{"id":36921,"date":"2024-12-07T11:27:41","date_gmt":"2024-12-07T16:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=36921"},"modified":"2024-12-07T11:27:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-07T16:27:41","slug":"youve-exhausted-my-patience-hawley-presses-usps-for-answers-behind-new-postal-plan-harms-to-rural-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2024\/12\/07\/youve-exhausted-my-patience-hawley-presses-usps-for-answers-behind-new-postal-plan-harms-to-rural-america\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018You\u2019ve Exhausted my Patience\u2019: Hawley Presses USPS for Answers Behind New Postal Plan &#038; Harms to Rural America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pHf-bWdxd5k?si=03Hl3BoB2yJu4M8G\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_post_title et_pb_post_title_0_tb_body et_pb_bg_layout_light  et_pb_text_align_left\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_title_container\">\n<p class=\"et_pb_title_meta_container\"><span class=\"published\">Thursday, December 05, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_post_content et_pb_post_content_0_tb_body\">\n<p>U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) today\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/outreach.senate.gov\/iqextranet\/iqClickTrk.aspx?&amp;cid=SenHawley&amp;crop=14382QQQ9402000QQQ8207198QQQ8019990&amp;report_id=&amp;redirect=https%3a%2f%2fyoutu.be%2fpHf-bWdxd5k&amp;redir_log=419695947383191\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pressed<\/a>\u00a0Louis DeJoy, United States Postal Service (USPS) CEO and Postmaster General, on his agency\u2019s Regional Transportation Optimization plan\u2014a new delivery strategy that would disproportionately affect rural post offices, including 754 of Missouri\u2019s 926 post offices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to work with everybody I can across this dais to protect delivery to rural America, and if I have to go down with the ship, I\u2019ll go down with the ship,\u201d\u00a0<strong>Senator Hawley stated.<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cBut, I\u2019m going to do everything I can to kill [the Regional Transportation Optimization plan].<\/p>\n<p>Senator Hawley went on to cite the Missouri Farm Bureau and rural electric cooperatives\u2019 opposition to the new USPS plan.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Hawley also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/outreach.senate.gov\/iqextranet\/iqClickTrk.aspx?&amp;cid=SenHawley&amp;crop=14382QQQ9402000QQQ8207198QQQ8019990&amp;report_id=&amp;redirect=https%3a%2f%2fwww.hawley.senate.gov%2fhawley-demands-answers-usps-mail-service-delays-kansas-city-across-missouri%2f%23%3a%7e%3atext%3dToday%2520U.S.%2520Senator%2520Josh%2520Hawley%2cCity%2520and%2520across%2520the%2520state.&amp;redir_log=601580297381246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pointed to<\/a>\u00a0postal delays across Kansas City and the USPS\u2019\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/outreach.senate.gov\/iqextranet\/iqClickTrk.aspx?&amp;cid=SenHawley&amp;crop=14382QQQ9402000QQQ8207198QQQ8019990&amp;report_id=&amp;redirect=https%3a%2f%2fwww.hawley.senate.gov%2fhawley-peters-urge-postal-service-reopen-post-office-destroyed-baring-mo-tornado-prioritize-rural%2f&amp;redir_log=467522910495904\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">failure<\/a>\u00a0to reopen the Baring, Mo., post office, telling DeJoy that his patience\u2014and that of all Missourians\u2019\u2014has been exhausted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I\u2019m successful, rural America will get its mail delivered on time, which it\u2019s currently not,\u201d\u00a0<strong>Senator Hawley explained.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got the Baring, Mo., post office, which has been completely decimated for two solid years, that has now been rebuilt by a private party that your agency still has not cleared and opened,\u201d\u00a0<strong>he continued.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Senator Hawley has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/outreach.senate.gov\/iqextranet\/iqClickTrk.aspx?&amp;cid=SenHawley&amp;crop=14382QQQ9402000QQQ8207198QQQ8019990&amp;report_id=&amp;redirect=https%3a%2f%2fwww.hawley.senate.gov%2fhawley-introduces-legislation-requiring-timely-reconstruction-damaged-rural-post-offices%2f&amp;redir_log=796721110957844\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">introduced<\/a>\u00a0the\u00a0<em>Rural Post Office Reconstruction Act<\/em>\u00a0to establish a clear timeframe for reopening rural post offices that experience closure due to natural disaster damage or other unforeseen circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>His introduction of the legislation came after an\u00a0EF-2 tornado destroyed\u00a0the Baring, Mo., post office, in addition to damaging nearby homes and businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Watched the full exchange\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/outreach.senate.gov\/iqextranet\/iqClickTrk.aspx?&amp;cid=SenHawley&amp;crop=14382QQQ9402000QQQ8207198QQQ8019990&amp;report_id=&amp;redirect=https%3a%2f%2fyoutu.be%2fpHf-bWdxd5k&amp;redir_log=419695947383191\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>, or click on the image above.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Senator-Josh-Hawley.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-32746 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Senator-Josh-Hawley-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Senator-Josh-Hawley-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Senator-Josh-Hawley-123x70.jpg 123w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Senator-Josh-Hawley.jpg 495w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, December 05, 2024 U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) today\u00a0pressed\u00a0Louis DeJoy, United States Postal Service (USPS) CEO and Postmaster General, on his agency\u2019s Regional Transportation Optimization plan\u2014a new delivery strategy that would disproportionately affect rural post offices, including 754 of Missouri\u2019s 926 post offices. \u201cI\u2019m going to work with everybody I can across this dais 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