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Jon Tester: “He [the postmaster general] wants to shut down a facility in…”

Featuring: Jon Tester, Democratic | Former U.S. Senate, Montana

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Senator Tester talks Montana roots, agriculture, and the Postal Service on The Last Word

Published | Video Starts at 04:35

So you don't reduce service to try to get more customers. You increase service. And we've seen the postmaster continue time and time again to shut down facilities and not understand distance. He [the postmaster general] wants to shut down a facility in Missoula, for example. And by the way, Montana is not the only one here. He's doing it in other states and shipped the mail hundreds of miles over two passes. (04:35–04:38)

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Asserts that the postmaster general plans to shut down a postal facility in Missoula.

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