Congressman Gonzalez Joins Letter of Support for Postal Workers Delivering Millions of Ballots by Mail Throughout United States

WASHINGTON - Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) joined a Congressional effort to support postal workers and the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) during the coronavirus public health crisis. The move comes at a time when letter carriers must handle a record-setting amount of mail-in election ballots despite efforts to undermine their effectiveness from President Trump and Postmaster General Louis DeJoy.

Congressman Gonzalez and the Members of Congress wrote the letter to express their public show of support to the presidents of the American Postal Workers Union, National Association of Letter Carriers, National Postal Mail Handlers Union, and National Rural Letter Carriers' Association.

The letter stated that the members of Congress wanted to "ensure that postal workers know that they have our support to do everything in their power to protect the sanctity of the postal service, especially in a time such as the present." The Members also outlined the lack of support from government officials and said that many "reports over the last two months … go into detail about Postmaster General Louis DeJoy actively sabotaging the USPS.

Most shocking of all, President Donald Trump himself confirmed that these actions are intended to silence those who choose to vote by mail during a pandemic. While DeJoy has suspended further changes to USPS policies, he has yet to reverse any of the damaging policies he has already put in place."

The letter was co-signed by 19 other Members of Congress.

The full letter can be found here.