{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://huffman.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-huffman-lauds-usps-announcement-to-transition-postal-fleet-to-electric-vehicles", "Rep. Huffman Lauds USPS Announcement to Transition Postal Fleet to Electric Vehicles", "2022-12-20", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "CA", "Jared Huffman", "H001068", "huffman.house.gov", "huffman", "https://huffman.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congressman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) released the following statement after the United States Postal Service (USPS) announced a historic $9.6 billion investment over the next five years to electrify its delivery fleet. The USPS investment includes electrifying 75% of its new purpose-built Next Generation Delivery Vehicles (NGDV) and a commitment to acquire 100% electric NGDVs starting in 2026. This $9.6 billion investment \u2013 which includes $3 billion in funding from the Inflation Reduction Act \u2013 installs modern charging infrastructure at hundreds of USPS facilities, electrifies 66,000 delivery vehicles, and modernizes mail delivery by creating a smarter network to more efficiently reach its 163 million delivery locations across the country and further strengthen the sustainability of this critical public service.\n\n\u201cThis breakthrough agreement is fantastic news for the future of the USPS, our economy, and the planet. For nearly a decade, I\u2019ve led the charge in Congress for this commonsense transition and now \u2013 thanks to the hard work of the Biden administration and the funding we provided in the Inflation Reduction Act, it\u2019s finally happening,\u201d said Rep. Huffman. \u201cMoving the world\u2019s largest civilian vehicle fleet to clean, reliable, cost-effective EV\u2019s is a game changer. It will help revitalize our beleaguered Postal Service, save taxpayers billions of dollars in fuel and maintenance costs, and supercharge America's transition to zero-emission vehicles. I\u2019m incredibly grateful to the many leaders who worked to make this happen \u2013 including CEQ Chair Brenda Mallory and Representative Caroline Maloney, who were tireless allies in making this happen.\u201d\n\nRep. Huffman has been a leader on electrifying the USPS Postal Fleet since his first term in Congress. He has advocated to include funding for USPS vehicle electrification in yearly appropriations bills since 2014. Additionally, he has introduced legislation to provide the funding needed to transition to electric vehicles, such as the FLEET Act, first introduced in 2014, as well as the more recently introduced Postal Vehicle Modernization Act of 2021. This legislation would require at least 75% of the new USPS fleet electric or zero emission and provides $6 billion to enable the Postal Service to reach that 75% electric vehicle target. Budgetary provisions from that bill were included in the reconciliation package that passed out of the House last fall.\n\nFollowing the announcement of the USPS\u2019 NGDV contract with Oshkosh in 2021, Rep. Huffman has taken several actions to push for investigation into the contract and increase the number of electric vehicles:\n\nHuffman joined Representative Marcy Kaptur in a House Resolution calling on the Biden administration to halt the contract until an investigation can be conducted. He also led a letter to the USPS Board of Governors requesting they halt the contract until the three vacancies on the Board of Governors are filled.", 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://huffman.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-huffman-lauds-usps-announcement-to-transition-postal-fleet-to-electric-vehicles"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.487930003553629, "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"}