(KLZA)-- Missouri 6th District Congressman Sam Graves from Tarkio has introduced the “Pony Up Act.”

With what Graves calls the U-S Postal Service's poor service standards, he feels the Postal Service should “pony up” when their poor service cost their customers money in late fees which sometimes add up to thousands of dollars when tax payments don't get to their destination on time or sometimes not at all.

Graves has called for the Inspector General to to investigate the St. Louis Processing and Distribution Center.

Congressman Graves also noted that postal rates continue to increase in spite of service that is bad and getting worse.

Last year Graves called for the USPS to halt their increases which they did, but another price hike is on the way this summer.

The Congressman has now introduced the “USPS Serves Us Act”

It would give the Postal Regulator Commission some actual power instead of just making suggestions. It would reduce the postal services ability to increase rates if their service is failing.

Graves concluded his report to constituents by noting the Postal Service is supposed to be a SERVICE that SERVES US, not just a heartless bureaucratic machine that keeps raising rates and failing to deliver.