House Ends Recess Early to Address Postal Service Situation
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is bringing the House back from August recess to vote on emergency postal legislation after concerns that new policies imposed by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) could cause severe mail delays across the country. She said in a statement, "The postmaster general and top Postal Service leaders must answer to the Congress and the American people as to why they are pushing these dangerous new policies that threaten to silence the voices of millions, just months before the election."
Lawmakers Introduce Financial Relief Package for U.S. Postal Service
A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced the Postal Service Emergency Assistance Act to provide USPS with up to $25 billion to cover revenue lost and operational expenses arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. The legislation has earned the support of postal unions, who have long expressed a need to fund the Postal Service during the pandemic.
Postal Service to Test Daily Temperature Check Proof of Concept in Select Cities
The Postal Service is testing a daily temperature check “proof of concept” in Northern Virginia and Oklahoma City for employees reporting to work and returning from quarantine. The Postal Service has seen the impact of the pandemic as more than 5,000 postal employees are currently under quarantine and some 12,000 have returned to work following a quarantine.