119th Congress

H.Res. 70

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should take all appropriate measures to ensure that the United States Postal Service remains an independent establishment of the Federal Government and is not subject to privatization.

Introduced
In committee
Agreed to

Sponsor: Stephen F. Lynch(D-MA)
Introduced: Jan 28, 2025
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Committees: House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Official text: Introduced in House · Congress.gov page

Cosponsors (237)

Original cosponsors (3)

Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY)
Nick LaLota (R-NY)
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Added later (234)

Ami Bera (D-CA) · Jan 31, 2025
Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) · Jan 31, 2025
Betty McCollum (D-MN) · Jan 31, 2025
Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) · Jan 31, 2025
Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL) · Jan 31, 2025
Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA) · Jan 31, 2025
Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA) · Jan 31, 2025
Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) · Jan 31, 2025
Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ) · Jan 31, 2025
Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA) · Jan 31, 2025
Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY) · Jan 31, 2025
Debbie Dingell (D-MI) · Jan 31, 2025
Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA) · Jan 31, 2025
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) · Jan 31, 2025
Eric Sorensen (D-IL) · Jan 31, 2025
Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN) · Jan 31, 2025
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Grace Meng (D-NY) · Jan 31, 2025
Greg Casar (D-TX) · Jan 31, 2025
Gwen Moore (D-WI) · Jan 31, 2025
Haley M. Stevens (D-MI) · Jan 31, 2025
Henry Cuellar (D-TX) · Jan 31, 2025
Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL) · Jan 31, 2025
Jim Costa (D-CA) · Jan 31, 2025
Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) · Jan 31, 2025
Marc A. Veasey (D-TX) · Jan 31, 2025
Mark Takano (D-CA) · Jan 31, 2025
Maxwell Frost (D-FL) · Jan 31, 2025
Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM) · Jan 31, 2025
Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) · Jan 31, 2025
Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) · Jan 31, 2025
Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT) · Jan 31, 2025
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA) · Jan 31, 2025
Seth Magaziner (D-RI) · Jan 31, 2025
Sharice Davids (D-KS) · Jan 31, 2025
Shri Thanedar (D-MI) · Jan 31, 2025
Steve Cohen (D-TN) · Jan 31, 2025
Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) · Jan 31, 2025
William R. Keating (D-MA) · Jan 31, 2025
André Carson (D-IN) · Feb 4, 2025
Bill Foster (D-IL) · Feb 4, 2025
Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL) · Feb 4, 2025
Dina Titus (D-NV) · Feb 4, 2025
Don Bacon (R-NE) · Feb 4, 2025
Greg Landsman (D-OH) · Feb 4, 2025
Greg Stanton (D-AZ) · Feb 4, 2025
Joe Neguse (D-CO) · Feb 4, 2025
John B. Larson (D-CT) · Feb 4, 2025
Madeleine Dean (D-PA) · Feb 4, 2025
Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA) · Feb 4, 2025
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Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA) · Feb 4, 2025
Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA) · Feb 4, 2025
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ) · Feb 4, 2025
Andrea Salinas (D-OR) · Feb 5, 2025
Angie Craig (D-MN) · Feb 5, 2025
Donald Norcross (D-NJ) · Feb 5, 2025
Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) · Feb 5, 2025
Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA) · Feb 5, 2025
Ilhan Omar (D-MN) · Feb 5, 2025
Lori Trahan (D-MA) · Feb 5, 2025
Lucy McBath (D-GA) · Feb 5, 2025
Marilyn Strickland (D-WA) · Feb 5, 2025
Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) · Feb 5, 2025
Scott H. Peters (D-CA) · Feb 5, 2025
Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) · Feb 5, 2025
Val T. Hoyle (D-OR) · Feb 5, 2025
Becca Balint (D-VT) · Feb 7, 2025
Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) · Feb 7, 2025
James A. Himes (D-CT) · Feb 7, 2025
Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY) · Feb 7, 2025
Judy Chu (D-CA) · Feb 7, 2025
Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) · Feb 7, 2025
Paul Tonko (D-NY) · Feb 7, 2025
Al Green (D-TX) · Feb 10, 2025
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Chellie Pingree (D-ME) · Feb 10, 2025
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) · Feb 10, 2025
Dwight Evans (D-PA) · Feb 10, 2025
Emily Randall (D-WA) · Feb 10, 2025
Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL) · Feb 10, 2025
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA) · Feb 10, 2025
Joyce Beatty (D-OH) · Feb 10, 2025
Kweisi Mfume (D-MD) · Feb 10, 2025
Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) · Feb 10, 2025
Maxine Waters (D-CA) · Feb 10, 2025
Nikki Budzinski (D-IL) · Feb 10, 2025
Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY) · Feb 10, 2025
James P. McGovern (D-MA) · Feb 11, 2025
Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) · Feb 11, 2025
Joaquin Castro (D-TX) · Feb 11, 2025
Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA) · Feb 11, 2025
Mark Pocan (D-WI) · Feb 11, 2025
Steven Horsford (D-NV) · Feb 11, 2025
April McClain Delaney (D-MD) · Feb 13, 2025
George Latimer (D-NY) · Feb 13, 2025
Sarah McBride (D-DE) · Feb 13, 2025
Jason Crow (D-CO) · Feb 14, 2025
Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA) · Feb 14, 2025
Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) · Feb 18, 2025
Michael Lawler (R-NY) · Feb 18, 2025
Alma S. Adams (D-NC) · Feb 21, 2025
Brad Sherman (D-CA) · Feb 21, 2025
Chris Pappas (D-NH) · Feb 21, 2025
Diana DeGette (D-CO) · Feb 21, 2025
Jahana Hayes (D-CT) · Feb 21, 2025
Joe Courtney (D-CT) · Feb 21, 2025
Nikema Williams (D-GA) · Feb 21, 2025
Sara Jacobs (D-CA) · Feb 21, 2025
Seth Moulton (D-MA) · Feb 21, 2025
Gabe Amo (D-RI) · Feb 24, 2025
Lauren Underwood (D-IL) · Feb 24, 2025
Richard E. Neal (D-MA) · Feb 24, 2025
Summer L. Lee (D-PA) · Feb 24, 2025
Ed Case (D-HI) · Feb 25, 2025
Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) · Feb 25, 2025
Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) · Feb 25, 2025
Josh Harder (D-CA) · Feb 25, 2025
Kathy Castor (D-FL) · Feb 25, 2025
Kevin Mullin (D-CA) · Feb 25, 2025
Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI) · Feb 25, 2025
Mike Quigley (D-IL) · Feb 25, 2025
Mike Thompson (D-CA) · Feb 25, 2025
Shontel M. Brown (D-OH) · Feb 25, 2025
J. Luis Correa (D-CA) · Feb 26, 2025
Janelle S. Bynum (D-OR) · Feb 26, 2025
Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI) · Feb 26, 2025
Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) · Feb 26, 2025
Juan Vargas (D-CA) · Feb 26, 2025
Julia Brownley (D-CA) · Feb 26, 2025
Maxine Dexter (D-OR) · Feb 26, 2025
Mike Levin (D-CA) · Feb 26, 2025
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) · Feb 27, 2025
James C. Moylan (R-GU) · Feb 27, 2025
LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) · Feb 27, 2025
Robert Menendez (D-NJ) · Feb 27, 2025
George Whitesides (D-CA) · Mar 4, 2025
Jared Huffman (D-CA) · Mar 4, 2025
Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL) · Mar 4, 2025
Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) · Mar 4, 2025
Raul Ruiz (D-CA) · Mar 4, 2025
Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) · Mar 4, 2025
Ted Lieu (D-CA) · Mar 4, 2025
Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY) · Mar 4, 2025
Adam Smith (D-WA) · Mar 6, 2025
Kim Schrier (D-WA) · Mar 6, 2025
Rick Larsen (D-WA) · Mar 6, 2025
Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL) · Mar 11, 2025
Julie Johnson (D-TX) · Mar 11, 2025
Laura Friedman (D-CA) · Mar 11, 2025
Morgan McGarvey (D-KY) · Mar 11, 2025
Darren Soto (D-FL) · Mar 18, 2025
Deborah K. Ross (D-NC) · Mar 18, 2025
Jack Bergman (R-MI) · Mar 18, 2025
John W. Mannion (D-NY) · Mar 18, 2025
Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX) · Mar 18, 2025
Maggie Goodlander (D-NH) · Mar 18, 2025
Ritchie Torres (D-NY) · Mar 18, 2025
Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX) · Mar 18, 2025
Wesley Bell (D-MO) · Mar 18, 2025
Donald G. Davis (D-NC) · Mar 21, 2025
Jared F. Golden (D-ME) · Mar 21, 2025
Josh Riley (D-NY) · Mar 21, 2025
Lateefah Simon (D-CA) · Mar 21, 2025
Lois Frankel (D-FL) · Mar 21, 2025
Danny K. Davis (D-IL) · Mar 25, 2025
Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) · Mar 25, 2025
Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ) · Mar 25, 2025
Johnny Olszewski, Jr. (D-MD) · Mar 25, 2025
Laura Gillen (D-NY) · Mar 25, 2025
Robin L. Kelly (D-IL) · Mar 25, 2025
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Sarah Elfreth (D-MD) · Mar 25, 2025
Sam Graves (R-MO) · Mar 27, 2025
Sean Casten (D-IL) · Mar 27, 2025
Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (R-NJ) · Mar 27, 2025
Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC) · Mar 27, 2025
Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. (D-NJ) · Apr 1, 2025
Troy A. Carter (D-LA) · Apr 1, 2025
Dave Min (D-CA) · Apr 2, 2025
Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA) · Apr 2, 2025
Kimberlyn King-Hinds (R-MP) · Apr 2, 2025
Nellie Pou (D-NJ) · Apr 2, 2025
Norma J. Torres (D-CA) · Apr 2, 2025
Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) · Apr 7, 2025
Terri A. Sewell (D-AL) · Apr 7, 2025
John Garamendi (D-CA) · Apr 8, 2025
Shomari Figures (D-AL) · Apr 8, 2025
Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA) · Apr 10, 2025
Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX) · Apr 10, 2025
Veronica Escobar (D-TX) · Apr 10, 2025
Cleo Fields (D-LA) · Apr 28, 2025
Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH) · Apr 28, 2025
Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI) · Apr 28, 2025
S001157 · Apr 28, 2025
Stacey E. Plaskett (D-VI) · Apr 28, 2025
Susie Lee (D-NV) · Apr 28, 2025
Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM) · Apr 28, 2025
Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY) · Apr 28, 2025
Doris O. Matsui (D-CA) · May 13, 2025
Gabe Vasquez (D-NM) · May 13, 2025
Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) · May 13, 2025
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) · May 13, 2025
Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA) · May 13, 2025
Robert Garcia (D-CA) · May 13, 2025
Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) · May 19, 2025
Kelly Morrison (D-MN) · May 19, 2025
Ro Khanna (D-CA) · May 19, 2025
Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) · May 21, 2025
Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) · May 21, 2025
Sam T. Liccardo (D-CA) · Jun 3, 2025
Michael R. Turner (R-OH) · Jun 23, 2025
Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) · Jun 25, 2025
Dan Newhouse (R-WA) · Jul 16, 2025
Derek Tran (D-CA) · Jul 21, 2025
Jamie Raskin (D-MD) · Jul 21, 2025
Patrick Ryan (D-NY) · Jul 21, 2025
Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA) · Jul 21, 2025
David G. Valadao (R-CA) · Sep 30, 2025
Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA) · Oct 6, 2025
Adam Gray (D-CA) · Oct 21, 2025
Glenn Ivey (D-MD) · Oct 21, 2025
Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. (R-PA) · Oct 24, 2025
Luz M. Rivas (D-CA) · Nov 18, 2025
Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ) · Dec 3, 2025
Pablo José Hernández (D-PR) · Dec 9, 2025
Pete Stauber (R-MN) · Dec 18, 2025
James R. Walkinshaw (D-VA) · Jan 21, 2026
Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY) · Mar 25, 2026
Claudia Tenney (R-NY) · Mar 26, 2026
Lance Gooden (R-TX) · Apr 29, 2026
Mark Alford (R-MO) · May 13, 2026
Derek Schmidt (R-KS) · Jun 2, 2026
Mike Bost (R-IL) · Jun 3, 2026

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in House” version

This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should ensure that the U.S. Postal Service is not privatized and remains an independent establishment of the federal government.

Roll-call votes

No recorded votes on this bill.

Actions

Jan 28, 2025 · House
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Jan 28, 2025
Submitted in House