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“This is a matter of life and death,” she said. Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Los Angeles) said he’s received 109 individual complaints about the USPS since July. Nearly 350 readers responded to a Los Angeles Times request for information about their experiences with the Postal Service; of those, 87% said they’d noticed a slowdown in mail delivery in recent weeks, and 13% said they’d… Read more »

Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.), vice chairman of the House Oversight Committee, told DeJoy he previously avoided “following other colleagues who called on you to resign.” “But I do think now it’s time for you to resign,” Gomez said. “Not because necessarily there’s this grand political conspiracy, but just the incompetence that we’ve seen when it comes to the Postal… Read more »

Although DeJoy pointed to the coronavirus pandemic as part of the problem with deliveries, he was unable to answer why problems from his changes were not resolved quickly, as he predicted. "Why have days turned into weeks?" asked Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.). “I’m trying to figure that out,” DeJoy said. Full Article Read more »

California’s 34th District Rep. Jimmy Gomez supports giving federal aid to undocumented immigrants through the Heroes and Cares Act and weighed in on how he would ensure the money stimulates our local economy, instead of being used for remittances. “I don’t think they’re going to be sending money home to help their family members when they’re in need here, right here," he said. Gomez… Read more »

Democratic leaders across the country have been lashing out about what they call apparent slowdowns in mail delivery due to operational changes implemented by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. The Democrat-controlled House is expected to approve a $25 billion spending package for the postal service this weekend in an effort to approve operations. "We're going to pass a bill on Saturday to… Read more »

But that is not the way Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi sees it. She's calling the House back into session this week for a vote Saturday on legislation to block the changes ordered inside the postal service. On Monday afternoon, three Congress members expressed outrage as the slow down in mail delivery is affecting people across the country. Representatives Maxine Waters, Nanette… Read more »

Several democratic house members are holding a series of news conferences in support of the Unites States Postal Service. Today in LA, L.A. County Democratic Party Chair Mark J. Gonzalez and Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Los Angeles, announce today a national day of action to call for the adequate funding of the U.S. Postal Service. Full Article Read more »

President Trump said he would not bolster U.S. Postal Service funding, which is something that is being negotiated as part of the next stimulus package, because it would allow for a fraudulent upcoming election. Congressman Jimmy Gomez, who represents California's 34th District, says this is yet another example of the President trying to politicize an a-political institution. Full Audio Read more »

The Postal Service has been caught up in a political fight amid the pandemic, with Democrats worrying that Trump's appointee to lead the agency may undercut the delivery of mail ballots. Multiple lawmakers on Thursday criticized Trump's comments. Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) tweeted that Trump was "saying the quiet part loud," while Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), a… Read more »

President Trump’s decision to re-impose aluminum tariffs on Canada was made for political gain in an election year, a House Democrat who participated in U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement negotiations told Inside U.S. Trade. “This president will do anything for political advantage, especially this year,” said Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA). “That’s why no one really trusts when he takes these… Read more »