DeJoy set for grilling by House Oversight panel
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is set for a grilling by the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Wednesday over his leadership of the U.S. Postal Service as Democrats push President Biden to pave the way for his ouster.
While Wednesday won’t be the first time DeJoy faces a tough crowd of Democrats on the Oversight and Reform Committee demanding answers about mail delivery delays, this time he faces the potential threat of a new administration laying the groundwork for his departure. “I believe DeJoy has no business being postmaster general, and so I'd like to hear his plans for cleaning out his office and moving on,” Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), who chairs a subcommittee with oversight of the Postal Service, said in an interview ahead of Wednesday’s hearing.
In recent weeks, Democrats have been urging Biden to fill the three vacancies on the Postal Service's Board of Governors so that a new majority could vote to remove DeJoy from his position. A group of 80 House Democrats sent Biden a letter last week calling for Biden to fill the vacancies on the Postal Service’s Board of Governors, writing that it “will allow the Board to seriously consider whether the current Postmaster General is suitable to continue in his role.”
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday that adding new members to the Postal Service Board of Governors is a “priority” for Biden but did not offer a timeline for when they’d be announced. “It's really up to the Board of Governors to determine the future leadership of the Postal Service, and we certainly recognize that filling those vacancies is an important step in that process,” Psaki told reporters.
DeJoy was a top GOP donor who ran a logistics company before becoming postmaster general in June.
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