[background noises] [background noises] welcome everybody to todays hybrid hearing pursuant to house rules some members will appear in person and others will appear remotely via webex. Some members are appearing in person and let me first remind ereveryone that pursuant to the latest guidance on the house attending physician all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a face mask. Numbers werefa not wearing a may facemask will not be recognized and let me also make a few reminders for those numbers appearing in person, you will see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when you are speaking is what is known in web acts as active speaker you. A timer is visible in the room directly in front of you. Members appearing remotely i know youre all familiar with web ex by now but let me remind everyone of a few points. First, you will see each person speaking during the hearing whether in person or remote as long as yous have your web acts set t
A live picture. You see it there. A gorgeous sunset, made possible through all of the smoke were getting. A beautiful picture there. We begin our team coveragemayed. The microclimate disappeared. We had temperatures as hot as they were about three years ago, september 1st and 2nd of 2017, the last time regionally we saw temperatures this hot. Including San Francisco hitting 100 degrees. Lets show you the temperatures compared to coverage, anywhere from 22 to 28 degrees hotter than the average temperature for this time of year. San jose, 105, concord, nap a 110. Unfortunately, many of the same locations have a chance of seeing similar temperatures again tomorrow. We have the excessive heat warning until 9 00 on monday. Bayside temperatures, mostly 80s and 90s. Another thing to keep in mind, is a change in the wind. This time tomorrow into tuesday, look how dry things get in the hills of the north bay heading towards tuesday. Once the excessive heat warning starts to expire, the red flag
Important to know the approach were taking here. Are there costs to be cut . Yes. Are the things we can do to become more effective . More efficient . Yes. But i also believe the Postal Service is a vital tool of commerce and a thriving vibrant, productive Postal Service is essential to our economy. We cannot ignore this. Think about the world of the internet, think about the way commerce is moving, the way we communicate, how we send bills and kmoocommunicate as a nation. You have to have a vibrant, thriving Postal Service to achieve that. Thats why i think so many people are here today and rithser one of the most important things our committee will be addressing and taking care of and thats the goal and what were trying to achieve and i thank you all for being here. We should have a good hearing today. With that, Ranking Member, mr. Comeings of maryland. I want to thank you for your hard wi hard work and staff on both sides working so hard for a long time to try to resolve the many c
Mail, they face an unprecedented financial crisis. Since 2006, mail volume has declined more than 25 or about 60 billion of pieces of mail annually. Theyve lost money for nine straight years. They face mounting longterm financial challenges. They have 54 billion for retiry health care and has exhausted its statutory debt limit and it lacks the funds it needs for critical infructure investmeinv. And a Delivery Fleet think about all the millions and millions of postal boxes that need somebody to come deliver the mail to them. It is a miraculous thing that for less than 50 cents, you can put a stamp on an envelope and a day or two or three days later, its going to show up at another address in the country. It really is truly amazing. But if youre going to purchase new delivery vehicles, youre going to need money and its something that the Postal Service does not have. In the mean time, they must manage a Delivery Fleet of vehicles on average is 20 years old and costs 20 billion a year in
And i have to just say mr. Dejoy we sent our letter two days after you received this briefing and this document. The it must have been fresh on your mind. Theres absolutely no excuse for concealing it and withholding this information from the committee or from your testimony before the senate when you were expressly asked questions about the information in the document, and, unfortunately, this Committee Received it from someone else, so mr. Dejoy, youre withholding information from us, concealing documents and downplaying the damage that youre causing, so let me close with this. This committee expects a full and complete production of all the documents we requested no later than this coming wednesday, and if you continue to withhold information or otherwise fail to comply, you can expect a subpoena. Now i know many of our members plan to ask about how you intend to fix the problems, the problems you created and reverse those horrible trend lines so we will get to those questions next.