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Mark Pocan: “There's a rural program for mail. They tested in Wisconsin…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Representative Mark Pocan Town Hall in Madison January 2025

Published | Video Starts at 47:59

But Postal Service, I mean, I'm going to continue, especially since I have a committee that has some oversight in this area, do everything we can to make sure it's not privatized, it's strong. And one last thing, There's a rural program for mail. They tested in Wisconsin and Virginia and it dropped our delivery rates by 20-25%. And I asked Postmaster Dejoy, we got him in a public hearing on this one. And I said, you did this in Wisconsin and Virginia and the rates went down. (47:59–48:08)

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Asserts that a rural mail program tested in Wisconsin and Virginia reduced delivery rates by 20-25%.

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