U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) continued to push USPS Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Thursday, Dec. 5, for solutions to ongoing mail delays in Georgia.
Ossoff has pressured DeJoy and USPS to resolve mail delays in Georgia for the last year.
During a U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing, DeJoy was under oath as Ossoff pressed him on the issue again.
“It’s about whether or not seniors in Georgia are receiving prescriptions. It’s the stacks of boxes of mail from courts that never arrived, that went to their destination. It’s the small businesses who are not able to get products to market,” Ossoff told the postmaster Thursday.
In November, DeJoy and the USPS released “updated targets” for on-time delivery in fiscal year 2025, which included a “downgraded target” for on-time delivery in Georgia and nationwide, according to officials.
During the hearing, Ossoff requested that DeJoy confirm he “lowered (his) targets for next year to meet those targets,” and DeJoy said he had.
In September, Ossoff introduced the Postmaster General Reform Act of 2024. The act aimed to make the position of Postmaster General subject to presidential appointment with confirmation required by the U.S. Senate.
