Mike Rounds: “Our country's ongoing trade disputes are causing significant economic problems for my State's ag economy.”

What we can and should do right now is explore suspending the federal gas tax through the end of the year to give Americans immediate relief.

We do not have a line-item veto available to the president, [and] this is almost the same thing.

We’ll be watching the USPS’s team closely to see if and how these recommendations are implemented, and whether they actually make meaningful improvements in delivery time.

Until then, we’ll keep the pressure on and continue to fight for a return to service standards that not only meet but exceed expectations.