April 25, 2012 WASHINGTON—Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., made the following statement upon the passage of the Senate attempt at postal reform, S. 1789:
“Instead of finding savings to help the Postal Service survive, the Senate postal bill has devolved into a special interest spending binge that would actually make things worse,” said Issa. “Simultaneously harming taxpayers and the Postal Service’s shrinking customer base, the Senate bill includes a $33 billion dollar taxpayer funded bailout while increasing USPS debt by nearly $1 billion dollars.”
Issa continued: “While the Postal Service is actually trying to shutter some facilities it does not need, the Senate bill forces the Postal Service to keep over one hundred excess postal facilities open at a cost of $900 million per year. Worst of all, the Senate bill does not stop the financial collapse of USPS, but only delays it for two years, at best, when reforms will only be more painful. The Senate’s approach is wholly unacceptable.”
The House Oversight Committee has advanced legislation that would resolve the Postal Service’s financial crisis. H.R. 2309, the Issa-Ross Postal Reform Act, would give the Postal Service the freedom to realign its network with America’s changing use of mail and mandate that USPS cut costs instead of dodging obligations to employees, retirees, or taxpayers. The House legislation directs USPS to consolidate excess facilities through a GAO-recommended process similar to the military base closure commission. Click here for more information on the Postal Reform Act.
APWU in (blank) NY, has been skimmed by the current Treasurer and Union president, this Union corruption and abuse by Union Officers towards their own members, goes on across the country ,and together with the mismanagement of the USPS , is truly the reason for the demise of the USPS, to some extent we need universal delivery, otherwise ,Privatize , and the Union corruption and mismanagement will not be mourned by those who bore the brunt of those evils.
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Funny, in 2006 George W. Bush, Republicans and Democrats all agreed the Post Office over funded $72 billion in the Civil Service Retirement Fund. Now D. Issa, who was a congressman in 2006, says it never existed. It’s a sure bet, like the Social Security trust fund, it’s been raided.
From the information that I heard from carriers from California; Issa couldn’t make enough money by stealing cars and pinning the rap on his brother so I guess he is in Washington robbing the people blind. There is one thing these idiot Republicans have proved to me and that is this: I will not ever vote for one of these clowns”. They are more dangerous than a monkey with a loaded pistol.
King Issa has a whopping 2 sponsors for his pathetic bill and has the PMG in his hip pocket. However, since the American people own the USPS, let them decide which is more important: Getting their mail delivered or overpaying a bunch of political prostitutes to sell their vote to the highest bidder.
Postal Workers need to unite in Issa’s district (Riverside, CA) and boot him out!
Here we go Mr. Issa is worth 448.1 million dollars. Now come on a guy with that much money, making decisions for us poor people? Now I understand why he is so quick to cut and chop every program there is, more money for him huh?
What is with this Issa guy, boy he wants to really give the screws to the working class. Rumor has it that this guy is one of the richest guys in the House. What doe’s he have against working people? If you people in Cali put this guy back in office we might as well cut our own throats. Please be mindful this guy is truly the enemy.