Washington, D.C.- Congressman Steve King (R-IA), Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) announce that they have formally requested that the United States Postal Service delay the implementation of its plan to consolidate mail processing operations in Sioux City with a mail processing center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The request was made […]
Lawmakers seek meeting after USPS fails to respond to requests for information about decision to close Sioux City Facility July 15, 2011 Washington D.C.- Congressman Steve King (R-IA) announces that he, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), have requested a meeting with Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe to discuss the Postal Service’s plan […]
Senators Charles Grassley, Tom Harkin and Congressman Steve King make appeal for Sioux City mail processing center WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley, Senator Tom Harkin and Representative Steve King today asked the Postmaster General to suspend the decision to close the Sioux City Processing and Distribution Facility. The delegation members said that the Siouxland […]
Postal Service close Sioux City, Iowa mail processing and distribution center: “One word says it all: Infuriated.Community leaders and Iowa’s two U.S. senators made no secret Friday of their frustration with the U.S. Postal Service’s announcement it will close Sioux City’s mail processing and distribution center and move it 75 miles north to Sioux Falls, […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today wrote to Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe in opposition to a proposed regulation that would give the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) the right to convert post offices into stations or branches of larger post offices at their discretion. Once converted, the USPS would then be able to close […]
Request Second Public Hearing on Mail Processing Press Release from the office of Congressman Steve King May 2, 2011 Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Steve King and Senators Chuck Grassley and Tom Harkin wrote to the United States Postal Service to ask that the Postal Service make public the details of the Area Mail Processing […]
The following is a press release from Congressman Steve King (R-IA), Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) Washington D.C.- Congressman Steve King (R-IA), Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today sent to Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe a letter expressing their concerns that any new effort to consolidate Sioux City’s […]