WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court left in place a District Court ruling stopping the U.S. Postal Service from enforcing parts of President Trump’s executive order through the implementation of a new rule restricting mail-in voting ahead of the 2026 midterms.
“The Supreme Court has done the right thing by protecting the American people’s right to vote. Donald Trump tried to illegally interfere with our elections and undermine vote-by-mail for millions of Americans and failed. We will keep fighting to protect the right to vote of every single citizen in this country,” said Ranking Member Robert Garcia.
In September 2026, Ranking Member Robert Garcia co-led over 250 current and former Members of Congress in an amicus brief to the Supreme Court challenging the legality of President Trump’s attempt to restrict mail-in voting ahead of the 2026 midterms.
In September 2026, Rankings Member Garcia and Joe Morelle requested that the top watchdog at the Postal Service investigate the Postal Service’s dangerous, untested, and illegal ballot screening system created at President Trump’s direction.
In September 2026, Ranking Member Garcia wrote to the Chief Information Security Officer at the Postal Service demanding information on President Trump’s scheme to control vote-by-mail ahead of the midterm elections.
In September 2026, Ranking Members Garcia and Morelle, and all Oversight Democrats wrote to the USPS Postmaster General expressing alarm over a whistleblower disclosure detailing the Postal Service’s rushed, faulty, and dangerous implementation of President Trump’s executive order to curb mail-in voting, which would have grave consequences for the midterm elections.
In July 2026, Ranking Members Garcia and Morelle led 169 Members of Congress in sending a public comment letter to the USPS urging the agency to reject its proposed rule restricting ballot mail in federal elections.
In February 2026, Ranking Members Garcia and Morelle led 68 lawmakers in demanding answers from Postmaster General David Steiner on USPS’s preparedness for the 2026 elections, raising serious concerns that new postal transportation policies could delay mail-in ballot delivery, particularly in rural communities.
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