{"id":15430,"date":"2025-04-22T19:34:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T19:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rosen-testing.senate.gov\/?p=15430"},"modified":"2025-04-22T19:34:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T19:34:48","slug":"rosen-colleagues-push-back-against-trumps-plan-to-privatize-postal-service-undermine-vote-by-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/es\/2025\/04\/22\/rosen-colleagues-push-back-against-trumps-plan-to-privatize-postal-service-undermine-vote-by-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosen, Colleagues Push Back Against Trump\u2019s Plan to Privatize Postal Service &#038; Undermine Vote by Mail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WASHINGTON DC<\/strong> \u2013 U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) joined colleagues in a letter to Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick expressing serious concerns about the harmful impacts of the Trump Administration\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/us-postal-service-privatization-trump-musk-dejoy-692d56e701f3853af4ce914832a33124\">plans<\/a> to privatize the United States Postal Service (USPS) and move it under the control of the Department of Commerce. In their letter, the Senators emphasized that the move risks politicizing and imperiling vote-by-mail efforts nationwide, while also violating the <em>Postal Reauthorization Act<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe write to express our grave concern over your statements and ongoing reports that the Trump Administration may soon attempt to bring the United States Postal Service (USPS) under the control of the Department of Commerce and potentially privatize services that are relied upon by millions of Americans,\u201d <strong>wrote the Senators.<\/strong> \u201cNot only would such a move violate the Postal Reauthorization Act and harm Americans in many ways, but it would also have a very negative impact on our democracy by disrupting and undermining public confidence in the handling of election mail. We strongly urge you to stop your deeply misguided pursuit of this effort immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPrivatizing the Postal Service would put our democracy in the hands of corporations that are more focused on efficiency and profit than the public good,\u201d <strong>they continued.<\/strong> \u201cBringing the Postal Service under the control of political appointees at the Department of Commerce and potentially private companies raises serious concerns that partisan and private actors would deprive eligible voters of the confidence that USPS will properly handle their ballot by disrupting the robust delivery routes that connect our country or by imposing a cost on ballot returns.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The full letter can be found <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/04.21.25_-Letter-to-Secretary-Lutnick-on-Postal-Service_final.pdf\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Millions of Americans rely on vote-by-mail as a safe and trustworthy method to vote in federal and state elections, the Senators noted. In the 2024 general election cycle, USPS securely and efficiently <a href=\"https:\/\/about.usps.com\/what\/government-services\/election-mail\/pdf\/usps-post-election-report-2024-12-02.pdf\">delivered more than 99 million ballots<\/a> to and from voters, including free mail delivery to rural and remote communities. President Trump\u2019s own U.S. postal system task force <a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/system\/files\/136\/USPS_A_Sustainable_Path_Forward_report_12-04-2018.pdf\">found that<\/a> a \u201ccomprehensive delivery network that covers every address in the country is a critical part of the nation\u2019s infrastructure that private actors cannot replicate [.]\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Senator Rosen has been leading the effort to protect local postal operations in Nevada. Last year, she announced that she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/es\/2024\/08\/27\/senator-rosen-successfully-pushes-usps-to-keep-local-mail-processing-operations-in-reno\/\">successfully pushed<\/a> USPS to keep local letter mail processing operations in Reno, following a misguided plan to move operations to Sacramento, California.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) joined colleagues in a letter to Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick expressing serious concerns about the harmful impacts of the Trump Administration\u2019s plans to privatize the United States Postal Service (USPS) and move it under the control of the Department of Commerce. 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