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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. RES. 70 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should |
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| 6 | 6 | | take all appropriate measures to ensure that the United States Postal |
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| 7 | 7 | | Service remains an independent establishment of the Federal Government |
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| 8 | 8 | | and is not subject to privatization. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | JANUARY28, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. L |
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| 12 | 12 | | YNCH(for himself, Mr. LALOTA, Mr. GARBARINO, and Mr. CONNOLLY) |
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| 13 | 13 | | submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee |
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| 14 | 14 | | on Oversight and Government Reform |
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| 15 | 15 | | RESOLUTION |
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| 16 | 16 | | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that |
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| 17 | 17 | | Congress should take all appropriate measures to ensure |
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| 18 | 18 | | that the United States Postal Service remains an inde- |
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| 19 | 19 | | pendent establishment of the Federal Government and |
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| 20 | 20 | | is not subject to privatization. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Whereas the United States Postal Service is a constitu- |
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| 22 | 22 | | tionally mandated service per article I, section 8, clause |
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| 23 | 23 | | 7 of the Constitution; |
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| 24 | 24 | | Whereas the United States Postal Service is a self-sustaining, |
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| 25 | 25 | | independent establishment that does not receive taxpayer |
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| 26 | 26 | | funding and relies solely on revenue derived from the sale |
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| 27 | 27 | | of postal services and products; |
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| 30 | 30 | | •HRES 70 IH |
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| 31 | 31 | | Whereas the United States Postal Service and its more than |
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| 32 | 32 | | 630,000 employees are at the center of the |
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| 33 | 33 | | $1,900,000,000,000 mailing industry, employing more |
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| 34 | 34 | | than 7,900,000 Americans; |
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| 35 | 35 | | Whereas the United States Postal Service serves the needs of |
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| 36 | 36 | | customers at more than 168,000,000 business and resi- |
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| 37 | 37 | | dential addresses every day, maintains an affordable and |
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| 38 | 38 | | universal network, and connects the country’s rural, sub- |
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| 39 | 39 | | urban, and urban communities; |
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| 40 | 40 | | Whereas the United States Postal Service is consistently the |
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| 41 | 41 | | highest rated agency of the Federal Government in non- |
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| 42 | 42 | | partisan opinion polls; |
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| 43 | 43 | | Whereas the United States Postal Service employs nearly |
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| 44 | 44 | | 73,000 military veterans and is one of the largest em- |
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| 45 | 45 | | ployers of veterans in the Nation; |
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| 46 | 46 | | Whereas postal employees are dedicated public servants who |
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| 47 | 47 | | do more than process and deliver the Nation’s mail, they |
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| 48 | 48 | | serve as the eyes and ears of the Nation’s communities |
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| 49 | 49 | | and often respond first in situations involving health, |
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| 50 | 50 | | safety, and crime in their communities; |
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| 51 | 51 | | Whereas privatization of the United States Postal Service |
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| 52 | 52 | | would result in higher prices and reduced services for its |
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| 53 | 53 | | customers, especially in rural communities; and |
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| 54 | 54 | | Whereas privatization of the United States Postal Service |
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| 55 | 55 | | would jeopardize the booming e-commerce sector and |
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| 56 | 56 | | cripple a major part of the Nation’s critical infrastruc- |
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| 57 | 57 | | ture: Now, therefore, be it |
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| 58 | 58 | | Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | resentatives that Congress should take all appropriate 2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | measures to ensure that the United States Postal Service 3 |
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| 63 | 63 | | •HRES 70 IH |
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| 64 | 64 | | remains an independent establishment of the Federal Gov-1 |
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| 65 | 65 | | ernment and not subject to privatization. 2 |
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