On the recordAugust 22, 2020
Madam Speaker, for several years, I was a letter carrier, working my way through college and grad school, working overtime as mail volume necessitated--and, yes, necessitated. It was understood then that it was a necessity. I worked with dedicated postal workers, many of whom were veterans who persevered through emergencies--hurricane, blizzards, floods. As the motto says, ``gloom of night.'' Now, our country faces new emergencies, a pandemic that threatens lives and encumbers our basic rights, like the right to vote safely and in an economic crisis, where 600,000 Postal Service workers battle back, providing economic stimulus and $1.6 trillion in sales revenues. The Postal Service is an economic and healthcare lifeline, a lifeline that Donald Trump is trying to sever, all to sabotage mail-in voting he thinks will dampen his chances to cling to power. He is the gloom of night, and it is our job, our duty, to throw some sunlight his way and to stop him.
