Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuation of its 6-day mail delivery service.

IV 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 54 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should take all appropriate measures to ensure the con- tinuation of its 6-day mail delivery service. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 16, 2019 Mr. CONNOLLY (for himself and Mr. GRAVES of Missouri) submitted the fol- lowing resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should take all appro- priate measures to ensure the continuation of its 6- day mail delivery service. Whereas the United States Postal Service has announced that it may need to reduce the frequency of its mail deliv- ery service from 6 days a week to 5 days a week; Whereas 6-day mail delivery service is an essential service that the American people have relied on since 1912, par- ticularly working families that depend on the Postal Serv- ice for the timely delivery of their paychecks; and Whereas reducing mail delivery service to 5 days a week would inevitably cause not only delays in the delivery of VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:11 Jan 17, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR54.IH HR54 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HRES 54 IH mail, but higher postal costs, due to the many hours of additional overtime that the Postal Service would require in order to handle the resulting back-up of mail: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep- 1 resentatives that the United States Postal Service should 2 take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuation 3 of its 6-day mail delivery service. 4 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:11 Jan 17, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR54.IH HR54 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS