[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 124 (Thursday, September 28, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H7891]
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                    TITO PUENTE POST OFFICE BUILDING

  Mr. MARCHANT. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the 
bill (H.R. 1472) to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 167 East 124th Street in New York, New York, as the 
``Tito Puente Post Office Building''.
  The Clerk read as follows

                               H.R. 1472

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

     SECTION 1. TITO PUENTE POST OFFICE BUILDING.

       (a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal 
     Service located at 167 East 124th Street in New York, New 
     York, shall be known and designated as the ``Tito Puente 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 ``Tito Puente Post Office Building''.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
Texas (Mr. Marchant) and the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Davis) each 
will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Texas.


                             General Leave

  Mr. MARCHANT. 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 Texas?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. MARCHANT. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, a 5-time Grammy winner, Tito Puente was one of the most 
influential Latin jazz musicians of his time. He began playing the 
drums professionally as early as the age of 13 and went on to study 
composing, orchestration, and piano at Julliard and the New York School 
of Music.
  Puente released 120 albums over the course of his 60-year career. His 
fans loved him for both his music and his showmanship. He will always 
be remembered for keeping his music fresh and current through the 
decades.
  I support H.R. 1472 in recognition of the remarkable gift for music 
that Mr. Puente joyously shared with the world and hope all the Members 
will join with me.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I 
might consume.
  H.R. 1472, legislation introduced by Representative Charles Rangel, 
was unanimously passed by the Government Reform Committee on September 
21, 2006. H.R. 1472 designates the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 167 East 124th Street in New York as the Tito Puente 
Post Office Building.
  Tito Puente, the great musician known as the ``King of Latin Music,'' 
was born in 1923. He recorded over 100 albums and was a 4-time Grammy 
award winner, featured motion picture performer and internationally 
acclaimed musician. He died in May of 2000, and all of us who have 
heard the Latin sounds and relaxed as we listened are proud to know 
that a postal service is being named in honor of this great musician.
  I urge its passage.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. MARCHANT. Mr. Speaker, I urge all Members to support the passage 
of H.R. 1472, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Marchant) that the House suspend the rules 
and pass the bill, H.R. 1472.
  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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