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Democrats have pointed to DeJoy’s financial ties and support for Trump to justify his resignation from the agency, as well as his apparent inability to actually get the mail delivered on time. “I think it’s time for you to resign, not because necessarily there is this grand political conspiracy, but just the incompetence that we’ve seen when it comes to the Postal Service,” Rep. Jimmy… Read more »

A congressional subcommittee has requested that the Department of Justice investigate allegations of systemic abuses by “criminal gangs” that employ aggressive policing tactics within the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. “The allegations of abusive behavior by these criminal gangs within the LASD are deeply disturbing,” Reps. Jimmy Gomez (D-Los Angeles) and Jamie Raskin… Read more »

At any rate, the postmaster general told the House oversight committee, he couldn’t be blamed for everything that went wrong at the USPS. “I’m not the COO,” he said. “I’m the CEO of the organization.” Republicans were understanding, but Democrats proclaimed astonishment. “You’re supposed to be a logistics expert, right?” asked Democratic U.S. Representative Jimmy Gomez of… Read more »

Last month, New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a groundbreaking lawsuit against the National Rifle Association, charging the nation’s oldest gun rights group with decades of illegal financial dealings and misconduct and seeking to dissolve the organization. But that might not be the end of the NRA’s legal woes. Now, a coalition of Democratic members of the House Ways… Read more »

House Ways and Means Committee Democrats on Tuesday called on the IRS to review the tax-exempt status of the National Rifle Association (NRA) and NRA Foundation. The members, led by Reps. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) and Brad Schneider (D-Ill.), wrote a letter to IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig following the lawsuit from the New York attorney general seeking to dissolve… Read more »

“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 »