{"id":23532,"date":"2024-06-11T11:40:46","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T15:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&p=23532"},"modified":"2024-06-11T11:40:47","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T15:40:47","slug":"as-dejoy-deadline-approaches-sen-ossoff-requests-update-about-on-time-delivery-for-georgia-families-businesses","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/as-dejoy-deadline-approaches-sen-ossoff-requests-update-about-on-time-delivery-for-georgia-families-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"As DeJoy Deadline Approaches, Sen. Ossoff Requests Update About On-Time Delivery for Georgia Families & Businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington, D.C.<\/strong> \u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is continuing to apply \u201cmaximum pressure\u201d on U.S. Postal Service management to resolve mail delays impacting Georgia families and businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, Sen. Ossoff requested another update from USPS Postmaster General Louis DeJoy by Monday as his self-imposed 60-day deadline to restore normal service approaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On April 16, Sen. Ossoff questioned Postmaster General DeJoy<\/a> under oath during a U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing about the delays. During the hearing, in response to Sen. Ossoff\u2019s question about when the delays will be fixed, DeJoy testified that \u201cI think we\u2019ll get to where we need to be in about 60 days.\u201d (<\/strong>watch questioning here<\/strong><\/a>)<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, as that 60-day mark approaches this weekend, Sen. Ossoff is again requesting from DeJoy an update about on-time delivery statistics and whether or not he will meet the 60-day deadline to restore normal service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI want to reiterate that it is urgent that the performance of USPS delivery in Georgia improve immediately. Georgians are tired of waiting. They deserve better,\u201d Sen. Ossoff wrote to DeJoy.<\/strong> \u201cAnd as I have repeatedly said, postal workers working diligently every day to deliver the mail on time deserve the infrastructure and management competence to enable them to do so. As the chief executive officer of USPS, it is incumbent on you to provide that leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff has remained focused on helping solve mail delays plaguing Georgia families and businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff first launched an inquiry<\/a> with DeJoy in March to provide detailed answers and explanation amid growing reports<\/a> of missing and delayed mail processed through the Atlanta Regional Processing and Distribution Center \u2014 impacting families\u2019 ability to get life-saving medicine and vital mail services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, in April, Sen. Ossoff pressed DeJoy<\/a> \u2014 under oath \u2014 for specific answers and solutions to the months-long delays Georgia families and businesses continue to face getting mail and packages on-time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last month, Sen. Ossoff launched a new inquiry<\/a> requesting an update from DeJoy on the current on-time delivery statistics in Georgia as families and businesses continue to face lengthy delays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, two weeks ago, Sen. Ossoff personally inspected<\/a> the Regional Processing & Distribution Facility in Palmetto where he sat down with local USPS leaders to gain additional information about the causes of delays. Following the inspection, Sen. Ossoff reiterated he will remain focused on applying \u201cmaximum pressure\u201d to solve delays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat became even clearer is that this transition was not well thought through, not well planned, and not competently executed. This is not on postal workers; postal workers have tough jobs. This is a question of management \u2014 competent management,\u201d Sen. Ossoff said on May 30 following his visit.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here<\/a> to read Sen. Ossoff\u2019s new inquiry to Postmaster General DeJoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Washington, D.C. \u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is continuing to apply \u201cmaximum pressure\u201d on U.S. Postal Service management to resolve mail delays impacting Georgia families and businesses. Today, Sen. Ossoff requested another update from USPS Postmaster General Louis DeJoy by Monday as his self-imposed 60-day deadline to restore normal service approaches. On April 16, Sen. Ossoff questioned […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23532","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/23532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/23532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23534,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/23532\/revisions\/23534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}