{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://bergman.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1459", "Bergman Calls on USPS to Improve Service for Americans, Protect Postal Employees", "2025-09-23", "2025", "2025-09", "Republican", "House", "MI", "Jack Bergman", "B001301", "bergman.house.gov", "bergman", "https://bergman.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx", "scraper", "Last week, Reps. Nikki Budzinski (IL-13), Jack Bergman (MI-01) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) held a press conference to call on the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to improve service for Americans and protect postal employees.\n\nBudzinski, Bergman, and Pappas, along with Rep. Andrew Garbarino (NY-02), serve as co-chairs of the Congressional Postal Service Caucus. The new, bipartisan group focuses on improving on-time delivery rates, protecting postal employees, and stopping harmful facility consolidations and threats of privatization that reduce access in rural and underserved areas.\n\n\u201cIn Kingsford, Michigan, our community came together to protect the Processing and Distribution Center, preserving essential services for Veterans, families, and small businesses. As co-chair of the Postal Service Caucus, I will bring that same determination to the national stage, working to modernize the Postal Service while protecting rural facilities and delivery standards. This effort is about more than mail - it\u2019s about keeping communities connected and ensuring rural America is not left behind,\u201d said Rep. Bergman.\n\n\u201cThe Postal Service is a lifeline, especially for our rural communities. But in recent years, service reliability has declined and employees are being asked to do more with less. That\u2019s why I\u2019ve joined Representatives Bergman, Pappas, and Garbarino to create the bipartisan Congressional Postal Service Caucus and finally tackle these issues head-on in Congress,\u201d said Rep. Budzinski. \u201cWe stood together today to demand better for our constituents and to stand up for a public Postal Service for all Americans.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe U.S. Postal Service provides an essential public service that seniors, families, and businesses rely on for their medications, mail, and packages,\u201d said Rep. Pappas. \u201cI\u2019m joining my colleagues in launching the Congressional Postal Service Caucus so that we can continue working to strengthen mail service for communities in New Hampshire and across the country. I remain committed to improving access to prompt and reliable mail and package deliveries, especially for our rural communities.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe United States Postal Service plays a vital role in communities across the country. We must remain committed to ensuring reliable service, protecting postal workers, and preserving the Postal Service\u2019s mission to serve every American household,\u201d said Rep. Garbarino.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:10:29Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://bergman.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1459"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8764946833252907, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}