“Unfortunately, my colleagues in Congress have unfairly burdened the Postal Service with a costly, unfunded mandate to pre-pay health care for retirees. No other agency or business has to pay these costs in advance - and neither should the Postal Service.”

American attorney and retired politician

Marcia Fudge is an American attorney and retired politician who served from 2021 to 2024 as the 18th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. A Democrat, she was also the U.S. representative for Ohio’s 11th congressional district from 2008 to 2021. Her congressional district included many of the Black-majority precincts between Cleveland and Akron. She is known for her work in public office, especially in housing and urban development at the federal level and in representing her Ohio district in Congress.