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Ed Markey: At a press conference in 2024, I said that Massachusetts was facing a postal crisis: post offices were closing, mail…

On the recordJuly 8, 2026
At a press conference in 2024, I said that Massachusetts was facing a postal crisis: post offices were closing, mail wasn’t arriving, and service was being degraded for residents across the Commonwealth.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Discussing the postal crisis in Massachusetts.

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