Two GOP Freshmen to Handle Federal Worker Issues

House Republicans are tapping two freshmen to lead congressional oversight of the federal workforce and U.S. Postal Service. Reps. Dennis A. Ross (R-Fla.) and Justin Amash (R-Mich.) will serve as chairman and vice chairman of the panel’s subcommittee on the federal workforce, U.S. Postal Service and labor policy, according to aides for committee chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.).

Though the Postal Service is seeking serious structural reforms, it is still unclear how far Congress is willing to go to revamp it. USPS lost $8.5 billion in the fiscal year that ended in September and postal executives are seeking passage