NH Delegation Urges USPS to Reconsider its Potentially Damaging Changes to Manchester Facility

The New Hampshire delegation sent a letter to the United States Postal Service (USPS) expressing concerns over a recent announcement that it was selecting the Manchester Processing and Distribution Center for an operations evaluation, which could result in employee layoffs and mail delays. In their letter, which was sent to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, the delegation calls for the agency to improve its efforts to gather community feedback during the review, evaluate the damaging impact its changes could have on mail service in New Hampshire and, ultimately, reconsider their proposals.

In part, the delegation wrote, “Our constituents depend on the Postal Service for prompt and reliable mail and package deliveries. Delays of critical deliveries, such as medications and benefit payments, can cause significant harm, especially for elderly Americans and those living in rural areas. The decisions the Postal Service is considering would put at risk the ability for individuals across New Hampshire to rely on the Postal Service to ensure their delivery needs are met.”

They concluded, “We believe that the proposed changes under consideration are too damaging to proceed, and we urge the Postal Service to reconsider these proposals.”

A full text of the letter can be found here.

Background:

The New Hampshire delegation has been stalwart supporters of efforts to improve and reform the USPS, ensuring that Granite Staters receive their mail in a timely manner, no matter what part of the state they live in. In February 2022, Pappas helped pass the Postal Service Reform Act in the House to address long standing financial and structural issues at the USPS and held a virtual roundtable conversation with representatives and leadership from New Hampshire's postal workers to discuss the importance of the bill. It was signed into law in April 2022.