Psaki Asked If the Federal Gov’t Can ‘Guarantee’ That ‘Holiday Packages Will Arrive on Time’
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki is not making any guarantees about whether holiday packages will be on time this year as the administration tries to smooth out bottlenecks at ports. During a press briefing on…
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki is not making any guarantees about whether holiday packages will be on time this year as the administration tries to smooth out bottlenecks at ports.
During a press briefing on Wednesday, CBS News’ Ed O’Keefe asked, “Based on everything being announced today, can this administration guarantee that holiday packages will arrive in time?”
“We are not the Postal Service or UPS or FedEx. We cannot guarantee. What we can do is use every lever at the federal government’s disposal to reduce delays,” Psaki responded.
She added, “To ensure that we are addressing bottlenecks in the system, including ports and the need for them to be open longer hours so that goods can arrive. And we can continue to press not only workers and unions but also companies to take as many steps as they can to reduce these delays.”
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Citing issues with the supply chain, an unnamed White House official told Reuters on Tuesday, “There will be things that people can’t get.”
“At the same time, a lot of these goods are hopefully substitutable by other things. … I don’t think there’s any real reason to be panicked, but we all feel the frustration, and there’s a certain need for patience to help get through a relatively short period of time,” the official added.
In August, the White House named John Porcari as an “envoy” to ports. As Reuters notes