Huffman didn’t specify how lawmakers would seek to block the contract and said several options were being explored. Photographer: Graeme Jennings/Washington Examner/Bloomberg Congressional Action Louis DeJoy, postmaster general of the United States Postal Service, appears during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on Feb. White House Ups Postal Pressure, Urging ‘Better’ Leadership

If confirmed by the Senate, they would give Democrats a majority of the board’s nine slots. But Biden announced three nominees to the board on Wednesday. Only the Postal Service’s Board of Governors can decide to keep or remove DeJoy, a donor to former President Donald Trump. President Joe Biden on Thursday said he wants leaders who can do a “better job” running the service, signaling DeJoy could be at risk of losing his job. The lawmaker’s scrutiny adds to pressure on the Postal Service, which has come under fire in recent months for a delivery slowdown under DeJoy. The increase ended a three-day losing streak, though the stock is still down 43% for the week after losing the contract. Workhorse rose sharply on the news that lawmakers are aiming to block the contract, closing up 25% to $18.87 in New York trading. Workhorse Group Inc., the only all-electric vehicle maker in the running, said in a statement Wednesday that it “intends to explore all avenues” available to it in the government bidding process. USPS awarded Oshkosh Defense a $6 billion, 10-year contract to manufacture a new fleet of as many as 165,000 postal delivery vehicles with “either fuel-efficient internal combustion engines or battery electric powertrains.” Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Wednesday that the service has plans for only 10% of its new truck fleet to be electric. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) said in an interview. “This is an urgent situation where we cannot allow this contract to go forward,” Rep. Postal Service to electrify its vehicle fleet vowed Thursday to block a contract the service awarded to Oshkosh Corp. A House Democrat who has advocated for the U.S.

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