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Who else pumped for the USPS Senate hearing tomorrow at 9am EST?
"Examining the Finances and Operations of the United States Postal Service During COVID-19 and Upcoming Elections"
"Examining the Finances and Operations of the United States Postal Service During COVID-19 and Upcoming Elections"
Here we go! #USPS
"No change to any policies with regards to election mail" - Postmaster General DeJoy
"We deliver 433MM pieces of mail *a day*. So 160mm ballots over the course of the week - we have adequate capacity. We will have additional resources on our staff.. There will be absolutely no issues. There is slack in the system." - Postmaster General DeJoy
"We have 140,000 collection boxes in the United States. Over 10 years, 35,000 have been removed. It's a data driven method (hasn't yet reviewed). Removed 700 collection boxes since his arrival (he had no idea that was a process)." - Postmaster General DeJoy
As far as the sort equipment machines, "Machines running 35% utilization due to mail-volume dropping.... We are moving machines out to make room for processing packages. - Postmaster General DeJoy
[Both the collection boxes and machines he had no idea that this was happening.]
[Both the collection boxes and machines he had no idea that this was happening.]
@SenRonJohnson questioning ends with "I think you should be commended, not condemned for your work" 
"No intention to bring back any mail processors [that had been removed]. They are not needed" - Postmaster General Louis DeJoy
He has not spoken to the President about the Postal Service besides congratulating him on his appointment. 
Will not mandate that States must send out election mail at the more expensive First Class rates.
"I think the American public should be able to vote by mail and the Postal Service should be able to support it...so I think the answer is 'Yes' [I support it]" - Postmaster General Louis DeJoy
"We deliver to 160mm households with an on-time rate of 99.5%" - Postmaster Louis DeJoy
"We are considering dramatic changes to improve the service for the American people" - Postmaster Louis DeJoy
"My commitment to the American people is that we've stopped reducing postal hours, removing collection hours, shutting down machines." - Postmaster Louis DeJoy
"Two pieces of legislation we are held to are: Delivering to 161MM addresses 6-days a week, and we are committed to that, and that we will be self-sustained. We are not self-sustained. Over next 10 years will have a $245BN shortfall " - Postmaster General Louis DeJoy
"We have capacity for Christmas and Mother's Day (two biggest periods for first class mail). Besides the capacity, the extra activities the whole organization are going through, we are focused on execute and react to whatever conditions" - Postmaster General Louis DeJoy
"The American people should be comfortable that the Postal Service will deliver on this election" - Postmaster General Louis DeJoy
Postmaster General will commit to delivering 95% of election mail within 1-3 days (same as Postal Service did in 2018).
