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

[Pages H4255-H4256]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  KEEPING U.S. POSTAL SERVICE RUNNING

  (Ms. GARCIA of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. GARCIA of Texas. Madam Speaker, I stand here today because the

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United States Postal Service is under attack by the current 
administration.
  This is an assault on our democracy and our economy, and it is 
hurting Americans across the country. It is hurting the veteran in my 
district from Pasadena, Texas, who receives his medications from the VA 
through the mail and who is now worried about what will happen to him 
if his medications get delayed.
  It is hurting my neighbor from Lindale Park who cares for her elderly 
mother and didn't receive her Social Security check in the mail on 
time, further stressing her financial situation and leaving her unable 
to pay her mother's utilities.
  And it is hurting the small businesses in my neighborhood in the 
Houston region, already crippled by this pandemic, that depend on the 
Postal Service to mail out payments and products.
  Madam Speaker, we cannot stand by as people are hurting. The Postal 
Service delivers money, medicines, merchandise, and, yes, mail-in 
ballots.
  Madam Speaker, we must keep the Postal Service running. People are 
hurting.

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