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The speaker was asked what office they were elected to and if they needed support. The speaker responded that they are not the one to ask and that the person should speak with a man. The speaker then stated that they speak to over a million people.

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.

The other side is complaining that nobody voted for Elon or any of my cabinet nominees. They say people are dying because of budget cuts and even allege illegal activity. But frankly, I don't care. If they're complaining, we must be over the target and doing something right. We're simply trying to restore the will of the people through the President. What we've found is a vast, unelected federal bureaucracy that is against the President and the cabinet. In DC, it's 92% Kamala. How can we live in a democracy if the President's will, representing the people, isn't implemented? We're witnessing the bureaucracy thrashing as we try to restore democracy and the will of the people.

You cannot give yourself an A grade. I just did. You can't grade your own paper. I've been to medical school. Congress is responsible for the postal service's issues, not me. I'm trying to fix it. With all the AI and technology available, your performance is worse than if I delivered mail on horseback. This is how the postmaster responds when faced with criticism—he covers his ears and gives himself an A grade. And with that, I rest.

I am a postal worker. The mail never stops, it's relentless. It piles up every day, more and more. You gotta keep delivering, but it keeps coming in. The bar code, the clearinghouse.

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.

The Associated Press, or as I call them, the Associated Propaganda, ran an international news story that was completely false. They claimed that we fired air traffic controllers, but that is not true. We didn't fire any air traffic controllers. Actually, we're trying to hire more.

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.

I've been watching Democrats on TV constantly yelling "Elon Musk" over and over. Honestly, I'm enjoying it. What I find amusing is that they're angry at the person who exposed the fraud, but not at those who misused taxpayer money. Since Congress obviously can't cut a budget, I want to thank Elon for stepping up and doing our job.

This is unbelievable. You want to be the archivist of the United States, yet you lied under oath and in your QFRs. Just moments ago, you lied to me again and are now stonewalling, refusing to answer questions about your own public posts. Mister chairman, this is the most extraordinary situation I have encountered in my time in the Senate. I have never witnessed a witness so blatantly lie under oath as Dr. Shogan has done today, consistently avoiding questions from this committee.

There's no incentive in government work because the payment system is set up so that if you ask for money, you're just going to get it.

There's support for clearing government waste on both sides of the aisle, but also concern about the access Musk and Doge staffers have to sensitive data, especially given Musk's investments with China and billions from the government. When PayPal was owned by Elon Musk, there were no security breaches. The IRS is a nightmare, with folks not back to work years after COVID. As a Congressman, it takes me up to six months to get a response regarding constituent concerns. The IRS has hundreds of groups with access to sensitive data. People are only complaining now that Elon Musk is involved. The only reason to ask questions is if you're doing something crooked. Congressmen will have red faces when this paper trail leads back to them. People are pitching a fit because Musk is making needed changes.

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.

I used to work for the Army Corps of Engineers, and the abuse I witnessed was shocking. My boss even bragged about how hard it was to get fired. People would take advantage of the lax environment. One employee ran his farm during remote work, another bragged about drunk driving during work hours. Some wouldn't even log in, and no one checked. The 80/20 rule was in full effect, with 80% of the work done by 20% of the employees. One guy slept at his desk every morning, while another napped in his government truck at a park. I spent three months cleaning up their disaster of a file room. Our government is full of lazy, incompetent people, and the hard workers are punished for outshining their colleagues. Our government organizations are so outdated, they basically need to be rebuilt from scratch. That's why I don't feel bad for federal employees being forced back into the office.

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.

I used to work for the Army Corps of Engineers, and the abuse by government employees was astounding. My boss said it was nearly impossible to get fired. People were taking advantage of the work from home situation. One employee ran his own farm. Another bragged about drunk driving during remote work. No one checked if people were even logged in. The 80/20 rule is true. 80% of the work is done by 20% of the people, because it's so hard to fire people. One guy napped at his desk every morning. Another took the government truck to nap in the park. I spent three months cleaning up their real estate files. The government uses an antiquated system and regulations from the nineties. Our government is full of incompetent, lazy people, and hard workers are punished for outperforming. I don't think government employees should get to work from home until they start doing their jobs.

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.

The Democrats complain that nobody voted for Elon or my cabinet nominees and claim people are dying because of budget cuts while also calling my actions illegal. Their reaction shows we must be over the target and doing something right. We're trying to restore the will of the people through the president. There's a vast, unelected federal bureaucracy implacably opposed to the president and the cabinet. Consider that DC voting is 92% for Kamala. If the president's will, representing the people, isn't implemented, then the will of the people isn't being implemented. We're not living in a democracy, but a bureaucracy. What you're seeing is the bureaucracy resisting as we try to restore democracy and the will of the people.

"Said, your election was rigged because you have mail in voting." "He said mail in voting every election." "No country has mail in voting." "It's impossible to have mail in voting and have honest elections." "You won that election by so much, and that's how he got it." "You lost it because of mail in voting." "Jimmy Carter, years ago, along with Scoop Jackson and some others, they had a committee." "The conclusion was you can't have mail in voting." "We have mail in voting." "They send out, like, 38,000,000 ballots." "Vladimir Putin, smart guy, said you can't have an honest election with mail in voting." "There’s not a country in the world that uses it now." "It goes through a postman." "You can't have a great democracy with mail in voting." "Maybe that's why we're gonna end up with a communist mayor in New York."

I sent an email as a pulse check, not a performance review. The bar to clear was simply having a pulse and two neurons, enough to reply. We're trying to determine if individuals on the government payroll are real and alive, and able to write an email. We suspect some may be dead or even fictional, yet someone is collecting their paychecks. The American public reasonably expects public sector employees to meet this basic requirement of being real and responsive.

To the White House, we say no. No to dismantling the postal service. Solidarity forever. Thank you.

Yesterday, Randy Fine called me. He berated me for forty two minutes about the Florida governor's race, telling me that if I entered that race, there would be real problems for me in the future, telling me that it wouldn't be nice to Byron Donalds if I ran against him as if we don't have elections in this country. Randy, if Byron is such a good candidate, he'll trounce me. But the truth is Republicans are the ones who got trounced this week. Republicans got trounced because of people like you and Byron Donald's. People like you and Byron Donald's, all you get done is write strongly worded letters, go on CNN and Fox News and whine, and then come back to your districts and act like you got something done for Americans. It's an absolute joke. The only person who's working in Washington DC goes by the name of Donald j Trump. And the do nothing congressional Republicans, many of whom are good people, but the truth of the matter is that if Elon Musk emailed you guys and asked you what you got done this week, you would say absolutely nothing. Because you know what? Going on TV, whining on podcasts, and writing tweets does not count. That does not count as getting something done for hardworking Americans. But you know the beautiful thing about all of this is that you guys endorse each other. You and Byron are thick as thieves, which is quite fitting actually. You guys endorse each other. Byron, you endorsed Randy for his congressional reelection. So Byron, let me ask you. Do you endorse Randy Fine's comment on 07/22/2025 in which in response to children starving in Gaza, Randy said, quote, starve away. This is the problem. This is the problem with you congressional Republicans is you are not focused on delivering for America first. We did not vote for foreign wars. We did not vote for bombing other countries. We did not vote for any of that. We voted for America first, period. End of story. And what you guys have done has been a complete humiliation, a complete rejection of the historic landslide, the mandate that we as voters gave president Trump. Get back to DC, do your jobs, and actually deliver America first.

What bothers me even more than that guy are the Republican senators and congressmen who blindly follow along. They don't believe in any of it. They're just scared he'll trash them on Truth Social and they'll lose their jobs. They're doing whatever he says, which is a dictatorship. After everything I've done for you over the last two years, standing up for you, you're going to treat me with disrespect? If I could take back your letter of recommendation, I would. Don't ever talk to me like that again, personally. You disrespect me like that after I stood up for you? You got your letter, your grade, so now you can treat me like that?

A speaker questioned why a congressperson believes President Trump is above the law and why they haven't spoken out against the dismantling of the federal government by President Trump and Elon Musk. The speaker urged the congressperson to stand up for what's right and do their job. The congressperson responded that journalists constantly ask questions, but their answers are not published. To address this, the congressperson publishes statements and speeches on their website, "the scoop," because they cannot rely on news outlets to report what they say.

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.