[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 102 (Monday, July 25, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H6395]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       BOONE PICKENS POST OFFICE

  Mr. ISSA. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the 
Senate bill (S. 775) to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 123 W. 7th Street in Holdenville, Oklahoma, 
as the ``Boone Pickens Post Office''.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                                 S. 775

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. BOONE PICKENS POST OFFICE.

       (a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal 
     Service located at 123 W. 7th Street in Holdenville, 
     Oklahoma, shall be known and designated as the ``Boone 
     Pickens Post Office''.
       (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 ``Boone Pickens Post Office''.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
California (Mr. Issa) and the gentleman from Illinois Mr. (Davis) each 
will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California (Mr. Issa).
  Mr. ISSA. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume, and 
I rise in support of S. 775, a bill to name the postal facility at 123 
W. 7th Street in Holdenville, Oklahoma, as the Boone Pickens Post 
Office.
  Well-known businessman Boone Pickens has personified the American 
Dream through his hard work and determination. Early in his 
professional life and career, Pickens grew frustrated working at a 
large impersonal company. Instead of enduring the daily struggle 
through the organizational red tape, he decided to start his own 
business in 1956 at age 28. This nascent company ultimately evolved 
into one of the leading oil and gas exploration firms in the Nation, 
the Mesa Petroleum Company.
  But more important, the House is considering this honor for Boone 
Pickens not because of his business success but for his philanthropy. 
Over the years, Pickens has generously invested in his alma mater, 
Oklahoma State University, supported a wide range of medical research 
initiatives, and several other scientific and social causes.
  Boone Pickens has contributed his time, energy, and resources to make 
America a better place to live and work; and for these reasons, I 
support S. 775 today, and I ask my colleagues to support the bill.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Mr. Speaker, as a member of the House Committee on Government Reform, 
I am pleased to join my colleague in consideration of S. 775, 
legislation designating a postal facility in Holdenville, Oklahoma, 
after Boone Pickens.
  This measure, which was introduced by Senator James Inhofe on April 
13, 2005, was unanimously passed by the Senate on July 29, 2005.
  T. Boone Pickens is known worldwide as the founder of Mesa Petroleum, 
the Nation's largest independent producer of domestic oil and gas. T. 
Boone is well respected in Texas for his willingness to spend time and 
money to improve the lives of those around him. In 1986, he started a 
nonprofit organization called the United Shareholders Association to 
fund a newspaper informing shareholders of corporate abuses, and he has 
served as the chairman of the board of West Texas A&M University 
business school.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge swift passage of this bill.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. ISSA. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume to 
urge all my colleagues to support the effort to name the post office in 
Holdenville, Oklahoma, where Boone Pickens was born in 1928; and I 
congratulate our distinguished Senator and my friend, Senator Jimmy 
Inhofe, on recognizing the importance of T. Boone Pickens in both 
business and philanthropy.
  Mr. 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. Issa) that the House suspend the rules 
and pass the Senate bill, S. 775.
  The question was taken; and (two-thirds having voted in favor 
thereof) the rules were suspended and the Senate bill was passed.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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