MEMORANDUM
August 31, 2020
To:

Members of the Committee on Oversight and Reform

Fr:

Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney

Re:

Notice of Intent to Issue a Subpoena to Postmaster General

This memorandum provides Committee Members with notice of my intent to issue a
subpoena to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy for documents related to nationwide delays caused
by changes to postal operations, policies, and practices, as well as other matters.
I.

BACKGROUND

Over the past two months, hundreds of Members of Congress have requested information
and documents from Mr. DeJoy regarding widespread delays across the country in mail,
medications, and other critical supplies, as well as potential delays for election mail in
November, previously undisclosed communications between Mr. DeJoy and the Trump
campaign, anomalies in the process used to select Mr. DeJoy, and other matters. Although Mr.
DeJoy and his aides initially downplayed the extent and gravity of these delays, headlines from
states across the nation have made clear that they are far worse than previously disclosed.
At emergency hearings on August 24 before the Committee on Oversight and Reform
and August 21 before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
(HSGAC), Members pressed Mr. DeJoy directly to produce documents they requested regarding
these matters. As just one example, Members repeatedly requested any analyses conducted
before or after Mr. DeJoy’s sweeping changes. During both hearings, Members stressed the
urgency of these requests. Chairwoman Maloney requested documents by Wednesday, August
26, and warned that she would issue a subpoena if no documents were produced.
This past Friday evening, August 28, two days after this deadline, Mr. DeJoy sent a letter
to the Committee stating: “I trust my August 24 testimony before the Committee on Oversight
and Reform clarified any outstanding questions you had.” He has not produced a single
additional document since the House and Senate hearings were held despite multiple
conversations between Committee staff and Mr. DeJoy’s office over the past week.1
1

Letter from Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, House Committee on
Oversight and Reform (Aug. 28, 2020) (online at
oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/USPS%20to%20COR%2008-28-20.pdf).

 Although Committee staff provided a transcript of the hearing to Postal Service officials
last week, Mr. DeJoy claimed he had to work with the Committee “to identify and provide
materials requested during the hearing.”2 His letter disregarded numerous other written requests
for documents and expressions of concern from both Democratic and Republican Members of
the House and Senate.
Described below are some examples of these requests and inquiries, and a more detailed
list is set forth in Appendix A.
Documents Relating to Delays
On August 14, Chairwoman Maloney, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Democratic
Leader Chuck Schumer, HSGAC Ranking Member Gary Peters, Committee on House
Administration Chairperson Zoe Lofgren, and Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
Ranking Member Amy Klobuchar sent a detailed, ten-page letter to Mr. DeJoy stating:
We are writing today to request additional information and documents regarding your
policies and practices, the specific changes you are proposing, the rationale for those
changes, and the potential impacts of those changes.3
The letter followed many previous letters and requested these documents by August 21.
After the Senate hearing concluded earlier that day, Mr. DeJoy sent a response letter with a small
production of documents. This production was woefully inadequate and included only 14 pages
relating to the “Expedited to Street/Afternoon Sortation” initiative. It did not include any
analyses of Mr. DeJoy’s changes before he made them or any assessments of the impacts of the
delays after they were implemented.4
When Mr. DeJoy was confronted during the Senate hearing that day with widespread
reports of delays, he downplayed them as a “dip” in service.5 He and his aides had previously

2

Id.

3

Letter from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Democratic Leader Charles E. Schumer, Chairperson
Zoe Lofgren, Committee on House Administration, Ranking Member Amy Klobuchar, Senate Committee on Rules
and Administration, Ranking Member Gary C. Peters, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Committee, and Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, House Committee on Oversight and Reform, to Postmaster
General Louis DeJoy (Aug. 14, 2020) (online at
https://oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/2020-0814.Pelosi%20et%20al.%20to%20DeJoy-PMG%20re%20Election%20Prep.pdf).
4
Letter from Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Democratic Leader
Charles E. Schumer, Chairperson Zoe Lofgren, Committee on House Administration, Ranking Member Amy
Klobuchar, Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, Ranking Member Gary C. Peters, Senate Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, House Committee on Oversight
and Reform (Aug. 21, 2020) (online at https://oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/202008-21.PMG%20DeJoy%20to%20Speaker%20Pelosi%20et%20al.%20on%20Document%20Production.pdf).
5

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Examining the Finances and
Operations of the United States Postal Service During COVID-19 and Upcoming Elections (Aug. 21, 2020) (online
at www.hsgac.senate.gov/examining-the-finances-and-operations-of-the-united-states-postal-service-during-covid19-and-upcoming-elections).

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 dismissed them as “temporary service impacts”6 and discounted them as minor “unintended
consequences” of reforms being put in place.7
However, after Mr. DeJoy’s Senate testimony, the Committee on Oversight and Reform
obtained an internal Postal Service document warning Mr. DeJoy about steep delivery
performance declines and increasing delays nationwide over the last two months as a result of his
changes. The new document was a “PMG Briefing”—a presentation prepared directly for Mr.
DeJoy almost two weeks before his testimony—on August 12. It warned that there had been a
significant drop in service performance across the board—in First-Class, Marketing, Periodicals,
and other categories.8
This document showed that these delays were not a “myth” or “conspiracy theory,” as
some Members of Congress have argued. The document also showed that these steep declines
did not start in April or May with the coronavirus crisis, but in July when Mr. DeJoy began
making his changes.9
During the hearing on August 24, Chairwoman Maloney asked Mr. DeJoy why he did not
produce this document to the Committee or HSGAC in response to the letter from her, the
Speaker of the House, the Senate Minority Leader, Ranking Member Peters, and the Chairs and
Ranking Members of the other committees with jurisdiction over the Postal Service and
elections. In response, he stated: “I am not familiar with the request in total or how we
supported it.”10
Documents Relating to Sorting Machines
Many Members of Congress have been seeking information regarding reports that sorting
machines were being removed from processing facilities in their states and districts. Although
Postal Service officials sent several letters and briefed Committee staff, they suggested that
sorting machines were being moved to alternative locations to increase efficiency, and they did
not disclose plans to remove or otherwise decommission more than 670 sorting machines—plans
that were discovered only when internal Postal Service documents were leaked to the press.

6
Letter from Thomas J. Marshall, General Counsel, U.S. Postal Service, to Chairwoman Carolyn B.
Maloney, House Committee on Oversight and Reform (Aug. 11, 2020) (online at
www.oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/documents/USPS%20to%20COR%2008-1120%20re%20Operational%20Changes.pdf).
7
Letter from Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic
Leader Charles E. Schumer (Aug. 14, 2020) (online at
https://oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/2020%200814%20Letter%20to%20Speaker%20Pelosi%20and%20Senator%20Schumer%20inc%20attachments.pdf).
8
U.S. Postal Service, Service Performance Measurement: PMG Briefing (Aug 12, 2020) (online at
https://oversight.house.gov/news/press-releases/new-postal-service-documents-show-nationwide-delays-far-worsethan-postal).
9

Id.

10

Committee on Oversight and Reform, Protecting the Timely Delivery of Mail, Medicine, and Mail-in
Ballots (Aug. 24, 2020) (online at https://oversight.house.gov/legislation/hearings/protecting-the-timely-delivery-ofmail-medicine-and-mail-in-ballots).

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 On July 20, Chairwoman Maloney, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Chairman of the
Subcommittee on Government Operations, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, the Chairman of the
Subcommittee on National Security, and Committee Member Brenda Lawrence sent a letter
seeking information about reports of sweeping changes Mr. DeJoy was making. Their letter
requested that Mr. DeJoy “submit a full explanation for each operational change that will be
implemented and a timeline and justification for each.” It also requested an analysis of what
effect these changes will have “on the Postal Service’s ability to meet service standards.”11
On July 22, the Postal Service General Counsel sent a response letter that made no
mention of removing sorting machines and produced no documents. Instead, it stated broadly:
“Postal Service management is also taking immediate steps to increase operational efficiency by
re-emphasizing existing operational plans to provide prompt and reliable service to meet our
current service standards.”12
On August 4, the Postal Service briefed Committee staff and provided a three-page slide
deck. With respect to sorting machines, the slides included only vague references to goals such
as “All Operations Run on Schedule—Transportation and Machines” and “Match Machine
Capacity to Work Load.” On the page entitled “Inaccurate Claims versus Reality,” the slides
listed “Shutting down sorting equipment early” as an inaccurate claim. Under “reality,” the
slides listed goals including “Run plans based on current volumes,” “Adhere to planned start and
stop times,” and “Employee schedules aligned with operating plans.”13
On August 11, the Postal Service General Counsel sent another letter to the Committee in
response to additional requests for information about reports of the widespread removals of
sorting machines. The General Counsel wrote:
[W]e are also focused on maximizing the efficiency of our processing and sortation
equipment. Similar to truck capacity, the time and cost associated with running a
machine grows significantly less efficient with less volume on the machine. By adhering
to planned start and stop times, and running sort plans based on current volumes, we can
maximize the efficiency of our processing operations and ensure that the mail departs
from our plants on time. In some instances, we may be able to shift or remove equipment
as appropriate. These efficiency efforts also permit further alignment of employee

11
Letter from Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Chairman
Gerald E. Connolly, Subcommittee on Government Operations, Chairman Stephen F. Lynch, Subcommittee on
National Security, and Committee Member Brenda L. Lawrence to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy (July 20, 2020)
(online at https://oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/2020-0720.CBM%20GEC%20to%20DeJoy%20-PMG%20re%20Postal%20Service%20Changes.pdf).
12

Letter from Thomas J. Marshall, General Counsel and Executive Vice President, U.S. Postal Service, to
Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Chairman Gerald E. Connolly,
Subcommittee on Government Operations, Chairman Stephen F. Lynch, Subcommittee on National Security, and
Committee Member Brenda L. Lawrence (July 22, 2020) (online at
oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/Marshall%20Response%20to%20Maloney%20et%20
al%20re%20USPS%20Operational%20Changes_07-22-2020.pdf).
13

U.S. Postal Service, Briefing (Aug. 4, 2020) (online at
oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/USPS%20Briefing%2008-04-20.pdf).

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 schedules with operating plans and prevent the negative downstream impacts to our
operations when the mail leaves our plants late.14
It was not until August 13, 2020, that press reports revealed internal Postal Service
documents indicating the removal of more than 670 sorting machines.15
Documents Relating to Overtime
On July 14, several internal Postal Service documents were made public indicating that
Mr. DeJoy had conveyed information to Postal Service managers regarding upcoming changes,
including the elimination of overtime. One document, entitled “PMG Expectations and Plan,”
stated: “Overtime will be eliminated. Again, we are paying too much in OT and it is not cost
effective and will soon be taken off the table. More to come on this.”16
On July 17 and 20, HSGAC17 and the Committee on Oversight and Reform each wrote to
Mr. DeJoy to request an explanation for this document and others.18
On July 22, the Postal Service General Counsel responded in a letter conceding that this
document was authentic and that it was “was prepared by a mid-level manager” at the Postal
Service, but he claimed that it did not originate from Postal Service Headquarters and that its
contents “should not be treated as official statements of Postal Service policy.”19

14

Letter from Thomas J. Marshall, General Counsel and Executive Vice President, U.S. Postal Service, to
Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, House Committee on Oversight and Reform (Aug. 11, 2020) (online at
https://oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/documents/USPS%20to%20COR%2008-1120%20re%20Operational%20Changes.pdf).
15

Postal Service Removes Some Mail-Sorting Machines, Sparking Concerns Ahead or Election, CNN
(Aug. 13, 2020) (online at www.cnn.com/2020/08/13/politics/postal-service-sorting-machines/index.html).
16

U.S. Postal Service, PMGs Expectations and Plan (undated) (online at
www.nonprofitmailers.org/leaked-usps-powerpoint-indicates-pmg-dejoy-focus-on-getting-operating-costs-undercontrol/).
17
Letter from Ranking Member Gary C. Peters, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Committee, to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy (July 17, 2020) (online at
www.hsgac.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/200717_Letter_USPSServiceChanges.pdf).
18
Letter from Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Chairman
Gerald E. Connolly, Subcommittee on Government Operations, Chairman Stephen F. Lynch, Subcommittee on
National Security, and Committee Member Brenda L. Lawrence to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy (July 20, 2020)
(online at https://oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/2020-0720.CBM%20GEC%20to%20DeJoy%20-PMG%20re%20Postal%20Service%20Changes.pdf).
19
Letter from Thomas J. Marshall, General Counsel and Executive Vice President, U.S. Postal Service, to
Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Chairman Gerald E. Connolly,
Subcommittee on Government Operations, Chairman Stephen F. Lynch, Subcommittee on National Security, and
Committee Member Brenda L. Lawrence (July 22, 2020) (online at
https://oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/Marshall%20Response%20to%20Maloney%2
0et%20al%20re%20USPS%20Operational%20Changes_07-22-2020_0.pdf).

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 On August 11, the General Counsel sent another letter providing this update:
[T]here have been no edicts to delay the mail or eliminate overtime, although we are
reemphasizing that operational managers must ensure that overtime is earned as the result
of unexpected volume or other factors, pursuant to our normal overtime analysis, before
it is approved.20
On August 14, the ten-page letter described above from Chairwoman Maloney, Speaker
Pelosi, Minority Leader Schumer, Ranking Member Peters, Chairperson Zoe Lofgren, and
Ranking Member Klobuchar requested “all documents sent to any Postal Service managers or
employers relating to overtime policy changes since June 15, 2020.”21
On August 21, Mr. DeJoy responded, but produced no documents relating to overtime.
Based on his General Counsel’s narrow interpretation that there was no change in “policy”—but
merely a renewed emphasis on compliance—Mr. DeJoy claimed that “there are no documents
responsive to your request.”22
Based on this chronology, it continues to be unclear—even among postal employees—
what changes, if any, the Postal Service is proposing to overtime. During his testimony before
the Committee, Mr. DeJoy was asked by Rep. Mike Quigley: “Are you certain that no one was
cutting back on overtime?” He replied: “No, I’m not certain, that’s part of the problem at the
Postal Service, sir. That’s what I’m trying to get my hands around.”23
II.

NEED FOR SUBPOENA

Despite urgent requests from Members of the House and Senate for Mr. DeJoy to
produce documents regarding the nature, scope, and effects of his sweeping changes, as well as

20

Letter from Thomas J. Marshall, General Counsel and Executive Vice President, U.S. Postal Service, to
Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, House Committee on Oversight and Reform (Aug. 11, 2020) (online at
https://oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/documents/USPS%20to%20COR%2008-1120%20re%20Operational%20Changes.pdf).
21

Letter from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Democratic Leader Charles E. Schumer, Chairperson
Zoe Lofgren, Committee on House Administration, Ranking Member Amy Klobuchar, Senate Committee on Rules
and Administration, Ranking Member Gary C. Peters, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Committee, and Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, House Committee on Oversight and Reform, to Postmaster
General Louis DeJoy (Aug. 14, 2020) (online at
https://oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/2020-0814.Pelosi%20et%20al.%20to%20DeJoy-PMG%20re%20Election%20Prep.pdf).
22

Letter from Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Democratic Leader
Charles E. Schumer, Chairperson Zoe Lofgren, Committee on House Administration, Ranking Member Amy
Klobuchar, Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, Ranking Member Gary C. Peters, Senate Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, House Committee on Oversight
and Reform (Aug. 21, 2020) (online at https://oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/202008-21.PMG%20DeJoy%20to%20Speaker%20Pelosi%20et%20al.%20on%20Document%20Production.pdf).
23

Committee on Oversight and Reform, Hearing on Protecting the Timely Delivery of Mail, Medicine, and
Mail-in Ballots (Aug. 24, 2020) (online at https://oversight.house.gov/legislation/hearings/protecting-the-timelydelivery-of-mail-medicine-and-mail-in-ballots).

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 other matters, it is clear that a subpoena has become necessary to further the Committee’s
investigation and help inform potential legislative actions.
I am attaching a copy of the subpoena, which I provided to the Ranking Member earlier
today as part of our consultation process.
This subpoena includes in one place many requests previously made by Members of the
House and Senate in writing and directly to Mr. DeJoy during his in-person testimony. The
subpoena clarifies a number of previous requests based on information obtained to date in order
to ensure that it captures all documents within the requested categories, and it also makes clear as
a legal matter that the production of these documents is mandatory.
The Committee on Oversight and Reform is the principal oversight committee of the
House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under
House Rule X. The Supreme Court has made clear that Congress has broad authority to inquire
about a wide array of topics that could be the subject of legislation and appropriations:
The power of inquiry has been employed by Congress throughout our history, over the
whole range of the national interests concerning which Congress might legislate or decide
upon due investigation not to legislate; it has similarly been utilized in determining what
to appropriate from the national purse, or whether to appropriate. The scope of the power
of inquiry, in short, is as penetrating and farreaching [sic] as the potential power to enact
and appropriate under the Constitution.24
Congress has also explicitly granted the Committee oversight and legislative jurisdiction
over the Postal Service.25
This broad authority extends to recent delays caused by Mr. DeJoy’s changes to postal
operations, policies, and practices, as well as efforts to ensure the long-term financial and
operational viability of the Postal Service. Congress has legislated on these issues in the past, is
actively considering current legislative proposals, and is likely to continue legislating on these
issues in the future.
For example, on August 22, the House passed H.R. 8015, the Delivering for America
Act. This bill would provide $25 billion requested by the Postal Service and supported
unanimously by the Board of Governors to help address challenges posed by the coronavirus
crisis. It also would require the Postal Service to maintain the standards and operations in place
on January 21, 2020, through the end of the coronavirus pandemic.26

24

Barenblatt v. U.S., 360 U.S. 109, 111 (1959).

25

Rules of the House of Representative, Rule X, Clause 1 (n) (9) (online at
https://rules.house.gov/sites/democrats.rules.house.gov/files/documents/116-House-Rules-Clerk.pdf) (granting the
Oversight and Reform Committee jurisdiction over the “Postal service generally, including transportation of the
mails”).
26

H.R. 8015, The Delivering for America Act (online at www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-

bill/8015).

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 In May, the House also passed H.R. 6800, the Heroes Act, which similarly provided $25
billion in pandemic relief supported on a bipartisan basis by the Postal Service Board of
Governors.27
In addition, the House has considered a wide array of other legislation to ensure that the
Postal Service continues to operate in the best interests of the American people and has the
financial support it needs to continue operations into the future. For example, in February 2020,
the House passed H.R. 2382, the USPS Fairness Act, which would end the requirement for the
Postal Service to prefund future retiree health benefits, with overwhelming bipartisan support.28
Although the Senate has declined to act on many of these proposals to date, negotiations
are ongoing, and there is significant bipartisan support for many components of these bills. For
example, 26 Republicans in the House voted in favor of the Delivering for America Act earlier
this month, and Senators Susan Collins and Dianne Feinstein recently introduced the Postal
Service Emergency Assistance Act to provide $25 billion in pandemic relief to the Postal
Service.29
Finally, the Committee has been engaged in consultations on postal reform legislation for
several years. The Committee passed a postal reform bill unanimously in 2017, but Republican
House leaders declined to bring it to the floor for a vote. This Congress, Chairman Connolly and
former Ranking Member Mark Meadows resumed negotiations on this legislation through the
Subcommittee on Government Operations, but agreement on a bipartisan reform package has not
been reached.
We will not be holding a business meeting to consider this subpoena. As you know,
when Republican Committee Chairmen held the gavel from 2011 to 2018, they never held a vote
on any of their more than 150 subpoenas. Chairman Cummings tried a different approach,
explaining at our organizational meeting last year he hoped to hold votes on subpoenas when
possible. However, Chairman Cummings was clear that this was a two-way street. He warned
Republican Members “not to reflexively oppose any and every subpoena” for political reasons,
and he stated: “If that happens, we will revisit this policy.”30
Despite the facts uncovered by the Committee—evident in headlines across the
country—Republican Committee Members have made clear that they do not believe there are
significant delays in the mail. For example, on August 19, 2020, Ranking Member Comer,
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, and House Minority Whip Steve Scalise sent a letter to
Speaker Pelosi and Chairwoman Maloney, which stated:
Recently, congressional Democrats, in a broadly coordinated effort organized under your
leadership, have sought to spread baseless conspiracy theories about the USPS for
27

H.R. 6800, The Heroes Act (online at www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6800).

28

H.R. 2382, The USPS Fairness Act (online at www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/housebill/2382/text).
29

S. 4174, The Postal Service Emergency Assistance Act (online at www.congress.gov/bill/116thcongress/senate-bill/4174?s=3&r=1).
30

Committee on Oversight and Reform, Organizational Meeting, 116th Cong. (Jan. 29, 2019).

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 political gain. … Once again, Democrats have manufactured a crisis to undermine
President Trump at the expense of America’s institutions.31
These baseless attacks continued on the House floor even after the Committee obtained
new documents revealing that delays were far worse than previously known. In fact, it was only
when confronted with these new documents at the Committee’s recent hearing that Mr. DeJoy
finally conceded: “We are very concerned with the deterioration in service.”32
If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact Committee staff
at (202) 225-5051.

31

Letter from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, and Ranking
Member James Comer, Committee on Oversight and Reform, to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Chairwoman
Carolyn B. Maloney, House Committee on Oversight and Reform (Aug. 19, 2020) (online at
https://oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/GOP%20to%20Pelosi%20and%20Maloney%2
008-19-20.pdf).
32

Committee on Oversight and Reform, Hearing on Protecting the Timely Delivery of Mail, Medicine, and
Mail-in Ballots (Aug. 24, 2020) (online at (online at https://oversight.house.gov/legislation/hearings/protecting-thetimely-delivery-of-mail-medicine-and-mail-in-ballots).

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 APPENDIX A
Letter from Senators Charles E. Schumer, Amy Klobuchar, Thomas R. Carper, Brian Schatz, and
Cory A. Booker to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy (July 16, 2020) (online at
www.democrats.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Final%20%20letter%20to%20PMG%20DeJoy%2013%20(002).pdf).
Letter from Ranking Member Gary C. Peters, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs Committee, to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy (July 17, 2020) (online at
www.hsgac.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/200717_Letter_USPSServiceChanges.pdf).
Letter from Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, House Committee on Oversight and Reform,
Chairman Gerald E. Connolly, Subcommittee on Government Operations, Chairman Stephen F.
Lynch, Subcommittee on National Security, and Committee Member Brenda L. Lawrence to
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy (July 20, 2020) (online at
https://oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/2020-0720.CBM%20GEC%20to%20DeJoy%20-PMG%20re%20Postal%20Service%20Changes.pdf).
Letter from Rep. Peter A. DeFazio and Rep. Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. to Postmaster General Louis
DeJoy (July 21, 2020) (online at
https://defazio.house.gov/sites/defazio.house.gov/files/Letter%20to%20PMG%20DeJoy%20DeF
azio%20FINAL.pdf).
Letter from Rep. Christopher H. Smith to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy (July 24, 2020)
(online at https://chrissmith.house.gov/uploadedfiles/july_242020_smith_letter_to_pmg_dejoy_re_concerns_on_proposed_changes.pdf).
Letter from Senator Joe Manchin III to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy (July 28, 2020) (online
at www.manchin.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/200728%20USPS%20Louis%20DeJoy%20%20WV%20Closures%20FINAL.pdf?cb).
Letter from Senators Gary C. Peters, Charles E. Schumer, Tom Carper, and Amy Klobuchar to
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy (July 30, 2020) (online at
www.hsgac.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/200730_LettertoPMGDeJoy.pdf).
Letter from Senators Amy Klobuchar, Charles E. Schumer, Gary C. Peters, and Tom Carper to
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy (Aug. 5, 2020) (online at
www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/1/1/11cc422b-110d-4efd-8487b2e31f4c3eb8/DF9F8C63E54797C5E21CB57825FA2FA3.080620usps.pdf).
Letter from Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep.
Peter King, and 84 Members of Congress to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy (Aug. 6, 2020)
(online at https://oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/2020-0806.CBM%20et%20al.%20to%20DeJoy%20PMG%20re%20Postal%20Standards%20Changes_0.pdf).

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 Letter from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Charles E. Schumer to
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy (Aug. 6, 2020) (online at
www.democrats.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/08.06.20%20-%20PelosiSchumer%20to%20DeJoy.pdf).
Letter from Senator Dick J. Durbin and 14 Members of the Illinois Congressional Delegation to
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy (Aug. 6, 2020) (online at
www.durbin.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Letter%20to%20PMG%20DeJoy%20Mail%20Delays%
20Final.pdf).
Letter from Rep. Greg Gianforte to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy (Aug. 6, 2020) (online at
https://gianforte.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/gianforte-postmaster-general-delayingmail-service-unacceptable).
Letter from Senator Amy Klobuchar, Senator Charles E. Schumer, and 45 Senators to Postmaster
General Louis DeJoy (Aug. 12, 2020) (online at
www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/7/2/721485f0-5623-4794-90cf400e9a5f8539/F8AD141754ECA3E2F2F031F3D10BB2FB.081220uspsfirstclassmail.pdf).
Letter from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, House Committee
on Oversight and Reform, and 192 Members of the House to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy
(Aug. 12, 2020) (online at
www.speaker.gov/sites/speaker.house.gov/files/documents/20200813_Letter_PostmasterDeJoy.p
df).
Letter from Senator Susan M. Collins to Postmaster General DeJoy (Aug. 13, 2020) (online at
www.collins.senate.gov/sites/default/files/Letter%20to%20PMG%20DeJoy%20Mail%20Delays
-page-001%20%282%29-converted.pdf).
Letter from Senator Jon Tester, Senator Gary C. Peters, and 29 Senators to Postmaster General
Louis DeJoy (Aug. 13, 2020) (online at
www.veterans.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/200813_Letter_USPSdelaysveteranprescriptions.pdf).
Letter from Senator Benjamin L. Cardin, Senator Chris Van Hollen, and Reps. C.A. Dutch
Ruppersberger, John P. Sarbanes, and Kweisi Mfume to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy (Aug.
14, 2020)
(https://ruppersberger.house.gov/sites/ruppersberger.house.gov/files/Letter%20to%20PMG%20
DeJoy.pdf).
Letter from Rep. French Hill to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy (Aug. 14, 2020) (online at
https://twitter.com/RepFrenchHill/status/1294324105035108357/photo/1)
Letter from Rep. Greg Gianforte to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy (Aug. 14, 2020) (online at
https://gianforte.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/gianforte-requests-information-usps-cutsservice).

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 Letter from Senator Steve Daines to Postmaster General DeJoy (Aug. 14, 2020) (online at
www.daines.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2020.08.14%20USPS%20Collection%20Boxes%20Lette
r.pdf).
Letter from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Democratic Leader Charles E. Schumer,
Chairperson Zoe Lofgren, Committee on House Administration, Ranking Member Amy
Klobuchar, Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, Ranking Member Gary C. Peters,
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Chairwoman Carolyn B.
Maloney, House Committee on Oversight and Reform, to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy (Aug.
14, 2020) (online at https://oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/202008-14.Pelosi%20et%20al.%20to%20DeJoy-PMG%20re%20Election%20Prep.pdf).
Letter from Senator Gary C. Peters, Senator Charles E. Schumer, and 45 Senators to Postmaster
General Louis DeJoy (Aug. 17, 2020)
(www.hsgac.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/200817_Caucus%20Letter%20to%20DeJoy.pdf).
Letter from Senator Joe Manchin III to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy (Aug. 17, 2020) (online
at
www.manchin.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/USPS%20DeJoy%20Letter%20on%20Charleston%20
PDC%20%20FINAL.pdf?cb).
Letter from Rep. Robert E. Latta, Senator Rob Portman, and 8 Members of Congress to
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy (Aug 17, 2020) (online at
www.portman.senate.gov/sites/default/files/202008/Letter%20to%20USPS%20on%20Election%20Materials.pdf).
Letter from Rep. Tim Burchett to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy (Aug. 17, 2020) (online at
https://burchett.house.gov/sites/burchett.house.gov/files/2020-0817%20TN02TB%20letter%20to%20USPS%20DeJoy.pdf).
Letter from Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy (Aug. 17, 2020)
(online at https://norton.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/norton-highlights-dc-postaldelivery-concerns-announces-event-with-hoyer).
Letter from Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy (Aug. 17, 2020)
(online at
https://jhb.house.gov/uploadedfiles/letter_to_postmaster_general_dejoy_on_letterhead.pdf).
Letter from Senator Charles E. Schumer to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy (Aug. 19, 2020)
(online at
www.democrats.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/08192020%20Letter%20to%20DeJoy.pdf).
Letter from Rep. Robin L. Kelly to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy (Aug. 19, 2020) (online at
https://twitter.com/RepRobinKelly/status/1296450917840060418/photo/1).

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 Letter from Rep. Anthony Brindisi to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy (Aug. 20, 2020) (online
at https://brindisi.house.gov/media/press-releases/heels-postmaster-general-announcementbrindisi-says-not-good-enough-pushes-us).
Letter from Senator Richard Blumenthal, Senator Charles E. Schumer, and 27 Senators to
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy (Aug. 20, 2020) (online at
www.blumenthal.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/08.20.20%20-%20USPS%20%20Deployed%20Servicemembers.pdf).
Letter from Rep. Ami Bera, M.D., Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, and 65 Members of Congress to
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy (Aug. 21, 2020) (online at
https://bera.house.gov/sites/bera.house.gov/files/documents/Postmaster%20General%20DeJoy%
20Veterans%20Prescriptions%20Letter.pdf).
Letter from Rep. Chellie Pingree and 23 Members of Congress to Postmaster General Louis
DeJoy and Secretary Sonny Perdue, U.S. Department of Agriculture (Aug. 21, 2020) (online at
https://pingree.house.gov/uploadedfiles/usps_usda_letter_on_chicks.pdf).
Letter from Senator Tom Udall, Senator Martin Heinrich, and Reps. Ben Ray Luján, Deb
Haaland, and Xochitl Torres Small to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy (Aug. 25, 2020) (online
at
www.tomudall.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/NM%20Delegation%20Letter%20to%20USPS%20re
%20Operational%20Changes%20.pdf).
Letter from Chairman Gerald E. Connolly, Subcommittee on Government Operations, House
Committee on Oversight and Reform, to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy (Aug. 26, 2020)
(online at https://oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/2020-0826.GEC%20to%20DeJoy-USPS%20re%20Testimony.pdf).
Letter from Ranking Member Gary C. Peters, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs Committee, and Senator Jacky Rosen to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy (Aug. 27,
2020) (online at
www.hsgac.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/200827_Peters%20Rosen%20Letter%20to%20DeJoy_He
aring%20follow-up.pdf).

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