Postmaster General to Congress: Be Flexible

In February of this year, the Postal Service announced that it would introduce a new national delivery schedule designed reduce our costs by approximately $2 billion dollars annually. We did so after receiving the advice of our legal counsel.

We did so because the continuing resolution in existence at that time did not prevent us from taking this fiscally responsible action. That law was set to expire on March 27, and we urged Congress not to act to block our new delivery schedule when it enacted the next continuing resolution to fund the government for the rest the fiscal year.