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Letter to the Honorable Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader, and the Hon. Chuck Schumer, Minority Leader - Sarbanes Joins Bipartisan Call for Emergency USPS Funding

Letter

By: John Sarbanes, Terri Sewell, Jared Huffman, Josh Harder, Ro Khanna, Julia Brownley, Lucille Roybal-Allard, Katie Porter, Mike Levin, Diana DeGette, Rosa DeLauro, Darren Soto, Ed Case, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Lauren Underwood, Cedric Richmond, Stephen Lynch, Jamie Raskin, Debbie Dingell, Betty McCollum, Alma Adams, Bill Pascrell, Jr., Deb Haaland, Thomas Suozzi, Yvette Clarke, Eliot Engel, Marcia Fudge, Peter DeFazio, Mary Scanlon, Mike Doyle, Jr., Joaquin Castro, Bobby Scott, Peter Welch, Adam Smith, Gwen Moore, Ann Kirkpatrick, Doris Matsui, Jackie Speier, Jimmy Panetta, Ted Lieu, Maxine Waters, Alan Lowenthal, Scott Peters, Ed Perlmutter, Eleanor Norton, Alcee Hastings, Sr., Chuy Garcia, Brad Schneider, André Carson, Jim McGovern, Anthony Brown, Dan Kildee, Brenda Lawrence, Kilili Sablan, Joshua Gottheimer, Mikie Sherrill, Steven Horsford, Nydia Velázquez, Adriano Espaillat, John Katko, Anthony Gonzalez, Brendan Boyle, Susan Wild, Lizzie Fletcher, Eddie Johnson, Abigail Spanberger, Derek Kilmer, Mark Pocan, Tom O'Halleran, John Garamendi, Barbara Lee, Zoe Lofgren, Judy Chu, Mark Takano, Lou Correa, Juan Vargas, Joe Neguse, Jahana Hayes, Kathy Castor, Abby Finkenauer, Jan Schakowsky, Cheri Bustos, Clay Higgins, Bill Keating, Jared Golden, Rashida Tlaib, Emanuel Cleaver II, Chris Pappas, Don Payne, Jr., Xochitl Torres Small, Gregory Meeks, Carolyn Maloney, Anthony Brindisi, Tim Ryan, Brian Fitzpatrick, Chrissy Houlahan, David Cicilline, Sylvia Garcia, Donald McEachin, Suzan DelBene, Denny Heck, Raul Grijalva, Jerry McNerney, Jim Costa, T.J. Cox, Norma Torres, Nanette Barragán, Harley Rouda, Susan Davis, Joe Courtney, Lisa Blunt Rochester, Sanford Bishop, Jr., Danny Davis, Bill Foster, John Yarmuth, Lori Trahan, David Trone, Andy Levin, Angie Craig, Bennie Thompson, Albio Sires, Bonnie Watson Coleman, Pete King, Hakeem Jeffries, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Joe Morelle, Earl Blumenauer, Dwight Evans, Conor Lamb, Veronica Escobar, Colin Allred, Gerry Connolly, Pramila Jayapal, Ron Kind
Date: June 10, 2020
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Infrastructure Health and Health Care

Dear Leader McConnell and Leader Schumer,
Thank you for working with the House of Representative to address the novel coronavirus
(COVID-19) crisis. While our work on the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and the
CARES Act is providing relief to many working families and businesses, those legislative
packages did not adequately address the financial hardship this crisis has caused for the United
States Postal Service (USPS).
As COVID-19 relief discussions continue with the House of Representatives and the White
House, we urge you to provide $25 billion in emergency grants to the USPS to offset COVID-19
revenue losses and allow improved access to borrowing authority from the Department of the
Treasury. Support for the USPS is urgent and bipartisan. This request is consistent with the
funding needs expressed by the bipartisan USPS Board of Governors.
According to the Postmaster General, the USPS is now expecting $22 billion in revenue losses
over the next 18 months and could be forced to cease operations.1
This result would be
devastating to all Americans who depend on the USPS to deliver everything from lifesaving
medications, to stimulus checks, to the essential goods and services on which our small
businesses rely. The Constitution empowers the federal government to provide a working postal
system, and as Members of Congress, we take that responsibility seriously.
The USPS represents what is best about America. It is one of the largest employers of veterans,
boasts a diverse workforce, and handles 48 percent of the world's mail.2
If Congress is unable to
preserve this critical institution, it will severely impact our way of life, including putting the
health and safety of older Americans at risk and disenfranchising millions of voters who are
unable to vote in person.
We look forward to working with you in a bipartisan manner to deliver relief to the USPS as
soon as possible.


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