{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mcbride.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-mcbride-stands-1000-postal-workers-delaware-against-efforts-privatize-usps", "Rep. McBride Stands with 1,000 Postal Workers in Delaware Against Efforts to Privatize the USPS", "2025-05-08", "2025", "2025-05", "Democrat", "House", "DE", "Sarah McBride", "M001238", "mcbride.house.gov", "mcbride", "https://mcbride.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2014 Congresswoman Sarah McBride (D-DE) took to the House floor to oppose the Trump Administration\u2019s push to privatize the United States Postal Service (USPS), warning of the harm such a move would cause to working families, veterans, and rural communities in Delaware and across the country.\n\n\u201cThe United States Postal Service isn\u2019t just a convenience\u2014it\u2019s a constitutional promise,\u201d said Rep. McBride. \u201cFor more than two centuries, the USPS has connected every corner of this country\u2014delivering prescriptions to seniors, paychecks to workers, and ballots to voters.\n\n\u201cAnd they do all of this without taxpayer funding\u2014because it was never built for profit, but for the public good.\u201d\n\nRep. McBride sounded the alarm on efforts by the Trump administration to dismantle the Postal Service and open the door to privatization\u2014warning that doing so would mean higher costs, slower service, the elimination of rural delivery, and the loss of over 640,000 middle-class jobs, including nearly 74,000 U.S. veterans.\n\nIn Delaware alone, nearly 1,000 postal workers would be at risk.\n\n\u201cThis isn\u2019t about efficiency. This is dismantling public services so they can say government doesn\u2019t work \u2014 and then hand those services to the highest bidder,\u201d McBride said.\n\nRep. McBride pledged to oppose any legislation that weakens or dismantles the Postal Service and called on Congress to strengthen its operations, modernize delivery infrastructure, and protect affordable, six-day service across the country.\n\n\u201cWe should be strengthening the Postal Service\u2014not selling it off. Because some things should serve people\u2014not profit.\u201d\n\nRep. McBride has consistently stood up for essential federal services and the workers who provide them. She is a co-sponsor of legislation to oppose the privatization of the USPS and legislation that would secure the Postal Service\u2019s infrastructure.\n\nThe full transcript of the speech is below and available here for use.\n\n\u201cMr. Speaker,\n\n\u201cThe United States Postal Service isn\u2019t just a convenience\u2014it\u2019s a constitutional promise. For more than two centuries, the USPS has connected every corner of this country\u2014delivering prescriptions to seniors, paychecks to workers, and ballots to voters. And they do all of this without taxpayer funding \u2014 because it was never built for profit, but for the public good.\n\n\u201cToday, that promise is under threat. The Trump administration\u2019s effort to privatize the Postal Service would mean higher costs, slower service, and the elimination of rural delivery \u2014 because corporations won\u2019t serve what isn\u2019t profitable.\n\n\u201cIt would also mean the loss of strong, middle-class jobs for over 640,000 postal workers across the country \u2014 including nearly 74,000 US veterans. In Delaware alone, nearly 1,000 of my neighbors would be at risk.\n\n\u201cThis isn\u2019t about efficiency. This is dismantling public services so they can say government doesn\u2019t work \u2014 and then hand those services to the highest bidder.\n\n\u201cWe should be strengthening the Postal Service \u2014 not selling it off. Because some things should serve people \u2014 not profit.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T00:49:36Z"]], "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://mcbride.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-mcbride-stands-1000-postal-workers-delaware-against-efforts-privatize-usps"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9146858938038349, "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"}