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US Postmaster Dejoy Appears Before House Committee

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   U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy returns the Capitol Hill Monday,
   this time to face the Democratic-controlled House Oversight Committee,
   to defendpostal servicepolicies under his watch that Democrats claim
   are designed to slow mail deliver andhamper voting by mail.

   DeJoy appeared before the Republican-ledSenate Homeland Security and
   Governmental Affairs Committee,Fridaywhere he explained his policies
   were designed simply to make postal service more efficient and
   cost-effective.He also promised toensure all mailed-in ballotsfor the
   November electionwould be handled safely and on time, though he offered
   no details as how he would do that.

   DeJoy, adonor to U.S. President Donald Trump's presidentialcampaign,
   promptedan outcry from Democrats when, shortly after his assumed his
   post early this summer, began cutting overtime pay, limitingextra trips
   by mail carriers, and removing sorting machines from post offices.
   Thosepolicieshave led to delays in mail delivery, including medicine,
   pension checks and bills.

   Over the weekend, led by Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the
   House passed abill that would block DeJoyfrom continuingwith his
   changesto Postal Service operations, along with adding$25 billion
   inpostal service funding. The measure was viewed aslargelysymbolicas
   the Republican-led Senate is unlikely to consider it.

   The chairman of the Postal Service's board of governors, Robert M.
   Duncan, another Trump appointee, will also be testifying before
   Monday's hearing--the first public remarks he has given on the state of
   the embattled agency.

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