NEWS: Sen. Ossoff Presses USPS for Update on Metro Atlanta Delivery Times

Sen. Ossoff requests updated on-time delivery statistics from USPS within one week

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is continuing to press the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) on lengthy delays impacting families and businesses across Georgia.

Today, Sen. Ossoff launched a new inquiry requesting an update from USPS Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on the current on-time delivery statistics in the metro Atlanta area as families and businesses continue to face lengthy delays.

Last month, Sen. Ossoff pressed Postmaster General DeJoy - under oath - for specific answers and solutions to the months-long delays Georgia families and businesses continue to face getting mail and packages on-time.

"It has been nearly a month since we spoke at the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on April 16 concerning service failures at the Atlanta Regional Processing and Distribution Center in Palmetto," Sen. Ossoff wrote. "As we have discussed throughout the past few weeks, it is urgent that the performance of USPS delivery in Georgia improve immediately."

"As I have said repeatedly, postal workers working diligently every day to deliver the mail on time deserve the infrastructure and the management competence to enable them to do so," Sen. Ossoff continued.

At the time of the hearing, the percentage of inbound mail delivered on time was only 36 percent following the implementation of the Atlanta Regional Processing and Distribution Center at the end of February.

In March, Sen. Ossoff first launched an inquiry pressing Postmaster General DeJoy to provide detailed answers and explanation amid growing reports of missing and delayed mail processed through the Atlanta Regional Processing and Distribution Center - impacting families' ability to get life-saving medicine and vital mail services, hurting small businesses, delaying absentee ballots, and more.

Click here to read Sen. Ossoff's new inquiry to Postmaster General DeJoy.

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