{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mcgarvey.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-morgan-mcgarvey-sends-letter-to-usps-after-reports-of-significant-mail-delays-in-louisville", "Congressman Morgan McGarvey Sends Letter to USPS After Reports of Significant Mail Delays in Louisville", "2025-12-11", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "KY", "Morgan McGarvey", "M001220", "mcgarvey.house.gov", "mcgarvey", "https://mcgarvey.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "\u201cWe must not have a repeat of last year\u2019s delays.\u201d\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. (December 11, 2025) \u2013 Today, Congressman Morgan McGarvey sent a letter to U.S. Postmaster General David Steiner regarding \u201can alarming number of messages and calls from constituents who are not receiving their bills, medication, and other essential mail on time.\u201d\n\nThe letter to USPS cites dozens of reports of mail and packages sitting idle in the Gardiner Lane facility for days and weeks and USPS trucks arriving at Louisville facilities only to be delayed or turned away.\n\n\u201cMy constituents and I are grateful for the hard work and dedication of the sorters, letter carriers, and other rank-and-file postal employees who work hard to get Americans their mail on time, but we are deeply frustrated that USPS has not made progress on giving those workers everything they need to move the mail on time,\u201d the Congressman wrote.\n\nMcGarvey has continued to probe USPS throughout the year after significant delays and witnessing structural issues at USPS during a tour of the facility on Gardiner Lane in February. In today\u2019s letter, the Congressman dismissed claims by USPS that winter storms were to blame for the repeated and unprecedented mail days, highlighting \u201crenewed reports of broken equipment, resource mismanagement, and staffing shortages\u201d that \u201clong predate any winter weather.\u201d\n\n\u201cIt is unacceptable that structural issues continue to significantly plague operations at USPS facilities in Louisville despite a USPS inspector general audit providing a detailed look into the facilities\u2019 problems and recommending multiple fixes,\u201d McGarvey continued. \u201cI urge you to take every available action to resolve issues at Louisville\u2019s postal facilities and to give postal workers every resource they need to succeed. Our community depends on reliable, timely mail service, and they deserve better.\u201d\n\nRead the full letter here:\n\n###\n\nCongressman Morgan McGarvey represents Kentucky\u2019s Third Congressional District, including Louisville and Jefferson County. He serves on the House Veterans Affairs, Small Business, and Budget Committees.", 1, "2026-04-04T05:28:40Z", "2026-04-04T05:30:10Z"]], "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://mcgarvey.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-morgan-mcgarvey-sends-letter-to-usps-after-reports-of-significant-mail-delays-in-louisville"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.680163037031889, "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"}