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US Postal Service Head to Testify Before Senate Panel Amid Criticism

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   The head of the U.S. Postal Service will testify Friday before the
   Republican-led Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs
   Committee, a panel spokesman confirmed Tuesday. Postmaster General
   Louis DeJoy faces bipartisan criticism asserting he has made changes
   that have slowed mail deliveries just months before the Nov. 3
   presidential election.
   The postmaster general, who took control of the agency in June,
   previously agreed to testify next Monday before the Democrat-led House
   Oversight Committee.
   DeJoy's pending testimony comes as millions of Americans fearful of
   voting at polling places due to the coronavirus pandemic prepare to
   vote by mail in the November 3 election, raising concerns the Postal
   Service is not able to handle in a timely manner an anticipated
   record-setting surge in mail-in ballots.
   The Senate panel said the hearing will scrutinize the "finances and
   operations of the United States Postal Service during COVID-19 and
   upcoming elections." COVID-19 is the illness caused by the coronavirus.
   One day before DeJoy's appearance before the Senate committee,
   Democrats in the House of Representatives plan to vote to limit changes
   they contend would inhibit the processing of mailed-in ballots and
   provide an additional $25 billion in funding for the agency.
   House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called the Democratic-controlled House back
   into session Sunday from its summer recess to vote on the Postal
   Service funding and reverse DeJoy-instituted changes they claim would
   possibly keep mailed-in ballots from arriving at election offices
   throughout the country in time to be counted in the election.

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