Western Kentucky Congressman James Comer played an important role this week in seeing the U.S. House pass the Postal Service Reform Act.
Congressman Comer is the ranking Republican member of the Committee on Oversight and Reform and he and Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney presented the legislation.
Comer says it changes an outdated business model to reflect that the postal service now carries a far greater percentage of packages than decades ago when the current procedures were established.
While talk of postal service reform in the past has meant closing small rural post offices, Congressman Comer says that’s not the case this time.
While there was some consternation over the Paducah mail sorting center being consolidated into the Evansville facility to cut costs, Comer is confident it will reopen as a center to exclusively sort packages.
Comer notes that the postal service is currently hand-sorting most packages and the reform measures include technology to make that process more efficient.
The bill now heads to the Senate, where Comer expects it to eventually receive approval.
You can listen to our entire interview with Congressman Comer below: