Joe Biden nominates three experts to USPS governing board
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Among the setbacks that were experienced during the campaign season in 2020 was the delay in the mail by USPS. President Joe Biden recently nominated three people to serve in the agency’s governing board in a move to further bring scrutiny to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy.
Biden announced his nominations on Wednesday of three postal experts to USPS’ governing board, bringing more Democratic scrutiny on DeJoy, whose leadership experienced slow delivery and politicization. Former deputy postmaster general Ron Stroman, mail voting advocate of the National Vote at Home Institute Amber McReynolds, and former general counsel of the American Postal Workers Union Anton Hajjar have been announced as Biden’s nominees. Should they be confirmed by the Senate
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The president is committed to the Postal Service’s success, which is why yesterday he nominated three extremely qualified individuals to fill the empty spots on the board of governors, White House press secretary Jen Psaki And the American people highly value the Postal Service and the men and women who deliver our mail every day and are working hard to do exactly that, she continued. But I think we can all agree, most Americans would agree, that the Postal Service needs leadership that can and will do a better job.
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Asked if the White House would be looking to replace DeJoy, a Trump appointee, as head of the Postal Service, Psaki noted the agency s board of governors has authority to determine the leadership.
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President Biden on Wednesday announced three nominees to fill vacancies on the board of governors for the United State Postal Service, an agency that has in recent months come under intense scrutiny for mail delays.