Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to the newly-appointed Postmaster General, David Steiner, urging him to course correct the unreliability and delays Missourians have experienced from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) under his predecessor.
“USPS failed to meet its own nationwide performance targets in nearly every category, and the problem was even worse in my home state of Missouri, where on-time delivery rates dropped below 77% in fiscal year 2024. This is unacceptable,” Senator Hawley wrote. “Rural families, small businesses, and veterans depend on reliable mail service for everything from prescription medications to Social Security checks. They deserve a Postal Service that works for them.”
Senator Hawley also urged Postmaster Steiner to “immediately halt the implementation of the Regional Transportation Optimization (RTO) plan” that the Postal Regulatory Commission has already concluded would have “significant negative impacts on rural communities throughout the United States.”
Earlier this year, Senator Hawley introduced the No Regional Transportation Optimization (RTO) Act in response to the USPS’ “Regional Transportation Optimization” plan that would eliminate end-of-day mail collection at most of the nation’s post offices and trigger significant negative impacts on Missouri’s rural communities. Senator Hawley’s bill would block this harmful new policy.
Read the Senator’s full letter from today here or below.
