president biden cannot fire louis dejoy. the white house has repeatedly made clear they would like to. they think he is not the man for the job. but the way it's structured, it's not the president who appoints that person. it's the post office board of governors who hires and fires. the president puts people on the board of governors but he can't directly do what they do. today, on top of everything else that happened today in the news, today in a surprise move, president biden made the changes to the postal board that apparently are finally going to clear the way to getting rid of that guy. "the washington post" broke the news this afternoon, explaining it in i think the clearest terms. they said, quote, president biden on friday, today, announced plans to nominate two new officials to the u.s. postal service's governing board replacing key allies of louis dejoy. the move was a surprise to postal officials and even to members of congress according to three people with knowledge of the matter. the move casts doubt on louis d

it's because president biden can't fire louis dejoy. that's not the way the post office is structured. the white house has repeatedly made clear that they like to, they think he's not the man for the job. but the way it structured, it's not the president who will replace that person, it's the postal board of governors who hires and fires people for the postmaster general job. now, the president, puts people on the postal board of governors. but he can't directly do what the do. well, today, on top of everything else that happened today in the news, today, in a surprise move, president biden made the changes to the postal board that apparently are finally going to clear the way to getting rid of that guy. washington post wrote the news this afternoon, explaining in the clearest terms, they said, quote, president biden, on friday, today, announced plans to nominate to new officials have a governing board, replacing key allies of postmaster louis dejoy. the news was a surprise to postal officials, and even to members of congress, according

the died bideen administration voiced concerned about louis dejoy's leadership at that time u.s.tal service the post master general is a trump era employee. he came under fire for making changes that slowed mail delivery times as many voters were mailing in their voting presidential ballots. >> we, we continue to be deeply troubled as many americans by the early reporting on postmaster general dejoy's potential conflict of interest and taken serious issues with the job he's doing running the postal service. >> he can only be remove bid the u.s. postal board of governor. president bind announce add plan to replace some on the board with two members. charles chuck sam thanked tribal elders for their counsel and said he is on in order he's the first park director in nearly five years. president bind had his annual physical examination at walter reed on the eve of his 79th birthday. his physician said he was fit for duty. after a colonoscopy, he transferred power to vice president harris. and the gobbler named peanut butter and jelly were pardoned by president biden at that time whit

the biden administration voiced concerns today about louis dejoy's leadership at the u.s.l service. the postmaster general is a trump-era appointee. he came under fire in 2020 for making changes that slowed mail delivery times as many voters were mailing in their presidential election ballots. dejoy has also been criticized for investing in companies that have done business with the postal service. >> we're of course deeply troubled, continue to be deeply troubled as many americans are, by the early reporting of postmaster general dejoy's potential financial conflicts of interest and take serious issues with the job he's doing running the postal service. >> woodruff: dejoy can only be removed by the u.s. postal service board of governors. today, president biden announced plans to replace two of dejoy's backers on the board with two new members. president biden had his annual physical at walter reed national military medical center today, on the eve of his 79th birthday. his physician said he remains fit for duty. mr. biden also underwent a routine colonoscopy. while under

sir, i know you have been leading calls to oust postmaster general louis dejoy over his policies that have certainly slowed and lowered delivery standards. how do you see this move by the president? effectively, is it setting up dejoy's ouster? because the president can't remove him, right? it's got to be done by a board. >> that's exactly right. basically, the board of governors needs to remove him. i've been calling for his removal ever since he instituted this, you know, rather harebrained scheme to lower service standards and raise prices simultaneously, and that, by the way, started on october 1 just in time for the holidays. and so, i asked mr. bloom, ron bloom, who's the chair of the board of governors, to remove mr. dejoy or hold a vote to do so and he refused and it turns out mr. ron bloom was appointed by donald trump to basically protect dejoy. and so now i asked the president to remove ron bloom and just yesterday, the president agreed and has announced that ron bloom is going to be removed by december 7th. so, once that happens, i'm very hopeful that the new board chair,

call the white house and ask to get a new chairman of the board of governors so we can get rid of louis dejoyese elderly people can get their medicine in the mail and pay their bills. my second point, i wholeheartedly support liz cheney. i wish there were more republicans that were like her instead of these gutless cowards like john barrasso and mitch mcconnell. thank you. host: dennis in wyoming. on your postal service comments. it's been the house oversight and reform committee that's been holding a series of hearings on operational issues at the postal service. we covered several of them. you can look for them on our website at c-span.org. it's the government operations subcommittee of the oversight and reform committee in the house. the best place to go oversight. house.gov is the easy way to find it. anita in missouri, independent. good morning to the show me state. caller: yes. i would like to comment on about five laws that i think we need to make. host: five laws. caller: the first one is citizens united is a misnomer. it's the law that hides dark money and gives corporations the righ