Senate Hearing on Postal Reform

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Chairman Tom Carper (D-DE) and Ranking Member Tom Coburn (R-OK) will convene a hearing of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee next Thursday to hear comment on the Postal Reform Act (PRA) they introduced in August. Jerry Cerasale, SVP of government affairs for the Direct Marketing Association, will give testimony on behalf of concerned associations. At least one mail industry executive is expected to testify, as well.
The hearing comes as mailers work with postal employee unions to find common ground on reform before the end of the month, when thepostal Board of Governors have promised to take up the issue of an exigent rate increase at their meeting in Kansas City. The Board has made it plain that passage of postal reform in Congress would be the best remedy for a potential rate hike.