Friend —

I wanted to take a few minutes to write to you about the Post Office.

The U.S. Postal Service has been in the news a lot over the past few months, between President Trump’s misleading comments on mail-in voting, to cuts being made to our postal service by the Trump administration appointee who is now leading the agency.

Let me be frank: USPS was never meant to be a huge moneymaker for the federal government. It was created more than 200 years ago to serve the American public — service is in the name.

Millions of folks across the country rely on the U.S. Postal Service to receive their Social Security checks, get important medicine, and stay in touch with their loved ones. And come November, many more Americans will use this system to safely cast their ballots by mail. Beyond the critical services it provides, the U.S. Postal Service also employs 600,000 folks across the country, and questions about funding means their jobs hang in the balance.

We’re going to need Congressional action to fix this. If you feel the same way I do about protecting the Post Office, I urge you to sign onto this petition to show your support.

USPS isn’t something that we can do without, even in the digital age. I will continue to advocate in the Senate to make sure the postal service has the funding it needs to continue to serve the American people. That’s a promise.

Thank you for your support.

— Mark Warner