{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://craig.house.gov/media/press-releases/representative-angie-craig-urges-postmaster-general-louis-dejoy-address-second", "Representative Angie Craig Urges Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to Address Second District Mail Issues", "2022-12-30", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "MN", "Angie Craig", "C001119", "craig.house.gov", "craig", "https://craig.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "BURNSVILLE, MN \u2013 Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig released a letter she wrote to Louis DeJoy, the United States Postmaster General, to urge action to address poor mail service in several Second District communities. In her letter, she highlighted the critical need to improve the post offices\u2019 service levels \u2013 and the impacts these conditions are having on Second District residents.\n\n\u201cI write to you today with great frustration regarding the state of mail delivery service across the Second Congressional District of Minnesota. My constituents have reported to me that they regularly go three to four days without receiving their mail; some have told me they haven\u2019t received mail since December 16, 2022 - now 2 weeks ago. I\u2019ve been told by local postal officials that a route would never go unserved for more than one day at a time, but it\u2019s clear that is simply not the case,\u201d wrote Representative Craig.\n\n\u201cOn November 5, I wrote to the USPS regarding the situation in Lakeville. On December 8, I held a call with the relevant USPS official for Minnesota, and yet still the poor delivery service has continued not just in Lakeville, but across the Second District. Short-staffing and increased holiday shipping volumes are understandable, but are beginning to sound like excuses. This no longer seems to be isolated to neighborhoods or even individual cities, but rather a larger issue across Minnesota,\u201d Representative Craig continued.\n\nRepresentative Craig encourages her constituents to contact her office if they are having any trouble navigating or accessing any federal agency, including their local post offices. For assistance, they should visit Representative Craig\u2019s website athttps://craig.house.gov/casework.\n\nYou can find the full text of the letter below.\n\nDecember 30, 2022\n\nMr. Louis DeJoy\n\nPostmaster General\n\nUnited States Postal Service\n\n475 L\u2019Enfant Plaza SW, Room 10300\n\nWashington, D.C. 20260-1000\n\nDear Postmaster General DeJoy:\n\nI write to you today with great frustration regarding the state of mail delivery service across the Second Congressional District of Minnesota. My constituents have reported to me that they regularly go three to four days without receiving their mail; some have told me they haven\u2019t received mail since December 16, 2022 \u2013 now 2 weeks ago. I\u2019ve been told by local postal officials that a route would never go unserved for more than one day at a time, but it\u2019s clear that is simply not the case.\n\nThe United States Postal Service\u2019s creed reads, \u201cNeither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night,\u201d and yet seniors and veterans are going without medication, businesses are missing payments and families are not receiving packages from loved ones during the holiday season. This is entirely unacceptable.\n\nOn November 5, I wrote to the USPS regarding the situation in Lakeville. On December 8, I held a call with the relevant USPS official for Minnesota, and yet still the poor delivery service has continued not just in Lakeville, but across the Second District. Short-staffing and increased holiday shipping volumes are understandable, but are beginning to sound like excuses. This no longer seems to be isolated to neighborhoods or even individual cities, but rather a larger issue across Minnesota.\n\nMy constituents deserve answers and I request your response to the following questions:\n\nFor each post office in the Second District, since December 16, 2022, how many routes at each location went unserved and which day?\n\nFor each post office in the Second District, what are the current staffing shortages and how quickly will USPS be able to be fully staffed?\n\nWhich post offices in the Second District have had to deliver \u201cpackage only\u201d routes, which requires flats to go undelivered, and on which days?\n\nWhat power does the Postal Service hold to \u201csurge\u201d employees to necessary routes, and how can the hiring process be expedited to make the necessary deliveries on time?\n\nHow many packages, as of this letter, remain undelivered at each post office in the Second District?\n\nThank you for reviewing this letter and I look forward to your response on behalf of all Second District residents who deserve to have their medications, bills and packages arrive safely and on time.\n\nSincerely,\n\nAngie Craig\n\nMember of Congress", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"]], "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://craig.house.gov/media/press-releases/representative-angie-craig-urges-postmaster-general-louis-dejoy-address-second"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9563933126628399, "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"}