Washington, May 20 -- Representative Jimmy Panetta issued the following press release:

United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) called on (https://panetta.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/panetta-evo.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/05.19.2026_rep-panetta-letter-to-usps-oig.pdf) the Inspector General of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to conduct much-needed oversight regarding the long-term delays and lack of transparency in repairing and restoring the Brookdale and Almaden Valley Post Offices. The Brookdale Office has been closed since December 2024 and the Almaden Valley Office since July 2025 as a result of separate fires, and Rep. Panetta called for accountability and an independent review over these ongoing USPS delays.

"Given...