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Mike Rounds: “Playing games with the standards. And putting out that type…”

Featuring: Mike Rounds, Republican | U.S. Senate South Dakota

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Senator Rounds discusses OIG visit and Postal Service issues

Published | Video Starts at 02:44

That postmark may not be on there until two or three days after you put it in the mailbox, giving them an advantage of two or three days before they can even claim you've got a postmark on your letter. Playing games with the standards. And putting out that type of misinformation is not acceptable. There are no fine findings or recommendations published quite yet from the visits, but many South Dakotans are waiting patiently. We're going to put the service back in postal service one way or the other. (02:44–02:50)

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Asserts that [the Postal Service] is manipulating standards and spreading misinformation.

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