The new head of the Postal Service testified Friday, Aug. 21 before a committee of the Republican-controlled Senate on the controversial changes made to postal operations.
The changes come less than three months before many Americans plan to vote by mail in the November Election.
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy was appointed to the post in June and spent most of his time before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee answering questions about the changes implemented at U.S. Post Offices.
"Over the past week, my office has heard from over 18 thousand Arizonans about the importance of the Postal Service. Arizonans want to ensure the Postal Service will continue to deliver prescription drugs, assist small businesses and support their right to vote," said Democratic U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema from Arizona.
Postmaster DeJoy said everything he has done, from cost-cutting measures, leadership reorganizations, to taking hundreds of mailboxes and mail sorting machines out of service was necessary to keep the postal service afloat.
Dejoy later testified before a committee of the Democratically controlled House.