Political Quotes

“Someone is lying. On one side, you have the White House and the Postmaster General. On the other side, you have the hardworking men and women of the U.S. Postal Service. The President and the Postmaster General say there is nothing to see here. Nothing to see. They tell us that their operational changes are meant to help the Postal Service. The Postal Service workers, whose job it is to deliver the mail day in and day out, are saying something different. They are telling us that they are falling behind on processing packages because of these operational changes. As a result, they are seeing bugs and rodents swimming around containers of rotten food and meat and animals. Now, my Republican colleagues say that this is a conspiracy theory. But I say to them: You can't smell a conspiracy theory. There are dying animals, rotten food, rotten meat, rats, flies. You can't see that in a conspiracy theory. I want them to open their eyes because their constituents, my constituents, are suffering because of this deliberate attempt to sabotage the U.S. Postal Service. Their constituents--seniors and veterans who depend on fast delivery of their medicines, the small businesses that depend on the U.S. Postal Service to stay afloat, and every American who wants to partake in our democracy safely during this pandemic. Mr. Speaker, I can tell you which side I believe: the employees of the U.S. Postal Service. It is with them in mind that I strongly support the passage of H.R.…”