REPAIR THE MACHINES AFTER
DISCOVERING CRUCIAL PARTS THAT
THE MACHINES WERE MISSING.
JOINING ME NOW IS SPEAKER OF THE
HOUSE NANCY PELOSI.
MADAM SPEAKER, THANKS VERY MUCH
FOR BEING WITH US.
>> MY PLEASURE, THANK YOU.
>> AND OF COURSE YOU’RE JOINING
US THE DAY AFTER A HEARING, A
VERY DIFFICULT HEARING FOR THE
POSTMASTER GENERAL INDEED ON THE
HOUSE SIDE.
LET’S START WITH THE VOTING.
ON SATURDAY YOU PASSED A $25
BILLION EMERGENCY BILL FOR THE
POST OFFICE.
WE KNOW IT WON’T BE TAKEN UP BY
THE PRESIDENTSENATE.
THE PRESIDENT SAID HE WOULD VETO
IT.
HOW CAN YOU ENSURE THE POST
OFFICE WON’T BE CRIPPLED BEFORE
THE ELECTION?
>> FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING UP THE POSTAL SERVICE.
IT’S A MATTER OF GOOD HEALTH FOR
AMERICA’S VETERANS WHO GET
ALMOST 100% OF THEIR
PRECIPITATIONS THROUGH THE MAIL,
1.2 PRECIPITATIONS FOR VETTEDERA
AND OTHERS WENT THROUGH THE MAIL
IN 2019, SO THIS IS A HEALTH
ISSUE.
IN TIMES OF A PANDEMIC, THE
WORST POSSIBLE TIME FOR THE POST
OFFICE TO BE CUTTING BACK AND OF
COURSE THE HEALTH OF OUR
DEMOCRACY AT RISK.
ACTUALLY, WHAT THE PRESIDENT
SAID IS THAT IF THEY PASS A
FREESTANDING BILL ON THE POST
OFFICE, HE WOULD SIGN IT.
"YEAH, I WOULD SIGN IT," HE
SAID.
THAT’S WHAT WE DID.
UNTIL HE DECIDED HE WASN’T GOING
TO SIGN IT.
SO LET’S NOT PREDICATE ANYTHING
ON WHAT HE SAYS OR DOES, BECAUSE
THE ASSOCIATION WITH FACT, WITH
SCIENCE, WITHETH ETHICS, WITH WH
IS RIGHT TO BE DONE FOR THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE, IS A COMPLETELY
FOREIGN NOTION TO THIS
PRESIDENT.
AND IN TERMS OF THE --
>> HE WAS --
>> I’M SORRY, TO YOUR QUESTION,
ABOUT --
>> GO AHEAD.
>> -- THE POSTAL SERVICE, IF YOU
WANT ME TO GO TO THAT, THIS IS A
BIG ISSUE.
IT AFFECTS EVERY FAMILY IN
AMERICA.
I DON’T THINK MEMBERS ON EITHER
SIDE OF THE AISLE OR EITHER SIDE
OF THE CAPITOL CAN TELL YOU THAT
THEY’VE EVER HAD SUCH AN
IMMEDIATE REACTION TO A CHANGE
IN HOW AN AGENCY AFFECTS THEIR
LIVES.
THIS IS NOT A BUSINESS, THEY
KEEP SAYING IT KEEPS LOSING
MONEY.
IT’S A SERVICE.
IT’S A SERVICE THAT LARGELY PAYS
FOR ITSELF AS IT MEETS THE NEEDS
OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS
WRONG.
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT IT IS
NOT TRUE.
AND WHAT WE WILL HAVE TO DO IS
HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
I’M VERY PROUD OF THE WORK OF
OUR COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE
CHAIR, CAROLYN MALONEY, SHE WILL
GET THE INFORMATION.
WHAT YOU POINTED OUT AT THE
BEGINNING ABOUT THEM DISMANTLING
THE SORTING MACHINES, IT’S NOT
ONLY A MATTER OF TIME AND
HOLDING UP THE MAIL.
IT’S A MATTER OF WORKPLACE
SAFETY AS WELL IN TERMS OF WHAT
KIND OF PEOPLE CAN WORK IN THE
POST OFFICE IF THAT KIND OF
MACHINERY IS NOT AVAILABLE.
SO IT EXCLUDES SOME FROM THAT.
SO IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY, THEY
ARE SABOTAGING THE MAIL.
THEY’RE HARMING OUR DEMOCRACY.
THEY’RE INJURING THE HEALTH OF
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, STARTING
WITH OUR VETERANS.
AND THEY WILL BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE.
BUT IN TERMS OF THE ELECTION, WE
DON’T AGONIZE, WE ORGANIZE.
AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT
PEOPLE HAVE A PLAN TO VOTE, THEY
VOTE EARLY ENOUGH SO THAT
THEY’RE NOT COUNTING ON ANY OF
THE PRESIDENT’S HENCHMEN TO
DELIVER THEIR MAIL ON TIME.
>> I WANTED TO PLAY AN EXCHANGE
WITH CONGRESSWOMAN KATY PORTER
WITH DeJOY YESTERDAY.
>> DO YOU KNOW ABOUT, WITHIN A
MILLION OR SO, CAN YOU TELL ME
HOW MANY PEOPLE VOTED BY MAIL IN
THE LAST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION? >> NO, I CANNOT.
>> NO, I CANNOT.
>> TO THE NEAREST 10 MILLION?
>>
IS THAT A NO, MR. DeJOY?
>> I WOULD BE GUESSING AND I
DON’T WANT TO GUESS.
>> MADAM SPEAKER, IS HE
QUALIFIED FOR THIS JOB?
>> WELL, IF THE QUALIFICATION IS
THAT YOU’RE A MEGA DONOR TO
DONALD TRUMP AND CHAIR HIS
INAUGURAL COMMITTEE, THAT’S THE
CRITERION, THEN HE QUALIFIES.
BUT ON THE BASIS OF KNOWLEDGE OF
THE SYSTEM, HE’S KNOWN HOW TO
PROFIT OFF OF IT.
HE’S KNOWN HOW TO COMPETE WITH
THE POST OFFICE.
HE JUST DOESN’T SHARE THE VALUE
OF IT BEING AN ALL-AMERICAN
SERVICE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE,
WRITTEN INTO THE CONSTITUTION.
OUR FIRST POSTMASTER GENERAL,
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, ABRAHAM
LINCOLN WAS A POSTMASTER, HARRY
TRUMAN WAS A POSTMASTER ALTHOUGH
HE YIELDED THE POSITION TO A
WIDOW WHO NEEDED THE MONEY WHEN
HE WAS A POSTMASTER.
THIS IS AS AMERICAN AS APPLE BUY
PIE, BASEBALL, YOU NAME IT,
EXCEPT WHEN IT COMES TO THESE
GUYS WHO WANT TO PRIVATIZE IT,
MAKE A PROFIT OFF IT, ALL THEY
CARE ABOUT IS SHOW ME THE MONEY,
FOR THEM, INSTEAD OF SHOW ME A
SERVICE FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
NO, HE’S THE ABSOLUTELY WRONG
PERSON FOR THE JOB.
THERE HAS TO BE SOME SCRUTINY
OVER HOW HE WAS CHOSEN AND I
THINK IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH