Jeffrey Brodsky - nominee for the USPS Board of Governors refusing to answer whether our public Postal Service should be sold for private corporate profit - "I don't really have a view on whether or not privatizing it would make any sense or not" #USMailNotForSale
Slotkin: Do you believe the USPS has a role in adjudicating who gets to vote and who doesn't.
Brodsky: We will follow the law. As far as i know, that's not yet the law.
Gallo: as far as I'm concerned, you have to have the courts and congress to make a decision.
Rand Paul is now pushing for more outsourcing (part privatizing) of Postal Service functions.
Gallo on costs: increase revenues and reduce costs - that all has to be looked at. "Obviously the workforce of over 600,000 people is too high" #USPS
Slotkin - do you believe that vote-by-mail is safe and secure:
Gallo: "It is safe and secure"
Sen Paul has adjourned his committee hearing, which included 2 of the 4 USPS Board of Governors nominees. Despite having almost no time to ask questions, one of the two - Jeffrey Brodsky - was hedging on whether to privatize the USPS. Both are open to part-privatizing.
This is not a drill people!
Gallo replies supportively. Brodsky says he supports "adequate" service in rural areas.
Sen. Hawley is speaking about the vital role of the Postal Service in states like MO. He's talking about the rural transport optimization plan and the way it has damaged rural deliver. #USPS
Hawley asks why management gets bonuses at time of poor service in rural areas. Will you cease to give bonuses until mail is delivered on time?
Brodsky dancing around the question talking about hitting goals.
Gallo: makes no sense to give bonus to management when the service is not being provided
Brodsky - we have to get together and talk about what the universal service obligation is! #USPS
We know these are intense times where a thousand controversies arrive a day, but we can't say this loud enough.
THE SENATE IS CONSIDERING A USPS BOARD NOMINEE WHO WON'T RULE OUT POSTAL PRIVATIZATION!!! #USPS
