Grassley Says Final Letter from Postal Service is a "Big Relief"

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Grassley Says Final Letter from Postal Service is a "Big Relief"

Senator Chuck Grassley today said that a final, formal letter from the U.S. Postal Service means the threat to move a mail processing center out of Sioux City is gone for the foreseeable future.

"This decision was a long time coming and the citizens of Sioux City can finally breathe a sigh of relief," Grassley said. "The Sioux City community consistently made a strong case that the proposal to consolidate mail processing work in Sioux Falls was not properly justified. All of us in the congressional delegation were united in our efforts to make sure that message got through, too. It looks like the message has finally sunk in with the Postal Service, and this period of uncertainty for the residents and businesses in the Siouxland area has now come to an end."

Grassley has worked during the last two years with Representative Steve King and Senator Tom Harkin to demonstrate the faulty premise of the Postal Service's proposed consolidation. Together, they wrote letters and held meetings seeking a fair process in any decision made to move jobs out of Sioux City. The members of Congress also commissioned an independent assessment by the Government Accountability Office of the mail processing realignment efforts. The study found several areas that need improvement in the Postal Service's process in determining its realignment initiatives nationwide.

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