that the IG *is* investigating.
https://twitter.com/SenWarren/status/1294382756718354432
@GerryConnolly is trying to speed it up: https://twitter.com/GerryConnolly/status/1294327236775092224
Investigations in the House and Senate, including hearings, ARE coming.
https://twitter.com/SenGaryPeters/status/1294641668143173639
https://oversight.house.gov/news/press-releases/chairwoman-maloney-announces-hearing-with-postmaster-general

I want this to move faster because it is so urgent, but we are working on oversight of this right now. 3/
Democrats are visiting Post Offices in their districts and states and talking with local postal officials to find out what is going on. More of that to come. 4/
https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1293651178501398529
https://twitter.com/cmarinucci/status/1294385854559842309
https://twitter.com/SenJeffMerkley/status/1294451557413662726
https://twitter.com/JoaquinCastrotx/status/1294477861311610885 https://twitter.com/Sen_JoeManchin/status/1294378943550824455
We have been working to secure funding to help bolster operations at the US Postal Service all year.
https://twitter.com/DebDingell/status/1291480268986028033
Donald Trump and Senate Republicans have blocked it but we are fighting back -- and we will not let this go. 5/ https://twitter.com/rollcall/status/1293997035805462528
House Democrats passed the Heroes Act, which included $25 billion for USPS. Senate Republicans have blocked that all summer.

Additionally, House Democrats are using the appropriations process to seek policy changes to address mail backlogs. 6/ https://twitter.com/AppropsDems/status/1294335177381105666
Statements and calls and meetings and letters aren't the same as hearings, but they bring public awareness and raise the pressure.

In fact, much of what we know about the recent crisis we know because @SpeakerPelosi @SenSchumer sounded the alarm. 7/ https://twitter.com/alizaslav/status/1291085468742946816
Changes to personnel, sorting systems, and allocation of resources are extremely alarming given Trump's public admission that the goal is to prevent people from voting.
https://twitter.com/OversightDems/status/1293674161005563906
We have to keep up the public pressure. 8/
Some of us, including myself and @GerryConnolly - who was leading the charge on Postal Service oversight and sounding the alarm about the Trump Administration's sabotage months ago - called on the Postmaster General to resign. 9/
https://twitter.com/GerryConnolly/status/1294361624254525441 https://twitter.com/RepDonBeyer/status/1294359450770432005
We have to keep the pressure up. Most of this is up to Congress, but you can help:
- Request your absentee ballot now if voting by mail
- Spreading the word about what is happening
**Contact your Member of Congress if your mail service is disrupted.** We really need to know. 10/
This isn't enough. Congress must do more. We must do it faster. But Democrats DO care and we ARE working on it.

Just remember: this is happening because of Donald Trump's sabotage. He is trying to cheat in the election. Republicans are enabling him. We can't let it happen. 11/11
UPDATE: in conjunction with an accelerated timeline for hearings on USPS with postal officials, Speaker Pelosi just announced that the House will take up legislation to protect the US Postal Service later this week: https://twitter.com/fritschner/status/1295128298398326784
You can follow @RepDonBeyer.
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