Rep. Connolly, Postal Unions Back USPS Coronavirus Stimulus Funding To Maintain ‘Essential Service’ (From Federal News Network)

In an article about the challenges facing the United States Postal Service (USPS) due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Federal News Network quoted a recent piece by Lexington Senior Fellow Paul Steidler.

With USPS in financial trouble, Steidler said that the U.S. Treasury should extend USPS’s line of credit, but it should not give the Postal Service a “blank check.” He also called on Congress to prevent a liquidity crisis with postal reform, saying, “Given the structural issues that USPS faces, the effects of COVID-19 and years of failing to address this issue, Congress should enact comprehensive postal reform as soon as possible and no later than July 2021.”

Read the full article here.