[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 140 (Tuesday, October 7, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1991]
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 INTRODUCTION OF LEGISLATION DESIGNATING THE SENATOR JAMES B. PEARSON 
                              POST OFFICE

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                           HON. DENNIS MOORE

                               of kansas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, October 7, 2003

  Mr. MOORE. Mr. Speaker, joined by the three other members of the 
Kansas House delegation--Representatives Jim Ryun, Todd Tiahrt and 
Jerry Moran--I am introducing today legislation that will designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3710 West 73rd 
Terrace in Prairie Village, Kansas, as the ``Senator James B. Pearson 
Post Office Building.''
  Appointed to the U.S. Senate in 1962, upon the death of Andrew 
Schoeppel, James B. Pearson served our state with distinction from 1962 
through 1978. Elected in 1962, and re-elected in 1966 and 1972, Senator 
Pearson was a workhorse, not a showhorse. A senior member of the 
Foreign Relations Committee, he also rose to become Ranking Republican 
member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. Senator 
Pearson represented our state during an important and turbulent era, 
addressing issues that included: the Vietnam War; the civil rights 
revolution; enactment of the Medicare and Medicaid programs; America's 
space exploration program; and deregulation of the trucking and airline 
industries. Senator Pearson was a voice of reason and common sense 
during these difficult times and I am proud that he was originally from 
Prairie Village, which is located in the Third Congressional District 
of Kansas. Naming the Prairie Village Post Office after Senator James 
B. Pearson recognizes, in a small way, the important service he 
provided to Kansans for 16 years in the U.S. Senate.
  I also want to take this opportunity to thank my Kansas House 
colleagues: Jim Ryun [in whose district Senator Pearson now resides], 
Todd Tiahrt and Jerry Moran, for joining with me to make this 
resolution honoring a former Republican Senator truly bipartisan. 
Additionally, I commend Senators Sam Brownback and Pat Roberts, who are 
planning to introduce a companion Senate measure next week when the 
other body is back in session. Mr. Speaker, I hope we can bring this 
long-overdue measure to the floor prior to the adjournment of this 
session of the 108th Congress.

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