US Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, a Republican donor who has
been at the center of controversy over cost-cutting changes to the US Postal
Service, is testifying before the Senate Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs Committee on Friday, reported cbsnews.

DeJoy made headlines after he
announced cost-cutting changes to the US Postal Service before the mail-in
ballots for the November elections. He is a close ally
of President Trump. He is appearing before the Republican-led panel to answer
questions about the mail agency’s finances and operations during the
coronavirus pandemic, which has exacerbated the Postal Service’s fiscal woes,
and the upcoming general election.

The postmaster general was appointed
to the new post in June and since then he implemented a series of operational
changes designed to save the struggling Postal Service money. He curtailed overtime and prohibited postal workers from making extra trips for
late-arriving mail.

The changes, however, led to
a slowdown in mail delivery, and the Postal Service warned 46 states that
mail-in ballots may not be received in time to be counted.

The changes led to an avalanche of calls
from congressional Democrats and some Republicans for DeJoy to reverse his
changes. And, as public pressure
swelled, Dejoy on Tuesday halted some of the initiatives until
after the election.

Meanwhile, the House is will convene on Saturday to vote on
legislation that would prohibit the Postal Service from implementing changes to
operations or levels of service until after the pandemic.