Eleanor Holmes Norton: “The public's confidence in the Postal Service, a critical institution, has been shaken.”

I will use every tool at my disposal to stop these riders from becoming law, and I commit to reminding my fellow lawmakers across the aisle that D.C. residents deserve the same consideration as their own constituents at every opportunity.

I have written to the Postal Service many times in recent years about issues in the District of Columbia, including mail being stolen, burned, or otherwise destroyed, lost, or not delivered.

I urge the administration to move forward to finish this rulemaking.

Making it permanent would add another $4 trillion, with a 'T, to the deficit, leading us on the path to more debt.