Over the weekend, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, released new internal Postal Service documents warning Postmaster General Louis DeJoy about steep declines and increasing delays nationwide over the last two months as a result of his drastic operational and organizational changes.
According to Maloney, the Postmaster General only acknowledged a ‘dip’ in service after he was confronted with the new reports, and has never publicly disclosed the full extent of the alarming nationwide delays caused by his actions and described in these new documents. “To those who still claim there are ‘no delays’ and that these reports are just ‘conspiracy theories,’ I hope this new data causes them to re-think their position and support our urgent legislation today. We have all seen the headlines from every corner of our country, we have read the stories and seen pictures, we have heard directly from our constituents, and these new documents show that the delays are far worse than we were told," Maloney said in a press release.
The new documents show there has been a significant drop in service standards across the board since the beginning of July — including in First-Class, Marketing, Periodicals, and Priority Mail. Senator Elizabeth Warren accused DeJoy of perjury, saying on social media, "Louis DeJoy flat-out lied to the Senate today about the changes he’s implemented at the USPS, refused to cooperate with requests for documents, and rejected the idea of fixing his damage. Enough is enough: the Board of Governors must remove DeJoy & reverse his acts of sabotage."
There are also accusations of perjury regarding DeJoy's testimony on overtime. “Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said today during his testimony that he has not cut postal workers’ overtime,” according to an MSNBC report. “But an internal USPS document show how policy changes prohibit ‘extra’ or ‘late’ trips and mandating that carriers ‘return on time.'”
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