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On the recordAugust 22, 2020
Let me repeat it, notwithstanding that. It says, ``The new documents being released by the committee today are part of the PMG briefing.'' Now, I hope the Postmaster General, unlike the President of the United States, reads his briefings. The President says he doesn't read his briefings, so he didn't know about the Russian payments to kill American soldiers and has not responded to this date on that assertion. The new documents being released by the committee today are part of the PMG briefing, a presentation prepared directly for the Postmaster General last week on August 12, 10 days ago. They provide a detailed assessment of service performance trends over the past year. My friend from Ohio says, Oh, this is a fraud. There is no problem. Not a big deal. Maybe he didn't read the PMG advisory either. According to these documents, there has been a significant drop in service standards across the board beginning in July, including first- class, marketing, periodicals, and priority mail. The Postmaster General, of course, has never admitted to the sweeping delays and reductions in service caused by the actions. Instead, here is what he said: ``We all feel bad about what the dip in the level of service has been.'' So he knows there was a dip in service right after he made these changes. Now, what do we know? A, we know he is a big supporter of the President, gave a lot of money to the President. Secondly, we know he was appointed by the President.…
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland
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Aug 22, 2020

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