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We're exploring ways to improve the Postal Service, which has been losing significant amounts of money. One option is a potential merger with the Commerce Department. The goal is to create a more efficient postal service. Whether it's a full merger or simply leveraging talented people from other departments, we aim to reduce the losses. The Postal Service will remain, but we believe we can significantly improve its operations and financial performance. We're considering all options to keep it very similar to what it is now, but in a way that prevents it from losing tremendous amounts of money.

You are bankrupting the postal service through reputation alone. You are responsible for the fall of the postal service and its lack of accountability. No, Congress is responsible for the fall of the postal service. With all the AI and computer systems, you are worse than someone hand-delivering the mail. This is the response that the postmaster gave Congress when he doesn't like what he hears. He literally covered his ears and gave himself a grade of A. With that, I rest.

I strongly oppose this plan and will fight to protect mail delivery in rural Missouri. If I have to, I’ll go down with the ship to ensure rural and urban areas receive timely mail, which is currently failing. Taxpayers have supported the postal service, and despite past legislation reducing liabilities, we still see poor delivery. I've expressed concerns about the Kansas City area and the Bering post office, which has been delayed for two years. My patience is exhausted, and I expect improvements in service and the reopening of the Bering post office as promised. I hope we can work together moving forward.

Hello, everyone. Thank you for being here. We're addressing the issues in North Carolina from the hurricane that struck nearly four months ago. It's been mishandled, and we aim to fix it. After that, we'll head to Los Angeles to assess a fire situation that could have been managed better with proper water flow. Some of you may join us on the plane. There's uncertainty about who will be traveling with us, but I hope everyone makes it. I was surprised by Collins and Murkowski's decisions, and Mitch seems to always be a no vote. Today is a bit cold, but it's a beautiful day. We’ll be monitoring the situation closely, and I’m confident in our representation. We’ll also discuss tax breaks for Italy soon.

Hello, everyone. North Carolina has faced significant challenges following the hurricane nearly four months ago, and we’re committed to addressing those issues. Next, we’ll head to Los Angeles to assess a fire situation that could have been managed better if water had been allowed to flow. Many of you are welcome to join us on the plane. There’s some uncertainty about who will be traveling with us, but I hope for a smooth trip. I was surprised by Collins and Murkowski’s decisions, and Mitch seems to consistently vote no. We’re also focused on the 23 individuals who were unjustly detained regarding pro-life issues; they will be released soon. It’s been a disgraceful situation, and we’re working to rectify it.

Milton Friedman once noted that government management often leads to shortages. This applies to the U.S. Postal Service, which was promised a $107 billion bailout in 2020 to achieve financial stability by 2031. However, losses have increased, with $6.5 billion lost in 2023 and projected losses of $9.5 billion in 2024. Instead of cutting costs like a private business would, the USPS has converted over 190,000 workers into higher-paid career roles, worsening its financial situation. Despite spending billions on electric vehicles and facility upgrades, service has declined. Congress has provided $120 billion in funding over four years, but with national debt exceeding $36 trillion, it's time for meaningful reform at the Postal Service.

You bankrupted the postal service through your reputation alone. You are responsible for its fall and the lack of accountability. That is not true, the postal service is growing and Congress is responsible for the fall of the postal service. I am trying to fix it. On your watch, with all the AI and computer systems, the postal service has gotten worse. You're worse than if I took a horse and delivered it two miles down the road. This is the response that the Postmaster just gave Congress when he doesn't like what he hears. Literally covered his ears and gave himself the grade of A.

Santa Cruz County in California has experienced seven federally declared disasters since 2017, spending $250 million on repairs with 150 projects still unaddressed. County officials say the cash flow issue has been severe. Santa Cruz is among communities nationwide anticipating delays in federal support due to FEMA's disaster relief fund depletion. FEMA has paused at least 650 projects to maintain essential operations and prioritize funding for ongoing disaster needs. County officials state that hearing FEMA is freezing new expenditures is devastating to recovery efforts.

- The DFA is a ten year strategic plan intended to transform the Postal Service into self sustaining and a high performing entity. - In fiscal year twenty twenty four, the OIG arrested 89 individuals involved in narcotics trafficking and helped secure 65 convictions. - The Postal Service's plan has not yet resulted in the financial gains it had originally projected. Initial financial projections are no longer relevant. - For fiscal year twenty twenty six, we originally asked for a budget of $306,700,000 all of which would be funded by the Postal Service and not tax revenues. - We have identified over $1,000,000,000 in potential labor cost savings through better management of employees. - We have identified more than 100,000 potentially actionable leads that we do not have the resources to address. - We have lost more than 10% of our staff.

Hey friends, it's Stephanie. Just a quick update on life here in Marshall, North Carolina, six weeks post-Hurricane Helene. We finally had some rain, which is a relief after so many dry days. We've been dealing with unusual illnesses in the house and among friends. I want to share important news about the land. FEMA has announced three options: acquisition, elevation, or mitigation, which will involve rezoning. This affects everyone, even those not opting for these routes. The new 100-year flood baseline zoning could classify many areas as unbuildable, especially since recent floods reached heights of 30 to 40 feet. Some businesses are reopening, but many homes are still in disrepair. It's unclear how this will impact insurance and rebuilding efforts.

I'm addressing concerns about the Postal Service operating like a private business while facing declining first-class mail volume. Despite this, employee numbers have increased, which seems counterintuitive in a declining business. The issue isn't about changing the laws governing the Postal Service but trying to fix the current situation. There is also concern about shifting costs rather than true reform, especially regarding healthcare and pension expenses. Insourcing jobs increase these costs compared to using contractors. While the reform package aimed to alleviate these expenses, the decision to hire more government employees exacerbates the problem. It would make more sense to hire contractors to avoid these government labor-associated costs.

The speakers discuss mules delivering mail to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and whether this system should be modernized. They then discuss the postal service, stating that many people don't realize there's a law requiring the post office to have a balanced budget. Since 2007, the postal service has reportedly lost money almost every year. According to the speakers, additional regulations put in place around that time crippled the postal service and put them on a bad path. They believe the postal service is stuck in the past and losing money. While they appreciate postal employees going to the hardest parts of the country, they think the postal service can be modernized and become profitable.

Postmaster DeJoy, while I appreciate your efforts to improve the Postal Service, my concern remains the financial losses. The public wants government efficiency, and while privatization is often suggested, no private company is willing to handle universal mail delivery. However, there are opportunities for partnerships in mail sorting. Your reorganization plan aims to streamline operations, but we need to ensure it effectively reduces costs and improves performance. The Postal Service has significant unfunded mandates and obligations that impact finances. We need to explore legislative changes to help the Postal Service break even. Additionally, the Office of Inspector General is researching costly obligations, including retirement funds, and will provide insights on potential solutions. It's crucial to address postal rates and staffing to enhance efficiency moving forward.

President Biden requested $98 billion in emergency funding for recent natural disasters, Hurricanes Helene and Milton. These storms caused over 200 deaths and extensive damage. FEMA's disaster relief fund has only $5 billion remaining. Without additional funding, FEMA will soon be limited to immediate needs, impacting rebuilding efforts in affected communities, particularly smaller and rural ones. FEMA has already provided over $1.6 billion in individual assistance and $1.3 billion in public assistance to nearly a million households. Helene and Milton's recovery costs are projected to exceed $50 billion each and will span years, surpassing all previous disasters this decade except Hurricane Maria.

The Committee on Oversight and Accountability hearing begins with an acknowledgment of Inspector General Tammy Hull. It has been over three years since Postmaster General DeJoy introduced the Delivering America plan and two and a half years since the Postal Service Reform Act was enacted. Despite challenges, including significant financial losses and past criticisms of the Postal Service's management, DeJoy has made efforts to modernize operations. However, ongoing issues such as delayed mail delivery and high personnel costs remain concerning. The committee emphasizes the need for efficiency and transparency, particularly regarding election mail, while urging DeJoy to provide answers and assurance for future improvements at the Postal Service. The session concludes with a call for bipartisan cooperation to address these challenges.

I've issued a deadline for agencies to submit waste reduction plans. Failure to comply will result in tech support intervention, which is essentially what my team is doing – fixing outdated government computer systems. We aim to find a trillion dollars in savings to prevent national bankruptcy. Every agency will have a "mini Elon Musk" to justify spending. We're freezing government credit cards for 30 days and doing a pulse check via email to see if employees are real and responsive, we suspect some are dead or even fictional. Some people are upset with our aid to Ukraine which has been spent on things like fashion shows, wine, and cheese puffs. Providing money to LGBTQ individuals in Serbia is also coming under fire. Some are questioning the loyalty of Elon Musk because of this. The Biden years proved we don't even need an active president, because institutions are running everything behind the scenes.

Nearly 20% of businesses are still shut down and when businesses lose money, so does the city. From a local government perspective, the revenue loss is critical and we need it. Right now it's affecting this year's budget. Because of the current business environment, Asheville is facing a shortfall of about $18,000,000 this fiscal year, and the $225,000,000 in promised relief money from the legislature is still not flowing. Those funds are not yet in our community. That process takes a while and the fastest we could even expect to see those funds is this summer.

We're streamlining the federal bureaucracy, aiming to reduce the workforce. We found a surprising bottleneck: the retirement process. Currently, the maximum number of retirements per month is capped at 10,000 due to a completely manual, paper-based system. The paperwork is stored in a 1950s-era limestone mine, and the speed of the mine shaft elevator limits processing. This antiquated system employs thousands of people whose efforts could be far better utilized elsewhere. The situation is absurd; we need to modernize this process immediately. Imagine the increased efficiency and contribution to the country's goods and services if these employees were redeployed.

The speakers discuss the government's outdated paper-based retirement process, which involves storing physical files in a mine. One speaker recounts visiting the mine filled with filing cabinets from the 1960s, emphasizing its security and climate control, but questioning the continued use of paper in 2025. The process requires compiling retirement papers by hand, moving them on carts, and can take over six months, with calculations also done manually. They are implementing a new online retirement process, with 25 retirees currently using it. They mention cases of single retirees having entire pallets or shopping carts of documents. They want to free up the thousands of people who are carrying paper into a mine. They compare the government's technology to the "Flintstones" era. The conversation shifts to the postal service, which is legally required to have a balanced budget but has been losing money since 2007 due to additional regulations. The postal service lost $9.5 billion last year. They believe they can modernize it and help them become profitable.

Day 10 after the hurricane in North Carolina, the speaker is at an airport in Boone, where Elon Musk provided several hundred Starlink units. The speaker is deploying in a second wave on Blackhawk helicopters into isolated areas to deliver the units. The first deployment will provide internet access for prescriptions and allow residents to communicate their needs. Upon arrival, locals reported that no aid, including FEMA, had reached them yet, and they felt abandoned.

Mister President, without your help, they’ll only receive $43,000 from the federal government despite having substantial insurance. Many insurance companies have left California, making it difficult for residents to find coverage. The situation is dire, with almost no one having insurance. Insurance companies have warned California about the lack of water for fire safety, contributing to their departure. While FEMA has deployed thousands to assist, there are challenges in coordination with local efforts. California has a large population, and relying solely on local resources isn’t feasible. Other states have successfully managed disasters by collaborating and sharing resources. However, FEMA is seen as inefficient and costly, and there’s a need for better organization and management to improve disaster response.

The post office operates differently from other government sectors, functioning like a private business. Despite a significant decline in first-class mail volume, employment has not decreased; in fact, there are 20,000 fewer employees than before. The focus has been on reducing costs, yet the number of government employees has increased, leading to higher labor costs, which account for 80% of expenses. Efforts to reform have not effectively addressed these costs, and the debt has risen significantly. While some cost savings have been achieved, the overall financial situation remains dire, highlighting the challenges of operating within government constraints. The need for a more efficient approach is evident, as the current model is not sustainable.

You keep asking about the post office's business model, but I didn't create the laws governing it; I'm just trying to fix the issues I inherited. You're exaggerating the hiring increases. No one in the private sector would advise increasing employee numbers with a declining business. Instead, we insourced 190,000 jobs by hiring contractors at lower wages and benefits, which is inexplicable. The reform of shifting costs isn't real reform; it's just moving debt to another account within the government. The main goal was to escape healthcare and pension costs. But government employees have dramatically higher healthcare and pension costs compared to contractors. By hiring more government employees instead of contractors, we're compounding the problem we were trying to solve three years ago.

In private equity, when taking over a bankrupt company, you need to cut deeper than initially planned. Agencies like the FAA are inefficient, not due to the people, but outdated technology. These agencies are like fat chickens dripping with waste. We need to act fast, cutting more aggressively. There is a 24-month window before the midterms to slash and hack away at the fat. Cut everything that doesn't add value. If they can't prove their worth, cut them. More cutting is needed. It's going to work out great if we cut deep and hard.

We're exploring ways to improve the Postal Service, which has been losing significant amounts of money. One idea involves a merger, possibly with the Commerce Department, to enhance its efficiency. While it would remain the Postal Service, the aim is to make it function much better than it has in the past. Alternatively, we might leverage talented individuals from other departments to help reduce the financial losses. The goal is to find a solution that preserves the Postal Service's core functions while significantly improving its financial performance, whether through a merger or by utilizing existing expertise.