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Bergman against saving USPS

EDITOR:

Rep. Jack Bergman voted against the “Delivering for America Act,” The bill passed the U.S. House, Aug. 22, 2020. It prohibited the U.S. Postal Service from making changes to operations or levels of service from those that were in effect on Jan. 1, 2020. In short during the COVID-19 emergency, the Post Office is prohibited from: changes in the nature of the service that would have a effect service on a nationwide basis; revisions of service standards; closures or consolidations of post offices or reduction of facility hours; prohibitions of overtime pay; changes that would prevent USPS from meeting service standards; and changes that would have the effect of delaying mail, allowing non-delivery to a delivery route, or increasing the volume of undelivered mail. (Source: Congressional Research Service).

In Roll Call 182, held Saturday, HR 8015 passed the US House of Representatives 257 to 150 with 24 not voting. (Source: GovTrack). Jack Bergman didn’t have the courage to join the 26 Republicans who placed loyalty to our country over loyalty to the party. The 24 who didn’t vote were Republicans; he could have joined them, but he didn’t. He marched lock step with 149 Republicans and 1 independent to say it’s OK for Postmaster General DeJoy (a mega-donor to Trump) to sabotage the USPS. He’s okay with delayed mail; delayed medications; dismantling mail sorting machines; removal of mail boxes; and potential for dangerous and disenfranchising delays in mail in ballots.

So now you know, Congressman Jack Bergman voted against saving our Post Office.

Mark Miller

Kingsford

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