Can see, Benjamin Franklin. He was the inventor of the post office, Postal Service. And you are a native of new yor york. He went to college in florida, and then he went back to your familys business and you built it up, he moved to greenso , North Carolina build into a Logistics Company ultimately merged with another company. Given very involved in philanthropic activities at my alma mater, Duke University with other plates so thank you for giving us your time today racemic let me ask you, at the outset, when you agreed to be postmaster general, did you realize you would get this much attention because it not normally the most famous position in washington d. C. I doubt a fair made people can name your immediate predecessors. You are very well known, did you expect to get this much attention . I think when i accepted the role, we need to member the situation of the Postal Service at the time. It was right at the heights of the beginning of the pandemic. And we were having significant
Lewis did joy spoke with the Economic Club of washington dc about postal club operations. In the handling of mailin ballots. He also talked about the impact of the coronavirus on the workforce. Let me first now go to our special guest the postmaster general lewis did joy. Thank you very much for giving us your time today. Thank you david for having me and i want to thank the Economic Club of washington for paying attention to me. Thank you for attending. You are the 75th postmaster general the first one is behind you i can see. He was the inventor of the Postal Service. You are a native of new york and you went to college in florida in stetson and then you went back to your familys business and you belted up in greensboro North Carolina and built into the Largest Logistics Companies in the United States. You had been very involved in philanthropic alma mater. Thank you for giving us your time today. O let me just ask at the outset when you agreed to be postmaster general did you realiz
Okay. Agenda item number 1, call to order. To call the roll call. Clerk agenda item number number 2. President stephen follansbee. Present. Clerk Vice President chris canning . Clerk present. Commissioner Karen Breslin. Present. Clerk commissioner mary hao. Present. Clerk supervisor dean preston. Present. Clerk commissioner claire zvanski. Present. Clerk and commissioner randy scott is absent. President follansbee, we have a quorum. Okay. Can we call the next item agenda, number 3. Clerk agenda item number 3, approval with possible modifications of the minutes set forth in the august 13th, 2020. Is there any discussion on this item . At the corrections or modifications from the board . Ill make a motion to approve the minutes, as presented. Second. Okay. I think we have an opportunity for Public Comment at this point. Clerk okay. The moderator will be opening up the phone lines. The slide presented gives information on the Public Comment callin number, which is 408 4189388, access code
Instituted. This is two and a half hours. The committee will come to order. Without objection, the chairman is authorized to declare a recess at any time. The chair asks that ms. Debbie ms. Scanlan,ultz, else mr. Cooper, ms. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and representative mary gay scanlon, b waved onto the committee. Without objection, it is so ordered. I now recognize myself for an Opening Statement, then i will record as the Ranking Member. I have agreed is the chairwoman on . Chairwoman wish to have an Opening Statement . I will recognize her, with your after. Ion, mr. Hice, lawrence, i will recognize. If somebody else on your side wants to have additional. The Postal Service is the crown jewel of our federal government. It serves every household and business every day. 630,000 brief individuals who live in every congressional district. According to pew research, 91 of americans have a favorable view of the Postal Service. Leaps and bounds above that of any other federal entity. During
Chair clyburn good afternoon. The committee will come to order. With out objection, the chair has authorized to declare a recess for the committee at any time. For anecognize myself opening statement. This morning, we heard the president in his own words, recorded in february, described the coronavirus as deadly stuff. Recordingo heard a from march, in which he admitted quoted again i wanted to always play it down. I still like playing it down because i dont want to create a panic. DidTrump Administration play down the pandemic, refusing to level with the American People about the known danger and refusing to develop and implement a National Plan to stop the spread. As a result, more than 190,000 and thes have died coronavirus is continuing to kill hundreds and in fact tens of thousands every day. Weeks,e next eight americans will be casting their votes in the midst of this ongoing crisis. Holding a free, fair, and safe election under these circumstances is a challenge. But let there b