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Issa Sides with Taxpayers, Opposes Massive Post Office Bailout

February 9, 2022

WASHINGTON, DC Today, Representative Darrell Issa (CA-50) issued the following statement after voting against H.R. 3076, the Postal Service Reform Act.

“The Post Office provides an essential function, and it is in our national interest that it succeed. But the Post Office hasn’t broken even since 2006, this is unfair to the American people, and everyone who has a mailbox knows it,” said Issa.

“In 2020 under the CARES Act, Congress provided $10 billion in emergency funding. In FY2020, the Postal Service lost $13 billion, and is projected to lose $22 billion over the coming 18 months. This bill forgives $46 billion in debts owed by the Postal Service and forces the taxpayer to pick up the tab.”
 
“I oppose this bill because we need reform, not rhetoric. As this bailout spills even more red ink on the Post Office balance sheet, it asks the taxpayers to clean it up.”

Darrell Issa is the Representative of California’s 50th Congressional District. The District encompasses the central and northeastern parts of San Diego County and a portion of Riverside County, including the communities of Fallbrook, San Marcos, Valley Center, Ramona, Escondido, Santee, Lakeside, El Cajon, Temecula, and the mountain and desert areas of the San Diego-Imperial County line. Issa served as the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform from 2011-2015.

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