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

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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               DEGRADING THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE

  (Mr. CICILLINE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. CICILLINE. Madam Speaker, I thank the extraordinary men and women 
who serve us in the United States Postal Service.
  I rise today to highlight President Trump's shameless attempts to 
degrade the United States Postal Service, a revered American 
institution. These actions not only undermine our elections, they are 
gambling with people's lives.
  These past several weeks I have received thousands of emails, calls, 
and letters from constituents pleading that these changes be reversed. 
Just this week I heard from a constituent with diabetes who feared her 
family was at risk of losing their insurance after learning her payment 
had arrived 1 month late after it was mailed. Her story is, sadly one 
of many being heard across the Nation.
  COVID-19 has already brought on significant financial trouble for so 
many families. To further hurt working families now facing late fees on 
rent or car payments through no fault of their own is unconscionable.
  House Democrats have promised to get government working for the 
people, and today's bill is another example of that commitment.
  Everybody loves the Post Office. It has been with us since the 
founding of our country, knitting together communities, and this 
attempt to undermine and degrade services is not only undermining 
services to our constituents, it is threatening our democracy.

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