{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-tiffany-takes-bipartisan-action-address-usps-delivery-issues", "Rep. Tiffany Takes Bipartisan Action to Address USPS Delivery Issues", "2024-10-02", "2024", "2024-10", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Thomas P. Tiffany", "T000165", "tiffany.house.gov", "tiffany", "https://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 This week, Congressman Tom Tiffany (WI-07) joined a bipartisan letter alongside 19 Members of Congress urging Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to immediately address the costly and burdensome delays in United States Postal Service (USPS) mail to rural communities nationwide.\n\nThis letter comes after the USPS announced on August 22, 2024, that they will be adjusting mail delivery times, resulting in added delays for Americans in rural communities that are more than 50 miles from a USPS processing center \u2013 many of whom are already experiencing delays. In the letter, the bipartisan group of members asks the Postmaster General to reconsider going forward with this plan.\n\n\u201cMy office has been hearing from numerous newspapers and residents across the Seventh District who are being negatively affected by significant delays in mail delivery,\u201d said Congressman Tiffany. \u201cThe Iron County Miner, for example, has seen delays stretching into weeks, and in some cases, newspapers are not delivered at all, according to a constituent\u2019s report. I\u2019ve also been in touch with the Vilas County News-Review and readers of the Lakeland Times, all of whom are also experiencing frustrating delivery delays.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe implementation of the Delivering for America Plan has led to reduced services and harmed postal performance, especially in rural areas. Veterans, seniors, and many rural Wisconsinites depend on the USPS, and it\u2019s clear that changes need to be made,\u201d Tiffany concluded.\n\nThe USPS has not provided Congressman Tiffany\u2019s casework team with sufficient information regarding the causes of these disruptions despite several open inquiries.\n\nYou may read the full letter here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:57:20Z"]], "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://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-tiffany-takes-bipartisan-action-address-usps-delivery-issues"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3557309284806252, "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"}