The Hon. Gary Peters
Chairman
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
The Hon. Rob Portman
Ranking Member
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
February 24, 2022
The postal business community recently offered its support for the Postal Service Reform Act, HR 3076, as is. We urge every Senator to vote “aye” on this critical, bipartisan legislation, approved in the House by an overwhelming 342 – 92 heavily bipartisan vote. But an even longer list of businesses writes again because it is vital that no amendments be accepted; any change will risk the broad bipartisan support this carefully crafted legislation enjoys.
In particular, some oppose repealing the unaffordable “pre-funding” of postal retiree health benefits and requiring postal annuitants who have not yet subscribed to Medicare to do so, characterizing this as a “bailout” of USPS. Hardly a bailout, this financial correction is critical to the future of USPS, buttressed by important legal and equitable considerations, as well as ending USPS’ subsidizing Medicare. And some believe by codifying an integrated six-day delivery network, USPS will not have flexibility to adapt to changing conditions. Yet, the far larger risks lie in not maintaining a unified network, financially and operationally, a view that the Postmaster General endorses, and leaving the network open to complications in the annual appropriations process.
Sincerely,
TRADE ORGANIZATIONS
Coalition for a 21st Century Postal Service
American Association of Independent Music
American Catalog Mailers Association
American Forest & Paper Association
American Property Casualty Insurance Association
Association of National Advertisers
Envelope Manufacturers Association
Greeting Card Association
Major Mailers Association
MailersHub
National Association of Presort Mailers
National Newspaper Association
National Postal Policy Council
National Retail Federation
News Media Alliance
Package Shippers Association
Printing United Alliance
Retail Industry Leaders Association
Saturation Mailers Coalition
The Insurance Coalition
The Package Coalition
COMPANIES
4-Imprint
Action Mail Presort
Adams Publishing Group
AIIM Alexander & Co.
All Island Media
Amazon
America’s Newspapers
Arandell
Arcadia News
AT&T
Avanti Press, Inc.
Awkward Affections, LLC
Ballard Designs
Baudville Inc.
BCC Software
Belk
Biely & Shoaf Co.
Blue Kite Press
BlueCrest
Bluegrass Integrated Communications
Bluestone Perennials
BMS Direct
BMS Technologies Bronner’s Christmas Wonderland
Business Communication Solutions (BCS)
C & G Newspapers
California Car Cover Company
Calypso Cards, Inc.
Calyx Flowers, Inc.
Cathedral Corporation
Centron Data Services
CharmCat Creative LLC
Christianbook, LLC
Clarity
CohereOne
Colony Brands: Montgomery Ward, Seventh Avenue, Ginny’s, Midnight Velvet, Monroe & Main, The Swiss Colony, The Tender Filet, The Wisconsin Cheeseman, Country Door, Ashro
Columbia Sportswear
Community Papers of Michigan
Content Critical Solutions
Continuum | Marketing Production Services
Corporate Mailing Services
Corporate Mailing Services (CMS)
Crown Point Graphics
CSG International
Curiosities Greeting Cards
Curiosities Greeting Cards
Data Media Associates
Datamatx
Datapage
DataProse
Delivery Point Mail Services
Demographix Media
Design Toscano
Designer Greetings
Direct Mail Solutions
DMM
DNI Corp.
Domtar
Doxim
EasyPost
eBay
Etsy
Everything Marketing, LLC
Fairytale Brownies
Fixture Resource Group, Inc.
Florida Press Association
Fluence FPH Communications
FRONTGATE
FSSI
Gardener’s Supply Company
Garnet Hill
Genesee Valley Pennysavers
Grayhair Software Great American Business Products
Great Arrow Graphics
Grizzly Industrial, Inc.
Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Harbor Sweets Hathaway & Lane Direct, LLC
Hatteras/FocusOne
HC3 Healthy Directions
Hitchcock Paper Co.
Holt’s Cigar Company
Honeyberry Studios
HSN
IC Group
ICS Corp
Image Options
Impact
Improvements
IMS
Indrio Brands: Hale Groves, Pittman & Davis, Sun Harvest Citrus, StuartDM
InfoIMAGE Inkjet Insight
Inland Press Insight Forums
International Bridge
International Paper
J.S. Eliezer & Associates
Japs Olson
Johnson & Quin
JSM
Kathleen Schultz Marketing
King Solutions
K-Log
L & D Mail Masters
L&M Mail & Courier Lane Press
Las Vegas Presort
Leanin’ Tree, Inc.
Legacy Publishing Group
Lett Direct
Lindenmeyr Central
LSC Communications
Mail Maine
Mailbox Merchants
Mailing Services of Pittsburgh
Mailing Technical Services, Inc.
Mary Likes Postcards LLC
Midland
Midwest Direct
Mirthos Papers
Mountain Hard Wear
MPX
MRS Mail Express
My Shipping Post
NobleWorks Inc.
Northern Safety & Industrial
Novica
NPI
Nueske’s Applewood Smoked Meats
OBRIEN
Ormolu Press
OSG
OSM Worldwide
PacWest Direct
PaperCards.com
PaperCards.com
PaperCardShop.com LLC
Path2Response
PCI Group
Phillips Consulting Group
Pill Pack
Pirate Ship
Pitney Bowes
Pittsburgh Mailing
Plow & Hearth
PMSI
Polaris Direct, LLC
Poshmark
Postal Center International
Postal Consulting Services Inc.
Potpourri Group: Cuddledown, NorthStyle, The Pyramid Collection, Serengeti, In the Company of Dogs, Magellan’s, Catalog Favorites, Young Explorers, Back in the Saddle, Whatever Works, Country Store, Expressions, Nature’s Jewelry, The Stitchery, SafeFinds, TravelSmith, Chadwicks
prAna
Premier Press
Presort Essentials, Inc.
Presort, Inc.
Print Mail Solutions
Print Mannschaft
Printerette Press, LLC
Prolist
Publishers Clearing House
Quad Inc.
Qurate Retail Group
QVC
R.R. Donnelley
Raymond Geddes & Co., Inc.
Recreation Supply Company
Red River Presort
RevSpring
Robbin Rawlings Designs, Inc,
Royal Alliances
S&S Worldwide, Inc.
Scottish Gourmet USA LLC
Shades of Light
Shark Publications, LLC
She Said It
Shippo
Signature Graphics
Silver Star Brands: Miles Kimball, Walter Drake, Easy Comforts, Exposures, Dream Products, NativeRemedies, Fox Valley Traders
SiteForm, Inc.
Smart Market, Inc
Smile Songs
Sorel
Specialty Print Communications
Sporty’s
Stationery Trends
Summit Direct
Sylvamo
Target Direct
TC Delivers
The Bradford Exchange: Hammacher Schlemmer
The Dallas Morning News
The Dingley Press
The Masters Touch
The Paper Nerd
The PLD Group
The Republican
The Snowman Group
The Vermont Country Store
Think Patented Title Nine
TLC Management, Inc. Trainers Warehouse
United Business Mail
United Mailing Services Universal Presentation Concepts
Up With Paper
Upper Valley Press
Ursa Major Associates
USM Print Solutions
Value Direct, LLC
VariVerge
Walmart
Whittier Mailing Products Inc.
Wiland
Wisconsin Community Papers, Town Money Saver
Wolverine Solutions Group
Wood Carvers Supply Inc.
YRSTORE INC.
Zappos
Zulily
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The Coalition for a 21st Century Postal Service (C21) consists of public and private companies and industry associations representing newspapers, advertisers, catalogers, e-commerce, parcels, greeting cards, financial services, telecommunications, insurance, paper, printing, technology, envelope manufacturing, and mail services, which understand the essential role of USPS and want it sustained for the future. C21 broadly represents an industry generating nearly $1.6 trillion in sales and supporting 7.3 million private-sector jobs. Learn more at 21stcenturypostal.org.
