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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. RES. 147
Expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress should take all appropriate
measures to ensure that the United States Postal Service remains an
independent establishment of the Federal Government and is not subject
to privatization.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH27, 2025
Mr. P
ETERS(for himself, Mr. SULLIVAN, Ms. COLLINS, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Ms.
H
ASSAN, and Mr. TILLIS) submitted the following resolution; which was
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs
RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress should
take all appropriate measures to ensure that the United
States Postal Service remains an independent establish-
ment of the Federal Government and is not subject to
privatization.
Whereas the United States Postal Service is a constitu-
tionally mandated service per article I, section 8, clause
7 of the Constitution of the United States;
Whereas the United States Postal Service is a self-sustaining,
independent establishment that does not receive taxpayer
funding and relies solely on revenue derived from the sale
of postal services and products;
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Whereas the United States Postal Service and its more than
630,000 employees are at the center of the
$1,900,000,000,000 mailing industry, which employs
more than 7,900,000 Americans;
Whereas the United States Postal Service serves the needs of
customers at more than 168,000,000 business and resi-
dential addresses every day, maintains an affordable and
universal network, and connects the rural, suburban, and
urban communities of the United States;
Whereas the United States Postal Service is consistently the
highest rated agency of the Federal Government in non-
partisan opinion polls;
Whereas the United States Postal Service employs nearly
73,000 military veterans and is one of the largest em-
ployers of veterans in the United States;
Whereas postal employees are dedicated public servants who
do more than process and deliver the mail, including
serving as the eyes and ears of their communities and
often responding first in situations involving health, safe-
ty, and crime in their communities;
Whereas privatization of the United States Postal Service
would result in higher prices and reduced services for its
customers, especially in rural communities; and
Whereas privatization of the United States Postal Service
would jeopardize the booming e-commerce sector and
cripple a major part of the critical infrastructure of the
United States: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that Con-1
gress should take all appropriate measures to ensure that 2
the United States Postal Service remains an independent 3
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