Lawmaker urges Postal Service to withdraw proposed mail-voting rule, says it would let Trump "hijack" agency

At a hearing before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, a lawmaker criticized a recently published proposed rule on voting by mail and urged the U.S. Postal Service to withdraw it.

"We can't discuss the future of the Postal Service without addressing the recently published proposed rule on voting by mail that would enable President Trump to hijack the Postal Service for his own political gain," the lawmaker said, arguing the agency must not become an instrument of partisan advantage.

The speaker said they "led the entire Democratic Caucus to once again insist that the Postal Service abandon its effort, uphold the law, and return to its core functions." They added that the Postal Service's mission is "to deliver the mail, no matter who sends it, no matter where it's going."

The transcript provided does not record a formal vote or action on the proposed rule. No additional witnesses, Postal Service officials, or other members are named in the supplied excerpt, and no statutory citations or specific regulatory provisions were offered in this segment.

The hearing's discussion in the available transcript centers on the lawmaker's public appeal for the Postal Service to prioritize impartial mail delivery and to withdraw the proposed rule on voting by mail.