What’s Really Going on With the US Postal Service

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🗓️ 20 August 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called lawmakers back early to vote on legislation centered on the U.S. Postal Service. Pelosi and the Democrats asked Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and Postal Service Board of Governors Chairman Robert Duncan to come before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Aug. 24, fast-tracking a hearing originally set for mid-September.

What is really going on with the Postal Service? Is it true that the Postal Service is removing sorting machines to sabotage mail delivery before the November election? David Ditch, a research associate in budget and transportation issues at The Heritage Foundation who focuses on federal spending and fiscal policy, joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to discuss.

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A group of Democrat and Republican lawmakers asks House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to focus on issues faced by minorities and women during the coronavirus pandemic.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott proposes legislation to prevent cities in the state from defunding their police departments.
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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Thursday, August 20th. I'm Virginia Allen.
0:10.0	And I'm Rachel Del Judas. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling the House back early to vote on postal service legislation.
0:18.0	David Ditch, a Budget and Transportation Research Associate at the Heritage Foundation, joins me on the Daily Signal
0:24.5	Podcast to discuss what's going on. Also, we invite you to take just five minutes
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0:55.0	Now, on to our top news.
0:57.0	A group of Democrat and Republican lawmakers are asking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate
1:08.1	Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to bring to the forefront issues faced by minorities and women during the coronavirus pandemic.
1:15.6	Twenty lawmakers wrote a letter to Pelosi and Schumer asking them to incorporate and refocus
1:21.1	the Congressional Oversight Commission created through the
1:23.9	coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act via the Hill saying the COVID-19
1:30.1	pandemic has disproportionately impacted women and racially diverse
1:33.7	communities and asking Pelosi and McConnell to foster a greater focus on the
1:38.3	disparate impacts of the novel coronavirus pandemic and diverse communities.
1:41.9	Texas Governor Greg Abbott has proposed legislation to prevent Texas cities from
1:47.2	defunding their police departments.
1:49.7	Speaking at a press conference Tuesday, Abbott, a Republican, announced plans to introduce a bill that
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