[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 76 (Tuesday, June 5, 2001)]
[House]
[Pages H2857-H2858]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
G. ELLIOT HAGAN POST OFFICE BUILDING
Mr. OTTER. Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the
bill (H.R. 1183) to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 113 South Main Street in Sylvania, Georgia, as the
``G. Elliot Hagan Post Office Building''.
The Clerk read as follows:
H.R. 1183
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. G. ELLIOT HAGAN POST OFFICE BUILDING.
(a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 113 South Main Street in Sylvania,
Georgia, shall be known and designated as the ``G. Elliot
Hagan 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 G. Elliot Hagan Post Office Building.
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The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from
Idaho (Mr. Otter) and the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Davis) each will
control 20 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Idaho (Mr. Otter).
General Leave
Mr. OTTER. 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. 1183.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from Idaho?
There was no objection.
Mr. OTTER. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Madam Speaker, H.R. 1183, introduced by my distinguished colleague,
the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Kingston), on March 22, 2001,
designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at
113 South Main Street in Sylvania, Georgia, as the G. Elliot Hagan Post
Office Building. All Members of the House delegation from the State of
Georgia are original cosponsors of this legislation and support for the
post office naming bills from the entire State delegation is the policy
of the Committee on Government Reform.
G. Elliot Hagan was born in Sylvania, Screven County, Georgia, in
1916. He studied in public schools in Sylvania and then attended the
University of Georgia. He also attended Emory University and John
Marshall Law School. His varied career included the life insurance and
estate planning business, editor of a weekly newspaper, livestock
raising, and a member of the Board of Trustees of Tift College.
Mr. Hagan served as a representative in the Georgia State House for
five terms, and one term in the State Senate. He resigned from the
State legislature at the outbreak of the Second World War to serve in
the Army Signal Corps for 2 years.
Mr. Hagan later became secretary-treasurer and deputy director of the
State Board of Workmen's Compensation in 1946, member of the National
Council of the State Governments, and a district director of the Office
of Price Stabilization for southern Georgia. He was an active member of
the American Legion, the Farm Bureau, and the Million Dollar Round
Table and was also a Mason, a Shriner, a Rotarian, and an Elk.
Mr. Hagan was elected to the 85th Congress in 1961 and served for six
terms in Congress until 1973. He was a member of the Committee on Armed
Services and chairman of the Public Health and Welfare Subcommittee of
the House District of Columbia committee. He died in the town of his
birth in 1990.
It is appropriate that a post office be named in his honor, a true
son of Sylvania, Georgia.
Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 1183, a bill to
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at
113 South Main Street in Sylvania, Georgia, as the G. Elliot Hagan Post
Office Building.
Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I
may consume.
Madam Speaker, I join with my colleague in providing support to H.R.
1183, to designate the U.S. Post Office at 113 South Main Street in
Sylvania Georgia as the G. Elliot Hagan Post Office Building.
This legislation was introduced by the gentleman from Georgia (Mr.
Kingston) on March 22, 2001. This measure has the support and
cosponsorship of the entire Georgia State delegation.
The former and late Congressman G. Elliot Hagan represented the First
Congressional District in Georgia from 1961 until 1973. Prior to his
election to the U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman Hagan served
five terms in the Georgia House of Representatives and one term in the
Georgia State Senate.
A native of Sylvania, Georgia, Congressman Hagan provided tremendous
leadership to that community and to the area surrounding it. As a
matter of fact, he was fondly known and well liked by all of those who
came into contact with him.
Congressman Hagan passed on December 28, 1990. Of course, people
still remember his work, they still remember his contributions, and
they still remember what he meant to their community.
Therefore, I am pleased to join in support of this resolution, and
urge its swift adoption.
Madam Speaker, you might note that I am wearing this lovely flower
that was given to me at the E. Franklin Frazier Elementary School,
where I was their commencement speaker. I want to thank them for this
flower but also want to congratulate them; and I want to congratulate
all of the graduates throughout the country who are finishing up their
elementary school, high school, kindergarten, or college education and
getting ready for the summer. I also want to thank them for this
tremendous badge of honor that they gave me this morning.
Madam Speaker, I urge adoption of this resolution.
Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. OTTER. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Madam Speaker, this concludes the formal remarks that we have for
this tribute and this dedication. I should like to thank the gentleman
from Illinois (Mr. Davis) for his kind remarks. He truly did bring Mr.
Hagan's life to life on this floor, and this tribute for Mr. Hagan is
most appropriate.
Mr. KINGSTON. Madam Speaker, it is my great pleasure and honor to
introduce and ask that the House of Representatives pass H.R. 1183,
legislation to name the Post Office in Sylvania, Georgia in Screven
County for former Congressman G. Elliot Hagan.
Mr. G. Elliott Hagan served Georgia as a Democrat in the U.S. House
of representatives from 1961-1973. Mr. Hagan was born in Sylvania,
Georgia on May 24, 1916. He had a long and distinguished career in
public service after graduating from the University of Georgia.
Mr. Hagan loved America and served his country when it was in peril.
At the outbreak of the Second World War, he resigned from the Georgia
State House of Representatives and served two years in the Army Signal
Corps.
He loved Georgia and worked to serve his fellow Georgians. He served
as Secretary-Treasurer and Deputy Director of the State Board of
Workmen's Compensation, and District Director of Office of Price
Stabilization for southern half of Georgia in 1951 and 1952 and Deputy
Regional Director, Atlanta Regional Office. Mr. Hagan also served five
terms in the Georgia State House of Representatives and one term in the
Georgia State Senate.
G. Elliot Hagan was also a businessman and farmer. He engaged in life
insurance-estate planning as well as general farming and kept
livestock.
Mr. Hagan was a public servant for the nation. He was elected as a
Democrat to the Eighty-seventh and to the five succeeding Congresses
(January 3, 1961-January 3, 1973) serving the people of southern
Georgia extremely well. He faithfully represented the views of the
Georgians whom he served.
I am pleased to ask the Congress bestow this honor on Mr. Hagan by
passing this legislation. He is deserving of this honor. Mr. Hagan
served his God, country, state and family. G. Elliot Hagan was a hero
and naming the Post Office in Sylvania is a fitting testament to his
public service. I ask all my colleagues to vote for H.R. 1183.
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The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. Biggert). The question is on the motion
offered by the gentleman from Idaho (Mr. Otter) that the House suspend
the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 1183.
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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