August 22, 2020 - Issue: Vol. 166, No. 149 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 2nd Session

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              PROTECTING THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE

  (Mr. HIGGINS of New York asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. HIGGINS of New York. Madam Speaker, for 228 years the United 
States Postal Service has delivered for the American people. It is an 
institution built on trust, trust that the United States military 
veterans will receive their prescriptions each and every month, trust 
that Social Security recipients will receive their checks each and 
every month, and trust that small businesses can manage and grow with 
the assistance of the United States Postal Service.
  Today, the trust and confidence of the United States Postal Service 
is under attack by the very administration and Postmaster General who 
should be protecting the time-honored tradition of that institution.
  Yesterday we stood outside the mail processing facility in Buffalo 
where five sorting machines were removed without explanation.
  This House will approve today the Delivering for America Act, an act 
to protect the United States Postal Service from the destructive acts 
of the President and his postmaster disaster.

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