ATLANTA — Georgia U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff says the US Postal Service experiencing major delays has had an impact on veterans’ benefits.

Sen. Ossoff said he made an inquiry to the VA because so many veterans have called saying they have not received their benefits in a timely manner.

Since the spring, the mail situation at the sorting facility in Palmetto has been better, delivering mail at around 50% on time, according to WSBTV.

Sen. Ossoff says there has to be a heightened sense of urgency and accountability for the problems at the sorting facility.

It’s been nearly a year since USPS opened the regional distribution center in Palmetto causing a chain reaction of failure that many Georgians are still dealing with now.

“This is a debacle of the largest magnitude,” Andy Swimmer told WSBTV.

Swimmer said his daughter’s wedding invitations never made it to loved ones. He says he also lost thousands of dollars in interest when his 401k check never made it to his P.O. box.

He said he is worried about all the other people dealing with things like evictions.

“Legal filings, you know, people with court appearances, people that have notices of default and remedies that they never got. So now, what do you do with all those people when the US postal service didn’t do its job for things that are legally binding as a result of whatever it was, they were supposed to process? It’s terrible,” Swimmer said.