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Rep. Connolly: ‘If You Privatize the Postal Service, There’s Not a Piece of Mail that Could Be Delivered in Alaska for Any Kind of Reasonable Price’
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CNN Newsroom
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Pamela Brown
, Gerald Connolly
Name: Pamela Brown
Employment: CNN
Position: Correspondent
Name: Gerald Connolly
Employment: United States House of Representatives
Position: Representative (D-VA 11th District)
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02/21/2025 11:39 am
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BROWN Joining us now ░░░░░░░░ Gerry Connolly the congressman ░░░░░░░░ is the ranking member ░░░░░░░░ the Oversight Committee Hi ░░░░░░░░ So the White House ░░░░░░░░ Connolly Good to see ░░░░░░░░ Pamela BROWN Good to ░░░░░░░░ you the White House ░░░░░░░░ denying these reports but ░░░░░░░░ would the impact be ░░░░░░░░ President Trump does go ░░░░░░░░ with privatizing the postal ░░░░░░░░ which has been floated ░░░░░░░░ for a while Connolly ░░░░░░░░ know the postal service ░░░░░░░░ one of the most ░░░░░░░░ government quasi governmental services ░░░░░░░░ ve got It reaches ░░░░░░░░ household and every business ░░░░░░░░ day It is the ░░░░░░░░ mile of delivery for ░░░░░░░░ private sector delivery companies ░░░░░░░░ FedEx and UPS It ░░░░░░░░ 640 000 employees they ░░░░░░░░ all unionized It has ░░░░░░░░ 000 plus facilities all ░░░░░░░░ the country especially in ░░░░░░░░ America and it s ░░░░░░░░ the second largest vehicular ░░░░░░░░ in America only after ░░░░░░░░ Pentagon 235 000 vehicles ░░░░░░░░ it is an omnipresent ░░░░░░░░ service that goes back ░░░░░░░░ our country was actually ░░░░░░░░ Ben Franklin was our ░░░░░░░░ postmaster general in colonial ░░░░░░░░ and he set about ░░░░░░░░ make sure that it ░░░░░░░░ affordable and accessible To ░░░░░░░░ question if he privatizes ░░░░░░░░ we were to try ░░░░░░░░ privatize that kind of ░░░░░░░░ know mammoth operation it ░░░░░░░░ increase prices for everybody ░░░░░░░░ it would make rural ░░░░░░░░ especially in remote parts ░░░░░░░░ America almost impossible It ░░░░░░░░ be not affordable and ░░░░░░░░ wouldn t be profitable ░░░░░░░░ having a service that ░░░░░░░░ t focused on profit ░░░░░░░░ is focused on delivery ░░░░░░░░ service is critical to ░░░░░░░░ you know lifelines of ░░░░░░░░ We saw that in ░░░░░░░░ pandemic One of the ░░░░░░░░ to your point Pamela ░░░░░░░░ it s so popular ░░░░░░░░ postal service is because ░░░░░░░░ saw how absolutely essential ░░░░░░░░ was when we were ░░░░░░░░ the midst of a ░░░░░░░░ pandemic and getting medicine ░░░░░░░░ stuffs supplies clothing you ░░░░░░░░ it It was all ░░░░░░░░ by the postal service ░░░░░░░░ done well BROWN Proponents ░░░░░░░░ privatizing the postal service ░░░░░░░░ other countries I believe ░░░░░░░░ the Netherlands U K ░░░░░░░░ do it it would ░░░░░░░░ innovation and efficiency What ░░░░░░░░ you say to that ░░░░░░░░ Well we re not ░░░░░░░░ or the Netherlands We ░░░░░░░░ a country of 335 ░░░░░░░░ people huge expand big ░░░░░░░░ states with remote rural ░░░░░░░░ that need to be ░░░░░░░░ You look at a ░░░░░░░░ like Alaska If you ░░░░░░░░ the postal service there ░░░░░░░░ not a piece of ░░░░░░░░ that could be delivered ░░░░░░░░ Alaska for any kind ░░░░░░░░ reasonable price By having ░░░░░░░░ national service we re ░░░░░░░░ to sort of spread ░░░░░░░░ the costs and make ░░░░░░░░ that everyone is treated ░░░░░░░░ and equally So we ░░░░░░░░ t have the same ░░░░░░░░ of situation that they ░░░░░░░░ in Germany or the ░░░░░░░░ and I think it ░░░░░░░░ a false analogy.”
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