[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 130 (Tuesday, October 17, 2000)]
[House]
[Pages H9991-H9992]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
GEORGE ATLEE GOODLING POST OFFICE BUILDING
Mr. OSE. Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill
(H.R. 5210) to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 200 South George Street in York, Pennsylvania, as
the ``George Atlee Goodling Post Office Building''.
The Clerk read as follows:
H.R. 5210
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. GEORGE ATLEE GOODLING POST OFFICE BUILDING.
(a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 200 South George Street in York,
Pennsylvania, shall be known and designated as the ``George
Atlee Goodling Post Office Building''.
(b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation,
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the
facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be
a reference to the George Atlee Goodling Post Office
Building.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from
California (Mr. Ose) and the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Turner) each
will control 20 minutes.
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The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California (Mr. Ose).
General Leave
Mr. OSE. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may
have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks
on H.R. 5210.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from California?
There was no objection.
Mr. OSE. Madam Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the
gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Goodling).
Mr. GOODLING. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding me
this time.
Madam Speaker, I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak on
behalf of my legislation, H.R. 5210, which would designate the United
States postal facility at 200 South George Street in York,
Pennsylvania, as the George Atlee Goodling Post Office. I would like to
note that this legislation is cosponsored by all of the Members of the
Pennsylvania delegation.
Madam Speaker, my father was a man who dedicated his life to public
service and to agriculture. He was quite a local athlete, playing
football, basketball, baseball, both in prep school and in Pennsylvania
State University until he broke his leg. I can remember as an
elementary child seeing him continue to play first base on the
Loganville baseball team.
My brothers and sisters were not lectured on public service. We were
not lectured that we must give back. We learned by example because both
Mother and Dad were volunteers in most everything there was in our
community.
Dad was the fire chief in Loganville for as long as I can remember.
He was the chief cook and bottle washer at all fire company suppers as
long as I can remember. He served on the school board for 28 years. He
served in the State House of Representatives for 14 years and then came
to the U.S. House of Representatives for 12 years.
After serving in the Navy in World War I, he completed his studies at
Pennsylvania State University and began coaching and teaching in the
State of Delaware.
He then returned to Loganville to begin what became the Goodling
Orchard and Truck farming business, which is still continued today.
He used his education to teach vocational agriculture and was, again,
the executive secretary for the Pennsylvania Horticulture Association
for as long as I can remember.
He used his knowledge both in the State legislature from the
education he received and in the Congress to further conservation and
agriculture.
As a State representative, he wrote the first Pennsylvania soil
conservation legislation and introduced legislation to regulate the
marketing of insecticides.
When he came to the Congress, he was assigned to the Committees on
Agriculture and Merchant Marine and Fisheries where he could continue
his work on behalf of the farmer and conservation. He was known here as
the ``Farmer Congressman'' by his colleagues and worked hard to ensure
that the interests of Eastern farmers was carried equally as important
as those of the Midwest.
During his tenure in the Congress, he worked to provide funds to the
States for hunter education programs and to provide additional funds
for wildlife restoration.
Upon his retirement from the Congress of the United States, he
returned to Loganville and continued his work on the family farm and
family orchards. I am pleased to introduce this legislation and have it
come to the floor, and I ask that it would be passed.
Mr. TURNER. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Madam Speaker, it is with a great deal of pleasure that I rise in
support of H.R. 5210, which names a postal facility after George Atlee
Goodling, the father of the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Goodling),
who has served with such distinction, himself, in this House.
I suppose there is no greater occasion than when we have the
opportunity to pay tribute to our fathers. I know it is with a great
deal of pride and satisfaction that the gentleman from Pennsylvania
(Mr. Goodling) can stand today before this House and pay tribute to his
father in this way.
Clearly, both Goodlings served with distinction in this House and
served the people of Pennsylvania very, very well. So I take a great
deal of pride and satisfaction personally in being able to be a part of
joining in support of H.R. 5210, to name this postal facility after
George Atlee Goodling.
Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. OSE. Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the
gentleman from California (Mr. Ose) that the House suspend the rules
and pass the bill, H.R. 5210.
The question was taken; and (two-thirds having voted in favor
thereof) the rules were suspended and the bill was passed.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
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