Washington (February 26, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement today on the Trump administration’s plans to dismantle the United States Postal Service (USPS), including proposals to do away with universal service and undermine USPS workers.

“Trump’s plan to dismantle USPS is blatantly unconstitutional, entirely illegal, and flat out wrong,” said Senator Markey. “USPS is our nation’s only entity charged with and capable of serving every household in every community, regardless of whether they are urban or rural, rich or poor, red or blue. Rather than run an agency that works for working people, Donald Trump and his cronies want to cut off a critical lifeline for essential prescriptions, checks, legal notices, and personal documents for people everywhere. That’s why I stood with postal workers and local officials in Boston last November to offer a plan to improve postal service, and it’s why I have consistently called on USPS to urge it to stand by the commitment that postal service is a public good. Together with our postal unions, I will continue to fight Trump’s attempts to sell off this agency to the highest bidder as we continue to advocate for a Postal Service which prioritizes postal justice.”

Senator Markey and the Massachusetts delegation have taken several recent actions to address concerns with USPS service. In November, Senator Markey led members of the Massachusetts delegation in sending letters to United States Postal Service (USPS) Inspector General Tammy Hull and USPS Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to address persistent postal service issues across Massachusetts. In August 2024, Senator Markey and members of the Massachusetts delegation wrote to Postmaster DeJoy demanding a meeting to hear about plans to address these persistent statewide concerns with mail delivery delays and postal facility closures in Massachusetts. 

In March 2024, Senator Markey and his Senate colleagues sent a letter to Postmaster General DeJoy urging him to stop any changes to USPS service standards that would result in job losses and further degrade mail delivery performance, which would have resulted in the consolidation of the Brockton Processing and Delivery Center. Due in part to Senator Markey’s advocacy, in June, USPS announced it would pause the proposed consolidations. In July, Senator Markey joined Boston City Councilor Sharon Durkan to successfully fight the closure of the Mission Hill Post Office, which would have created increased stress on the already-faltering Roxbury Post Office.

In October 2023, Senators Markey, Warren, and Rep. McGovern sent a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy encouraging the USPS to restore adequate postal service to the Town of Medway, which experienced a sudden suspension of service in August 2023. The lawmakers sent another letter in November 2023 calling on USPS to abide by their required timeline for announcing plans to re-open the Medway Post Office and engage in community input processes.

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