[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 49 (Monday, March 23, 2009)]
[House]
[Pages H3715-H3716]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   STAN LUNDINE POST OFFICE BUILDING

  Mr. LYNCH. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill 
(H.R. 918) to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 300 East 3rd Street in Jamestown, New York, as the 
``Stan Lundine Post Office Building''.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                                H.R. 918

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

     SECTION 1. STAN LUNDINE POST OFFICE BUILDING.

       (a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal 
     Service located at 300 East 3rd Street in Jamestown, New 
     York, shall be known and designated as the ``Stan Lundine 
     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 ``Stan Lundine Post Office Building''.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Lynch) and the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Akin) 
each will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Massachusetts.


                             General Leave

  Mr. LYNCH. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may 
have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their 
remarks.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Massachusetts?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. LYNCH. I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, in my role as chair of the House Subcommittee with 
oversight authority of the United States Postal Service, I am pleased 
to stand before the body in consideration of H.R. 918, which is the 
measure before us that is designed to rename the United States postal 
facility located at 300 East Third Street in Jamestown, New York, as 
the Stan Lundine Post Office Building.
  This legislation was introduced by my friend Brian Higgins, the 
gentleman from New York, on February 9, 2009, and it was considered and 
reported out of the Oversight Committee by voice vote on March 10, 
2009. In addition, H.R. 918 enjoys the support of the entire sitting 
New York House delegation.
  A native of the city of Jamestown, Stanley Nelson Lundine has devoted 
over four decades of his life to public service in New York State. Born 
in Jamestown on February 4, 1939, Mr. Lundine graduated from Jamestown 
High School in 1957. He received his B.A. from Duke University in 1961, 
and in 1964 received his juris doctorate from New York University 
School of Law. Only 5 years after gaining admission to the New York 
State bar, Mr. Lundine was elected to his first term

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as mayor of Jamestown, having previously served as the city's associate 
corporate counsel and chairman of the City Planning Commission.
  As mayor of his beloved hometown until 1976, Mr. Lundine dedicated 
his efforts to addressing long-standing labor strife in the city. To 
this end, he developed a unique labor-management strategy, and 
subsequently garnered Jamestown national attention as a widely 
successful labor-management partnership model, a model that we could 
dearly use today.
  In 1976, Mr. Lundine was elected to represent New York State's 39th 
Congressional District, becoming the first Democrat to hold that seat 
since 1874. While representing New York's southern tier district in 
Congress until 1987, Mr. Lundine continued his commitment to labor-
management cooperation through the development of legislation to 
establish labor-management councils and employee stock ownership plans. 
Mr. Lundine also remained dedicated to economic development issues, 
serving as a subcommittee chairman of the House Banking Committee.
  In 1986, Mr. Lundine was elected to statewide office as lieutenant 
governor of New York, under Governor Mario Cuomo, serving until 1994.

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  Mr. Lundine worked to further develop the State's economy and 
increased the availability of job training programs and also 
strengthened New York's housing and technology sectors.
  Currently Stan Lundine serves the citizens of New York State through 
his continued public service on a wide variety of nonprofit, private 
sector efforts. Notably, in April of 2007, Mr. Lundine was appointed as 
chair of the State's newly created Commission on Local Government 
Efficiency and Competitiveness. The panel is tasked with promoting 
local government collaboration and efficiency in the name of saving 
taxpayer dollars.
  Mr. Speaker, let us honor Stan Lundine's decades of public service 
through the passage of this legislation to designate his hometown post 
office in his name. I urge my colleagues to join with me and 
Congressman Brian Higgins, who is the chief sponsor of this 
legislation. And I ask my colleagues to join us in supporting H.R. 918.
  I reserve the balance of our time.
  Mr. AKIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  I rise in support of H.R. 918, legislation to designate the post 
office in Jamestown, New York, as the ``Stan Lundine Post Office 
Building.'' Stan Lundine is one of Jamestown, New York's most steadfast 
public servants. He served as mayor of Jamestown, as a United States 
Representative and as Lieutenant Governor of New York. A Jamestown 
native, Stan Lundine was elected mayor of his hometown in 1970, just 6 
years after graduating from New York University School of Law. 
Realizing his success as a mayor, the people of New York's 39th 
District elected Lundine to the House of Representatives in 1976. In 
his five terms as congressman from New York, Lundine continued to focus 
on labor/management issues. In the Congress, he focused on finance and 
banking servicing as subcommittee chairman of the House Banking 
Committee.
  After his House career, he was elected Lieutenant Governor of New 
York under Mario Cuomo and served New York working on housing, 
technology, and economic development initiatives, as well as training 
and programming policies. Putting his labor management skills to use, 
he now serves as a director of the National Forge Company, U.S. 
Investment Services, and John Ullman Associates. He also serves as 
executive director of the Chautauqua County Health Network, a group of 
four hospitals and their physicians dedicated to improving the local 
health care delivery system in his community.
  In recognition of Congressman Stan Lundine's contributions to the 
country, the State of New York and the city of Jamestown, let us now 
commemorate his 25 years of public service by naming the post office in 
his hometown of Jamestown, New York, as the ``Stan Lundine Post Office 
Building.''
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. LYNCH. Mr. Speaker, in closing I want to thank my colleague for 
his generous remarks. And I do want to give great credit to Congressman 
Brian Higgins from the Buffalo area. He is the central sponsor of this 
measure to name this post office after Stan Lundine, who is very 
deserving of this honor.
  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 Massachusetts (Mr. Lynch) that the House suspend the 
rules and pass the bill, H.R. 918.
  The question was taken.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the opinion of the Chair, two-thirds 
being in the affirmative, the ayes have it.
  Mr. LYNCH. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX and the 
Chair's prior announcement, further proceedings on this motion will be 
postponed.

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