{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-neguse-implores-usps-officials-gypsum-post-office-relocation", "Rep. Neguse Implores USPS Officials on Gypsum Post Office Relocation", "2025-12-22", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Joe Neguse", "N000191", "neguse.house.gov", "neguse", "https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "December 22, 2025\n\nWashington, D.C. \u2014 Today, Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse implored U.S. Postal Service officials to take action on the U.S. Postal Service\u2019s (USPS) stalled relocation of the Gypsum Post Office. Congressman Neguse and his colleagues, Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper and Representative Jeff Hurd, insisted that agency leadership provide an immediate update on the planned post office facility in Gypsum within 30 days.\n\n\u201cThe Town has experienced exponential growth since the original post office was built, straining the current location. Town officials have cited long wait times for counter service; parking lot traffic flow and safety concerns; inadequate space for package delivery, post office boxes, and all other postal services; and a general state of disrepair.\u201d wrote the lawmakers.\n\nNeguse and colleagues continued: \u201cThis new 9,000-square-foot facility would be a substantial upgrade from the current post office and serve as a much-needed modern logistics facility for moving mail and packages to and through Colorado\u2019s mountain communities. The proposed facility addresses a key concern of aging and inadequate facilities highlighted in the USPS Office of Inspector General report titled \u2018Delivery and Customer Service in Colorado Mountain Towns.\u2019\u201d\n\nFollowing USPS\u2019s required relocation and community notification process, the agency determined that relocation was necessary and in 2023 selected a new facility to better serve Gypsum and surrounding mountain communities. Despite extensive coordination with the Town of Gypsum and Eagle County, USPS has not explained the delay of relocation, raising concern among local leaders about continued safety, security and service deficiencies at the current location.\n\n\u201cOur constituents, including Town of Gypsum leadership and the Eagle County Board of Commissioners, are concerned by this sudden delay from USPS at this late stage in the process. This concern is deepened by a lack of communication from USPS as to what outstanding issues with the project have spurred an additional agency review process, or insight into a timeline for this review to be completed. All parties agree that the existing facility and site are woefully inadequate, posing safety and security concerns and preventing USPS from delivering the level of service that the Gypsum community needs and deserves,\u201d the lawmakers concluded.\n\nRead the full letter HERE.\n\nBackground\n\nDuring his time serving the people of Northern and Western Colorado, Congressman Neguse has repeatedly implored USPS to address ongoing challenges in postal services in the state\u2019s mountain communities \u2014 including requesting that USPS provide easier access to mail and packages, expand opportunities for customers to access their PO boxes, aggressively recruit new staff, and meet with affected communities\u2019 mayors and county leaders. Each of these actions were prompted by citizens\u2019 concerns about the agency\u2019s ability to provide timely and reliable delivery of medications, bills, checks, passports, packages and other essential items. Most recently, the Congressman joined Colorado Senators Bennet and Hickenlooper in penning a letter to ensure rural and mountain communities\u2019 service was protected following public reports that the USPS entered into an agreement with the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (\u201cDOGE\u201d).\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "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://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-neguse-implores-usps-officials-gypsum-post-office-relocation"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.0976741798222065, "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"}