On the recordAugust 22, 2020
I ran to the floor when I heard that our Members on the Republican side of the aisle are trying to use as an excuse we have not had a hearing. Oh, yes. You have had a hearing. You have had a hearing from the American people who are shocked that the President and DeJoy are out there dismantling and destroying our Postal Service. For 3 years I warned the American people and my colleagues that this President was a threat to our democracy. Yet, here we are today voting on a measure to save the Postal Service because it is being sabotaged by a desperate President in order to cheat in the 2020 elections. Since our country's founding, the people have relied on the Postal Service for everything from delivery of letters to our seniors wanting their medicines delivered on time. Veterans want their disability checks on time. Social Security recipients want and need their money. So I want to say to the Members on the opposite side of the aisle: You had better get some courage. If you are afraid of the President, you had better step up to the plate on this. We will not allow the United States Postal Service to be destroyed by you. And another message to the President: Stop removing our blue mailboxes from our neighborhoods. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to refrain from engaging in personalities toward the President and to address their remarks to the Chair.
