Rahall Introduces Postal Legislation

{Washington, D.C.}...U.S. Representative Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., introduced legislation Thursday to help prevent post office closures in southern West Virginia. The Postal Service Accountability Act would strengthen the Postal Regulatory Commission. Rahall says it would give the PRC a binding authority to block a post office or sorting facility closure, and would increase, from two to three, the number of Commissioners needed to affirm a closure. Rahall says the bill aims to help ensure that our small, rural postal facilities are not made to bear the brunt of the Postal Service's nationwide budgetary challenges. The U.S. Postal Service has implemented a moratorium on postal closures through May 15th.