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Gary Peters: “The decisionmakers look at the issue related to the health of the Postal Service as opposed to the impact on the local…”

On the recordNovember 14, 2016
The decisionmakers look at the issue related to the health of the Postal Service as opposed to the impact on the local economy, and that the local economy should be factored in more in some of that appeals process.
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Gary Peters
Democratic · Michigan

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Senator Peters emphasizes the need to consider local economic impacts in postal service decisions.

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