Please Support H. Res. 137
The elimination of Saturday delivery will make the USPS less valuable to business and accelerate electronic substitutions
The proposed reduction in delivery services would be the most radical change to postal operations in the 230-plus year history of the U.S. Mail. Six-day delivery makes the Postal Service unique. One of the defining characteristics of the U.S. Postal Service is its policy of nationwide, uniform pricing with six-day delivery. Competitors either don?t deliver or charge high premiums for Saturday delivery, while the USPS provides affordable universal service as mandated by the U.S. Constitution. American businesses value six-day delivery. Business in the United States is conducted six days?and, in many sectors, seven days?per week. Small and large businesses alike, from individual entrepreneurs to large-scale financial firms, rely on the delivery of the mail six days per week to operate successfully. Saturday delivery is especially important to growing companies like eBay, Netflix and CVS/Caremark, and has long been vital for delivery of news magazines. The elimination of Saturday delivery will make the USPS less valuable to business and accelerate electronic substitutions.
American citizens value Saturday delivery, too. Billions of prescriptions are delivered through the mail each year, and a two-day delay in their delivery would seriously inconvenience senior citizens and others. Delayed delivery of payments, subscriptions and food products would adversely affect millions of households. Rural communities would be disproportionately affected. Americans living in rural areas where the Postal Service?s competitors do not deliver or where broadband connectivity is not available rely especially on six-day USPS delivery and would be adversely affected by any service cuts. Farmers rely on the delivery of seeds and other products through the mail and citizens who live far from retail outlets need the USPS for mail-order delivery.
Congress needs to address immediately the CSRS pension overpayment and the onerous pre-funding requirement to ensure a viable future for the U.S. Postal Service. Eliminating Saturday delivery is not the answer. Please support H.Res. 137, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuation of its six-day mail delivery service.
American citizens value Saturday delivery, too. Billions of prescriptions are delivered through the mail each year, and a two-day delay in their delivery would seriously inconvenience senior citizens and others. Delayed delivery of payments, subscriptions and food products would adversely affect millions of households. Rural communities would be disproportionately affected. Americans living in rural areas where the Postal Service?s competitors do not deliver or where broadband connectivity is not available rely especially on six-day USPS delivery and would be adversely affected by any service cuts. Farmers rely on the delivery of seeds and other products through the mail and citizens who live far from retail outlets need the USPS for mail-order delivery.
Congress needs to address immediately the CSRS pension overpayment and the onerous pre-funding requirement to ensure a viable future for the U.S. Postal Service. Eliminating Saturday delivery is not the answer. Please support H.Res. 137, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuation of its six-day mail delivery service.
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