[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 15 (Tuesday, February 2, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H431-H432]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         JIM KOLBE POST OFFICE

  Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill 
(H.R. 4495) to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 100 North Taylor Lane in Patagonia, Arizona, as the 
``Jim Kolbe Post Office''.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                               H.R. 4495

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

     SECTION 1. JIM KOLBE POST OFFICE.

       (a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal 
     Service located at 100 North Taylor Lane in Patagonia, 
     Arizona, shall be known and designated as the ``Jim Kolbe 
     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 ``Jim Kolbe Post Office''.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from New 
York (Mr. Towns) and the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. McHenry) 
each will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New York.


                             General Leave

  Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may 
have 5 legislative days in which to revise and to extend their remarks.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from New York?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. TOWNS. I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to present H.R. 4495 for consideration. 
This legislation will designate the United States Postal Service 
facility located at 100 North Taylor Lane in Patagonia, Arizona, as the 
Jim Kolbe Post Office. Introduced by my colleague, Representative 
Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona, on January 21, 2010, and reported out of 
the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on January 27, 2010, by 
unanimous consent, H.R. 4495 enjoys the support of the entire Arizona 
House delegation.
  Born on June 28, 1942, in Evanston, Illinois, United States Navy 
veteran and former Congressman Jim Kolbe began his public service and 
political career serving as a United States Senate page for Barry 
Goldwater and graduating from the United States Capitol Page School in 
1960. In 1976, Kolbe ran for the Arizona State Senate and served three 
terms in that body. In 1985 Mr. Kolbe was sworn in to Congress, 
becoming the first Republican to represent southern Arizona in the 
House. During his 22 years in office, Mr. Kolbe served as the chair of 
the Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related 
Programs of the House Appropriations Committee for his last 6 years in 
Congress. For four years, he was chairman of the Treasury, Post Office 
and Related Agencies Subcommittee.

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  Mr. Kolbe decided not to run for re-election in 2006 and now serves 
as a senior Trans-Atlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund advising 
on trade matters. He also serves as an adjunct professor in the College 
of Business at the University of Arizona.
  Mr. Speaker, let us honor former Congressman Kolbe through the 
passage of this resolution and by designating the North Taylor Lane 
Post Office in honor of Congressman Kolbe. I urge my colleagues to join 
me in supporting this bill.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. McHENRY. I rise today in support of H.R. 4495, designating the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 North 
Taylor Lane in Patagonia, Arizona, as the ``Jim Kolbe Post Office.''
  Congressman Kolbe is a former colleague of mine here. We had one term 
overlapping. I certainly appreciate the chairman's words in support of 
this bipartisan resolution. He served in the United States Navy and the 
Naval Reserves before being elected to the State Senate in Arizona and 
elected to the United States Congress in 1984, and he served very ably 
on the Appropriations Committee for Foreign Operations, Export 
Financing, and Related Programs. He was one of this institution's 
hallowed--well, the big guys in this institution seem to be on the 
Appropriations Committee. And he was an appropriations subcommittee 
chair, which, as we all know, actually wields a significant amount of 
weight, especially when you're running a major portion of the budget, 
such as foreign operations.
  In addition to foreign policy, this Congressman served his 
constituents

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ably. He was committed to constituent service and believed that 
assisting the hardworking individuals and families of his district was 
a real, everyday good part of his job and was focused on their first 
priorities in southern Arizona.
  Mr. Speaker, Jim Kolbe served his constituents of Arizona in this 
country honorably for years, and we support this resolution.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. TOWNS. In closing, again, I urge my colleagues to join me in 
honoring Jim Kolbe through the passage of H.R. 4495, and I yield back 
the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentleman from New York (Mr. Towns) that the House suspend the rules 
and pass the bill, H.R. 4495.
  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. TOWNS. 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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