Sen. Josh Hawley is proposing a bill to block USPS bonuses for failure to deliver
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FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is proposing legislation that would freeze bonuses for U.S. Postal Service executives, citing years of staggering financial losses for the agency and its overall on-time delivery record.
In a letter obtained by Fox News Digital, Hawley, who launched an investigation into the Postal Service over its record of service, declared “No Bonuses for Bad Service Act.”
The bill would prevent the USPS Board of Governors from approving any additional compensation for the Postmaster General and Deputy Postmaster General in a fiscal year in which the agency does not meet or exceed a 95% on-time delivery rate for all mail products.
“Even though Missourians don’t get their mail on time, the Postmaster General gets a big bonus every year,” Hawley wrote in a statement to Fox News Digital. “I am introducing the No Bad Service Bonuses Act to ensure that the leadership of the Postal Service does not receive bonuses while the American people’s mail is not delivered. It is time for the Postmaster General to do his job and put the American people first.”
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Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., appears during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on July 16, 2026, in Washington, DC Hawley wants to end bonuses for US Postal Service executives, citing the agency’s years of financial losses and its on-time delivery record. (Eric Lee/Getty Images)
Over the past decade, Postmaster Generals have received more than $2 million in compensation, as delivery performance declined and budget figures worsened, according to Hawley’s office.
Among the reasons cited by Hawley for the proposed bill is the agency’s $25 billion loss over the past three years, which has been accompanied by rising postage rates and a drop in on-time delivery.
In the last three years of Louis DeJoy’s tenure as postmaster general, the Board of Supervisors approved more than $567,000 in bonuses, Hawley said. Current Postmaster General David Steiner, who takes over in July 2025, has received $170,000 in bonuses, he said.
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US Postal Service trucks park outside a post office, Jan. 29, 2024, in Wheeling, Ill. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
When Hawley spoke to Steiner about the additional compensation during the June 24 hearing, Steiner said he did not control the bonuses.
“I’m amazed at this today, overall … and, frankly, if things go wrong, you have to quit, because you’re not doing the job. You’re leaving your good postal workers out there. You’re hanging them out to dry. They’re not coming close to what you’re doing. They’re getting their butts right, they’re being blamed for the problem, and we saw that we’re getting a bonus today. You’re a part of it,” Hawley said at the time.
Residents in rural Missouri sometimes wait weeks to get their mail delivered, Hawley said. In addition, a large amount of undelivered mail was found in April in a vacant lot north of St.
Postmaster General David Steiner testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee during a June 24 hearing on the reform of the US Postal Service’s business model in Washington, DC. (Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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“The pattern is clear: as the service got worse, the Postmaster General’s pay didn’t,” Hawley said.
Hawley was already investigating the Postal Service, accusing Steiner of neglecting to oversee the conference while seeking records of the agency’s use of outside restructuring consultants.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the postmaster’s office for comment.
