CASTEN DELIVERS SPEECH CALLING FOR ACTION ON POSTAL DELAYS DEVASTATING ILLINOIS SENIORS, FAMILIES, AND SMALL BUSINESSES

Statement

Today, U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL-06) delivered remarks on the House floor on the ongoing postal delays impacting seniors, veterans, businesses and constituents in Illinois' 6th Congressional District.

Casten said, "Since the start of this year, 50% of all the phone calls are us has received are about disruptions in the Postal Service. These are from seniors whose essential medications and Social Security checks were over two weeks delayed: Folks with missing credit card statements, missing Medicare cards, past due, undelivered bills accruing interest that they can't pay because their paycheck hasn't come yet. Small business owners reliant on the mail who are completely unable to operate."

Casten continued, "This is no way to run a business and it's no way to treat the American people. The Postal Service needs leaders as committed to public service as the letter carriers and mail handlers who've doubled down -- in spite of this assault from their leadership in -- to deliver for Americans through rain, sleet and snow. It's time for the Senate to act to confirm President Biden's nominees and ensure Post Office as a fully staffed and fully functioning board."

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