Huffman: "Cutting Saturday Deliveries Is Draconian"

WASHINGTON----Congressman Jared Huffman issued this statement in response to the US Postal Service’s announcement that Saturday deliveries would be terminated effective August, 2013, in a cost-cutting effort:

“Reforming the USPS to be more competitive and efficient in the 21st century is critical, but the move to end Saturday mail delivery is draconian, and will cause long-lasting harm to small businesses, rural communities, and our seniors.  Congress can start the modernization process by eliminating the USPS’s requirement to prepay retiree health benefits—a burden placed on no other federal agency.”

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