He says it will have a major impact on the entire state, on everything from the DMV to Medicaid to SNAP benefits, to mail in ballots, even domestic violence victims. Fox 5's Kim Pasop has more. Under your proposal, if one of my constituents in Reno were to mail a birthday card to her mother who lives on the other side of town, the letter is going to be driven 130 miles over to Sacramento, California, and then sent 130 miles back to Nevada to reach its final destination. As she questioned the postmaster General, Senator Jackie Rosen also asked if he knew the treacherous Donner Pass is the only way to drive mail from Reno to Sacramento. (00:54–01:11)
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Asserts that the proposal would require mail from Reno to be transported 130 miles to Sacramento and back.
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