Democrats Urge Postal Regulatory Commission to Block USPS Proposed Price Hikes

The lawmakers said the USPS failed to meet its target for more than half of its market-dominant products in fiscal year 2023.

U.S. Postal Service mail vehicles in a file photograph. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

House Democrats are urging the Postal Regulatory Commission to block the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) price hikes, noting they would risk the agency’s future as its delivery performance has hit “historic lows.”

The USPS said last month that it was planning to raise the price of first-class stamps by 5 cents—from 68 cents to 73 cents—as part of proposed adjustments to raise mailing services product prices by 7.8 percent.