Durbin Legislation Will Keep Mail Processing Facility In Quincy

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Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government (FSGG), announced committee approval of a provision to halt the U.S. Postal Service's move to consolidate operations and close the mail processing and distribution center in Quincy, Illinois. The provision was included in the 2010 FSGG Appropriations bill passed by the full Senate Appropriations Committee late yesterday.

"Towns across Illinois and across the nation can ill-afford to lose good paying jobs during the current economic downtown and Quincy is no exception," said Durbin. "That is why I authored a provision in today's appropriations bill that would prevent the closing of the Postal Service's Quincy facility and the loss of nearly seventy jobs. I look forward to working with the Postal Service to find a suitable, cost-saving alternative."

On June 4, Durbin sent a letter to the Postmaster General, John E. Potter, requesting more information into the actions the Postal Service has taken in regards to their Quincy facility and the plans for community input. The Postal Service has undertaken a study on the feasibility of consolidating some mail operations and moving the U.S. Postal Service's Processing and Distribution Annex in Quincy. Closing the facility would result in the loss of jobs and could have a damaging impact on the community by possibly causing delays in the delivery of some important mail, such as pharmacy prescriptions, bank correspondence and business mailings.

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