The Postmaster General put has hands over his ears during a heated exchange Tuesday with one of the two congressmen who represent Hall County.
Rich McCormick (R-Suwanee) and Lewis DeJoy squared off during yet another congressional hearing on the problems facing the postal service and the trickle-down impact that is having on people coast-to-coast.
McCormick said mail delivery in Georgia is still dismal. At one point, the on-time delivery rate was in the 40% range. DeJoy said in a Senate hearing last week it was at 75% in Georgia.
Georgia is not the only state reporting problems, members told DeJoy during the hearing. Committee members said people are calling their offices with stories about delayed bill payments that led to penalties or late checks that kept some from buying essential items like medicine.
DeJoy, who was named postmaster in May 2020, blamed Congress in an exchange with McCormick, saying the postal service had significant issues before he took the position.
“You are responsible for the fall of the postal service,” McCormick said. “With all the AI, with all the computer systems, you are worse than if I took a horse and picked up the mail and delivered it two miles down the road,” McCormick said.
DeJoy covered his ears as if to indicate he wasn’t listening after telling McCormick at one point he was “talking to himself.”
“I hope you got that on camera,” McCormick said. “This is the response that the postmaster gives Congress when he doesn’t like what he hears.”