WASHINGTON D.C. (KOLO) – U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen are joining a bipartisan push urging USPS to pause all proposed changes to its processing facilities, including the one in Reno.
They joined 26 other Senators in urging Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and the Board of Governors to pause all planned changes to their network and processing facilities nationwide.
Their letter asks them to study the potential impacts of these changes by requesting a comprehensive advisory opinion from the Postal Regulatory Commission. This comes just two weeks after USPS announced it would move forward with a plan to consolidate and relocate outgoing mail processing operations from Reno to Sacramento.
“USPS is moving forward swiftly with plans to consolidate and alter its facilities across the country, making irrevocable changes to its processing and delivery network which links all communities,” wrote the senators. “We are concerned about the impacts these changes have had so far, and the potential impacts that further changes could have.”
“In regions where USPS has implemented significant changes, on-time mail delivery has declined. In addition, it is not clear these changes will improve efficiency or costs,” they continued. “We call on USPS to pause all changes, pending a full study of this plan by its regulator.”
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