[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 147 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 147

   Expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress should take all 
 appropriate measures to ensure that the United States Postal Service 
 remains an independent establishment of the Federal Government and is 
                     not subject to privatization.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 27, 2025

Mr. Peters (for himself, Mr. Sullivan, Ms. Collins, Ms. Murkowski, Ms. 
 Hassan, and Mr. Tillis) submitted the following resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress should take all 
 appropriate measures to ensure that the United States Postal Service 
 remains an independent establishment of the Federal Government and is 
                     not subject to privatization.

Whereas the United States Postal Service is a constitutionally mandated service 
        per article I, section 8, clause 7 of the Constitution of the United 
        States;
Whereas the United States Postal Service is a self-sustaining, independent 
        establishment that does not receive taxpayer funding and relies solely 
        on revenue derived from the sale of postal services and products;
Whereas the United States Postal Service and its more than 630,000 employees are 
        at the center of the $1,900,000,000,000 mailing industry, which employs 
        more than 7,900,000 Americans;
Whereas the United States Postal Service serves the needs of customers at more 
        than 168,000,000 business and residential addresses every day, maintains 
        an affordable and universal network, and connects the rural, suburban, 
        and urban communities of the United States;
Whereas the United States Postal Service is consistently the highest rated 
        agency of the Federal Government in nonpartisan opinion polls;
Whereas the United States Postal Service employs nearly 73,000 military veterans 
        and is one of the largest employers of veterans in the United States;
Whereas postal employees are dedicated public servants who do more than process 
        and deliver the mail, including serving as the eyes and ears of their 
        communities and often responding first in situations involving health, 
        safety, and crime in their communities;
Whereas privatization of the United States Postal Service would result in higher 
        prices and reduced services for its customers, especially in rural 
        communities; and
Whereas privatization of the United States Postal Service would jeopardize the 
        booming e-commerce sector and cripple a major part of the critical 
        infrastructure of the United States: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that Congress should 
take all appropriate measures to ensure that the United States Postal 
Service remains an independent establishment of the Federal Government 
and not subject to privatization.
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