[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 449 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 449

  Honoring the lives, work, and sacrifice of Joseph Curseen, Jr., and 
Thomas Morris, Jr., the two United States Postal Service employees and 
  Washington, DC, natives who died as a result of their contact with 
 anthrax while working at the United States Postal Facility located at 
 900 Brentwood Road, NE, Washington, DC, during the anthrax attack in 
                           the fall of 2001.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 25, 2011

 Ms. Norton submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
            the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Honoring the lives, work, and sacrifice of Joseph Curseen, Jr., and 
Thomas Morris, Jr., the two United States Postal Service employees and 
  Washington, DC, natives who died as a result of their contact with 
 anthrax while working at the United States Postal Facility located at 
 900 Brentwood Road, NE, Washington, DC, during the anthrax attack in 
                           the fall of 2001.

Whereas the founders of the United States, recognizing the importance of a 
        national system of mail to the new country, gave Congress the 
        constitutional authority ``To establish post offices and post roads'';
Whereas employees of the United States Postal Service provide an invaluable 
        public service and honorably represent the United States on a daily 
        basis;
Whereas Joseph P. Curseen, Jr., and Thomas L. Morris, Jr., both natives of 
        Washington, DC, diligently and admirably served the Nation for decades 
        as employees of the United States Postal Service;
Whereas in the fall of 2001, during the course of their jobs with the United 
        States Postal Service, Joseph Curseen, Jr., and Thomas Morris, Jr., were 
        exposed to letters containing anthrax that were placed in the mail and 
        subsequently suffered from the inhalation of anthrax and thereafter 
        died;
Whereas 5 individuals in the United States died from exposure to anthrax during 
        the 2001 anthrax attacks and 17 became sick in the worst biological 
        attack in the Nation's history; and
Whereas in 2002, the United States Postal Service facility located at 900 
        Brentwood Road, NE, Washington, DC, was designated as the ``Joseph 
        Curseen, Jr. and Thomas Morris, Jr. Processing and Distribution Center'' 
        by Public Law 107-225: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives honors the lives and 
work of Joseph Curseen, Jr., and Thomas Morris, Jr., and acknowledges 
the sacrifice that they made on behalf of the United States.
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