[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 121 (Monday, September 25, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H6984]
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                      HARRY J. PARRISH POST OFFICE

  Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules 
and pass the Senate bill (S. 2690) to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 8801 Sudley Road in Manassas, 
Virginia, as the ``Harry J. Parish Post Office''.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                                S. 2690

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

     SECTION 1. HARRY J. PARRISH POST OFFICE.

       (a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal 
     Service located at 8801 Sudley Road, Manassas, Virginia, 
     shall be known and designated as the ``Harry J. Parrish 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 Harry J. Parrish Post Office.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
Virginia (Mr. Tom Davis) and the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Van 
Hollen) each will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Virginia.


                             General Leave

  Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that 
all Members may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and 
extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under 
consideration.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Virginia?
  There was no objection.

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  Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I 
may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, Harry Parrish was a dedicated servant to both his State, 
his city, and his country. In 1942, he joined the Army Air Force where 
he began his pilot training, and he went on to become a decorated World 
War II pilot.
  He was the mayor of Manassas for 18 years and later became an active 
member of the Virginia General Assembly where he rose to be chairman of 
the finance committee in the House of Delegates.
  In 2002, as one of the few World War II veterans in the general 
assembly, he was integral in securing Virginia's $334,000 contribution 
to the National World War II Memorial. It is with gratitude for his 
public service and for all that he has done for his community and the 
Commonwealth that I ask Members to join me in naming the Manassas, 
Virginia Post Office after Harry J. Parrish.
  And I would just add that this was a man who knew no partisan bounds. 
He literally was an individual from the community with broad bipartisan 
support in all of his elections, but always put his State, his 
Commonwealth, his city, and his county first in his legislative 
actions. It was a privilege to know Harry Parrish, and I hope my 
colleagues will join me in supporting this legislation.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  I want to join with the gentleman from Virginia in urging our 
colleagues to support this resolution. I think it is a fitting way to 
recognize the distinguished public service of Harry Parrish.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I understand Mr. Wolf is on 
his way over. Mr. Harry Parrish was a constituent of my friend Frank 
Wolf's as well, and served very ably with Frank working on a number of 
State and local and national issues together, bringing transportation 
out to that section of Prince William County, working on financial 
arrangements, and for the overall good of the community. So I would at 
this point, I think, reserve the balance of my time.
  Could I ask the Chair how much time is remaining on our side.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Campbell of California). The gentleman 
from Virginia has 16 minutes, the gentleman from Maryland has 17 
minutes remaining.
  Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Speaker, I don't know if it is appropriate just 
by unanimous consent to keep going with the other resolutions until Mr. 
Wolf arrives and set this aside momentarily?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Virginia could withdraw 
the pending motion.
  Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia. Without objection, I would withdraw at 
this point and will resubmit this in just a minute, and we could move 
on with our next piece of legislation.
  Mr. VAN HOLLEN. I have no objection, Mr. Speaker.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The motion may be withdrawn as a matter of 
right before action thereon and is withdrawn.

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