Postal Reform

by email dated Aug 05, 2021

Inside Sources: Postal Reform Will Support America’s Small Businesses

This week Inside Sources published an op-ed from former Secretary John McHugh, Chairman of the Package Coalition, highlighting how bipartisan postal reform introduced in the House and Senate will support America’s small businesses. 

“The Postal Service also lent a hand to small businesses and retailers that pivoted to e-commerce as a way to survive the lack of foot traffic. As a result, many small businesses now have robust online shopping businesses that rely on the Postal Service for delivery. More than 99 percent of American companies are small businesses, many of which have had the opportunity to go online because of the reliable and affordable support that the USPS provides. The Postal Service has been a critical component for our economy since the start of our republic, but the pandemic reminded Americans every day about its vital role in binding our country together…

“In a rare instance of bipartisanship, Democrats and Republicans in the House and Senate recently introduced the Postal Reform Act, legislation that would help put the Postal Service on the right financial footing while also ensuring that its core mission to deliver mail and packages continues. One important provision designed to create certainty for the American people and businesses and efficiencies for the Postal Service’s network ensures that mail and packages will continue to be delivered together six days a week to every address in America.”

Serving more than 3 million small businesses nationwide, the Package Coalition is an alliance of America’s top retail, e-commerce and logistics companies committed to preserving reliable and affordable postal package delivery services. The U.S. Postal Service delivers packages directly to the doorstep of more than 161 million delivery addresses across the country, contributing trillions of dollars to the US economy and supporting millions of jobs and small and medium-sized businesses. Keep up with the Package Coalition by following us on Twitter (@PkgCoalition) or visiting our website.