HRES70Referred to Committee
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
3
Passed One Chamber4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-01-28
Introduced
237
Cosponsors
HRES
ⓘType
Sponsor

Stephen F. Lynch
Democrat · MA · Representative
Votes with party: 96.4% (583 recorded votes)
Full profile: /officials/L000562
Source: Congress.gov · FEC
Cosponsors (237)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
- Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2)Original· 2025-01-28
- Nick LaLota (R-NY-1)Original· 2025-01-28
- Ami Bera (D-CA-6)· 2025-01-31
- Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7)· 2025-01-31
- Betty McCollum (D-MN-4)· 2025-01-31
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12)· 2025-01-31
- Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10)· 2025-01-31
- Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2)· 2025-01-31
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1)· 2025-01-31
- Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6)· 2025-01-31
- Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4)· 2025-01-31
- Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA-17)· 2025-01-31
- Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY-10)· 2025-01-31
- Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6)· 2025-01-31
- Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA-8)· 2025-01-31
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)· 2025-01-31
- Eric Sorensen (D-IL-17)· 2025-01-31
- Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN-1)· 2025-01-31
- Grace Meng (D-NY-6)· 2025-01-31
- Greg Casar (D-TX-35)· 2025-01-31
- Gwen Moore (D-WI-4)· 2025-01-31
- Haley M. Stevens (D-MI-11)· 2025-01-31
- Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28)· 2025-01-31
- Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL-9)· 2025-01-31
- Jim Costa (D-CA-21)· 2025-01-31
- Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19)· 2025-01-31
- Marc A. Veasey (D-TX-33)· 2025-01-31
- Mark Takano (D-CA-39)· 2025-01-31
- Maxwell Frost (D-FL-10)· 2025-01-31
- Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1)· 2025-01-31
- Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7)· 2025-01-31
- Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12)· 2025-01-31
- Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT-3)· 2025-01-31
- Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2)· 2025-01-31
- Seth Magaziner (D-RI-2)· 2025-01-31
- Sharice Davids (D-KS-3)· 2025-01-31
- Shri Thanedar (D-MI-13)· 2025-01-31
- Steve Cohen (D-TN-9)· 2025-01-31
- Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1)· 2025-01-31
- William R. Keating (D-MA-9)· 2025-01-31
- André Carson (D-IN-7)· 2025-02-04
- Bill Foster (D-IL-11)· 2025-02-04
- Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL-3)· 2025-02-04
- Dina Titus (D-NV-1)· 2025-02-04
- Don Bacon (R-NE-2)· 2025-02-04
- Eric Swalwell (D-CA-14)· 2025-02-04
- Greg Landsman (D-OH-1)· 2025-02-04
- Greg Stanton (D-AZ-4)· 2025-02-04
- Joe Neguse (D-CO-2)· 2025-02-04
- John B. Larson (D-CT-1)· 2025-02-04
- Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4)· 2025-02-04
- Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5)· 2025-02-04
- Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24)· 2025-02-04
- Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA-1)· 2025-02-04
- Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ-3)· 2025-02-04
- Andrea Salinas (D-OR-6)· 2025-02-05
- Angie Craig (D-MN-2)· 2025-02-05
- Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1)· 2025-02-05
- Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5)· 2025-02-05
- Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA-7)· 2025-02-05
- Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5)· 2025-02-05
- Lori Trahan (D-MA-3)· 2025-02-05
- Lucy McBath (D-GA-6)· 2025-02-05
- Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10)· 2025-02-05
- Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8)· 2025-02-05
- Scott H. Peters (D-CA-50)· 2025-02-05
- Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA-10)· 2025-02-05
- Val T. Hoyle (D-OR-4)· 2025-02-05
- Becca Balint (D-VT)· 2025-02-07
- Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2)· 2025-02-07
- James A. Himes (D-CT-4)· 2025-02-07
- Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY-25)· 2025-02-07
- Judy Chu (D-CA-28)· 2025-02-07
- Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9)· 2025-02-07
- Paul Tonko (D-NY-20)· 2025-02-07
- Al Green (D-TX-9)· 2025-02-10
- Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1)· 2025-02-10
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25)· 2025-02-10
- Dwight Evans (D-PA-3)· 2025-02-10
- Emily Randall (D-WA-6)· 2025-02-10
- Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24)· 2025-02-10
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4)· 2025-02-10
- Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3)· 2025-02-10
- Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7)· 2025-02-10
- Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-37)· 2025-02-10
- Maxine Waters (D-CA-43)· 2025-02-10
- Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13)· 2025-02-10
- Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20)· 2025-02-10
- Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-9)· 2025-02-10
- James P. McGovern (D-MA-2)· 2025-02-11
- Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-12)· 2025-02-11
- Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20)· 2025-02-11
- Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA-38)· 2025-02-11
- Mark Pocan (D-WI-2)· 2025-02-11
- Steven Horsford (D-NV-4)· 2025-02-11
- April McClain Delaney (D-MD-6)· 2025-02-13
- George Latimer (D-NY-16)· 2025-02-13
- Sarah McBride (D-DE)· 2025-02-13
- Jason Crow (D-CO-6)· 2025-02-14
- Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44)· 2025-02-14
- Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-6)· 2025-02-18
- Michael Lawler (R-NY-17)· 2025-02-18
- Alma S. Adams (D-NC-12)· 2025-02-21
- Brad Sherman (D-CA-32)· 2025-02-21
- Chris Pappas (D-NH-1)· 2025-02-21
- Diana DeGette (D-CO-1)· 2025-02-21
- Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5)· 2025-02-21
- Joe Courtney (D-CT-2)· 2025-02-21
- Nikema Williams (D-GA-5)· 2025-02-21
- Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51)· 2025-02-21
- Seth Moulton (D-MA-6)· 2025-02-21
- Gabe Amo (D-RI-1)· 2025-02-24
- Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14)· 2025-02-24
- Richard E. Neal (D-MA-1)· 2025-02-24
- Summer L. Lee (D-PA-12)· 2025-02-24
- Ed Case (D-HI-1)· 2025-02-25
- Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-5)· 2025-02-25
- Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34)· 2025-02-25
- Josh Harder (D-CA-9)· 2025-02-25
- Kathy Castor (D-FL-14)· 2025-02-25
- Kevin Mullin (D-CA-15)· 2025-02-25
- Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI-8)· 2025-02-25
- Mike Quigley (D-IL-5)· 2025-02-25
- Mike Thompson (D-CA-4)· 2025-02-25
- Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11)· 2025-02-25
- J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46)· 2025-02-26
- Janelle S. Bynum (D-OR-5)· 2025-02-26
- Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI-2)· 2025-02-26
- Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5)· 2025-02-26
- Juan Vargas (D-CA-52)· 2025-02-26
- Julia Brownley (D-CA-26)· 2025-02-26
- Maxine Dexter (D-OR-3)· 2025-02-26
- Mike Levin (D-CA-49)· 2025-02-26
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14)· 2025-02-27
- James C. Moylan (R-GU)· 2025-02-27
- LaMonica McIver (D-NJ-10)· 2025-02-27
- Robert Menendez (D-NJ-8)· 2025-02-27
- George Whitesides (D-CA-27)· 2025-03-04
- Jared Huffman (D-CA-2)· 2025-03-04
- Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4)· 2025-03-04
- Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7)· 2025-03-04
- Raul Ruiz (D-CA-25)· 2025-03-04
- Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD-5)· 2025-03-04
- Ted Lieu (D-CA-36)· 2025-03-04
- Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3)· 2025-03-04
- Adam Smith (D-WA-9)· 2025-03-06
- Kim Schrier (D-WA-8)· 2025-03-06
- Rick Larsen (D-WA-2)· 2025-03-06
- Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL-1)· 2025-03-11
- Julie Johnson (D-TX-32)· 2025-03-11
- Laura Friedman (D-CA-30)· 2025-03-11
- Morgan McGarvey (D-KY-3)· 2025-03-11
- Darren Soto (D-FL-9)· 2025-03-18
- Deborah K. Ross (D-NC-2)· 2025-03-18
- Jack Bergman (R-MI-1)· 2025-03-18
- John W. Mannion (D-NY-22)· 2025-03-18
- Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-7)· 2025-03-18
- Maggie Goodlander (D-NH-2)· 2025-03-18
- Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15)· 2025-03-18
- Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-34)· 2025-03-18
- Wesley Bell (D-MO-1)· 2025-03-18
- Donald G. Davis (D-NC-1)· 2025-03-21
- Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2)· 2025-03-21
- Josh Riley (D-NY-19)· 2025-03-21
- Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12)· 2025-03-21
- Lois Frankel (D-FL-22)· 2025-03-21
- Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7)· 2025-03-25
- Jared Moskowitz (D-FL-23)· 2025-03-25
- Jefferson Van Drew (D-NJ-2)· 2025-03-25
- Johnny Olszewski, Jr. (D-MD-2)· 2025-03-25
- Laura Gillen (D-NY-4)· 2025-03-25
- Robin L. Kelly (D-IL-2)· 2025-03-25
- Sarah Elfreth (D-MD-3)· 2025-03-25
- Sam Graves (R-MO-6)· 2025-03-27
- Sean Casten (D-IL-6)· 2025-03-27
- Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (R-NJ-7)· 2025-03-27
- Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC-4)· 2025-03-27
- Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. (D-NJ-3)· 2025-04-01
- Troy A. Carter (D-LA-2)· 2025-04-01
- Dave Min (D-CA-47)· 2025-04-02
- Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA-31)· 2025-04-02
- Kimberlyn King-Hinds (R-MP)· 2025-04-02
- Nellie Pou (D-NJ-9)· 2025-04-02
- Norma J. Torres (D-CA-35)· 2025-04-02
- Brittany Pettersen (D-CO-7)· 2025-04-07
- Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7)· 2025-04-07
- John Garamendi (D-CA-8)· 2025-04-08
- Shomari Figures (D-AL-2)· 2025-04-08
- Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA-4)· 2025-04-10
- Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29)· 2025-04-10
- Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16)· 2025-04-10
- Cleo Fields (D-LA-6)· 2025-04-28
- David Scott (D-GA-13)· 2025-04-28
- Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH-13)· 2025-04-28
- Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI-3)· 2025-04-28
- Stacey E. Plaskett (D-VI)· 2025-04-28
- Susie Lee (D-NV-3)· 2025-04-28
- Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-3)· 2025-04-28
- Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY-26)· 2025-04-28
- Doris O. Matsui (D-CA-7)· 2025-05-13
- Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-2)· 2025-05-13
- Jasmine Crockett (D-TX-30)· 2025-05-13
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA-3)· 2025-05-13
- Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-10)· 2025-05-13
- Robert Garcia (D-CA-42)· 2025-05-13
- Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13)· 2025-05-19
- Kelly Morrison (D-MN-3)· 2025-05-19
- Ro Khanna (D-CA-17)· 2025-05-19
- Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4)· 2025-05-21
- Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27)· 2025-05-21
- Sam T. Liccardo (D-CA-16)· 2025-06-03
- Michael R. Turner (R-OH-10)· 2025-06-23
- Derrick Van Orden (R-WI-3)· 2025-06-25
- Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4)· 2025-07-16
- Derek Tran (D-CA-45)· 2025-07-21
- Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8)· 2025-07-21
- Patrick Ryan (D-NY-18)· 2025-07-21
- Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-3)· 2025-07-21
- David G. Valadao (R-CA-22)· 2025-09-30
- Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA-7)· 2025-10-06
- Adam Gray (D-CA-13)· 2025-10-21
- Glenn Ivey (D-MD-4)· 2025-10-21
- Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. (R-PA-8)· 2025-10-24
- Luz M. Rivas (D-CA-29)· 2025-11-18
- Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-6)· 2025-12-03
- Pablo José Hernández (D-PR)· 2025-12-09
- Pete Stauber (R-MN-8)· 2025-12-18
- James R. Walkinshaw (D-VA-11)· 2026-01-21
- Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY-23)· 2026-03-25
- Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24)· 2026-03-26
- Lance Gooden (R-TX-5)· 2026-04-29
- Mark Alford (R-MO-4)· 2026-05-13
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- House Committee on Oversight and Government ReformReferred To · 2025-01-28
Previously
- Oversight and Government Reform CommitteeReferred To · 2025-01-28
Plain-English Summary
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.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
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