[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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