[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 648 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 648

  Honoring the lives, work, and sacrifice of Joseph Curseen, Jr., and 
 Thomas Morris, Jr., the 2 United States Postal Service employees 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; United 
States Postal Service employees, who have continued to work diligently 
   in service to the people of the United States notwithstanding the 
 anthrax attack; as well as the other 3 Americans who died and the 17 
                     who became ill in the attack.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 21, 2019

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

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Honoring the lives, work, and sacrifice of Joseph Curseen, Jr., and 
 Thomas Morris, Jr., the 2 United States Postal Service employees 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; United 
States Postal Service employees, who have continued to work diligently 
   in service to the people of the United States notwithstanding the 
 anthrax attack; as well as the other 3 Americans who died and the 17 
                     who became ill in the attack.

Whereas the founders of the United States, recognizing the importance of a 
        national system of mail to the new country in the Constitution, gave 
        Congress the authority ``To establish post offices and post roads'';
Whereas employees of the United States Postal Service provide indispensable 
        public services and honorably represent the United States on a daily 
        basis;
Whereas despite the many terrorist attacks in Federal facilities throughout the 
        United States, including the anthrax attack more than 15 years ago, 
        Postal Service employees continue to risk their lives daily to serve the 
        people of the United States;
Whereas Joseph P. Curseen, Jr., and Thomas L. Morris, Jr., both born in the 
        District of Columbia, 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 attack and 17 became ill; 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 all Postal Service employees make on behalf of the 
United States on a daily basis.
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