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Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), a senior member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, has renewed his call for Postmaster General David Steiner to resign after the United States Postal Service finalized a rule restricting the delivery of mail ballots.
The rule was developed under President Donald Trump’s executive order on election mail and finalized despite an active federal court order expressly prohibiting Steiner from completing the rulemaking process.
In a letter to Steiner, Krishnamoorthi wrote, “What makes this even more troubling is that you previously assured Congress that you would do otherwise. At a June hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, you stated that the Postal Service ‘would comply with any court orders regarding voting by mail.’ You reiterated that assurance days later. Those were not casual remarks. They were commitments made under oath before the congressional committee responsible for overseeing your agency.”
Krishnamoorthi’s office said that on August 11, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani barred Steiner by name from “initiating or completing rulemaking to promulgate” the rule.
Ten days later, at approximately 9 p.m. on August 21, USPS finalized the 95-page rule and scheduled it to take effect before its publication in the Federal Register, according to the congressman’s office.
The policy remains blocked by two federal injunctions. USPS has acknowledged that it lacks the legal authority to implement the rule for the 2026 election unless it obtains further relief from the courts.
Krishnamoorthi continued, “That decision has fundamentally undermined the trust required of the Postmaster General. The stakes could hardly be higher. The Postal Service is entrusted with delivering Americans’ election mail fairly, reliably, and without partisan interference. Voters should never have to wonder whether the agency responsible for delivering their ballots is being used to advance a political agenda or whether its leadership will comply with the orders of the federal courts.”
According to the statement, Krishnamoorthi has repeatedly warned against placing USPS in a gatekeeping role over election mail. He previously called for Steiner’s removal over efforts to implement Trump’s executive order despite federal court rulings blocking key provisions.
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to overturn the lower courts’ rulings and allow the policy to take effect before the November midterm elections.
“A Postmaster General who tells Congress under oath that he will comply with federal court orders, and then completes the very rulemaking that a federal judge ordered him not to complete, has forfeited the confidence necessary to lead the United States Postal Service,” Krishnamoorthi added.
The Illinois congressman reiterated his demand for Steiner’s resignation and requested a response by August 31, 2026.
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