[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 149 (Tuesday, November 16, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H7467-H7468]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
NAVY CORPSMAN JEFFREY L. WIENER POST OFFICE BUILDING
Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the
bill (S. 3567) to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 100 Broadway in Lynbrook, New York, as the ``Navy
Corpsman Jeffrey L. Wiener Post Office Building''.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The text of the bill is as follows:
S. 3567
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. NAVY CORPSMAN JEFFREY L. WIENER POST OFFICE
BUILDING.
(a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 100 Broadway in Lynbrook, New York, shall
be known and designated as the ``Navy Corpsman Jeffrey L.
Wiener 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 ``Navy Corpsman Jeffrey L. Wiener Post
Office Building''.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from
the District of Columbia (Ms. Norton) and the gentleman from California
(Mr. Bilbray) each will control 20 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia.
General Leave
Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may
have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentlewoman from the District of Columbia?
There was no objection.
Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I now yield myself such time as I may
consume.
On behalf of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform,
I present S. 3567 for consideration. This measure designates the
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 Broadway in
Lynbrook, New York, as the Navy Corpsman Jeffrey L. Wiener Post Office
Building.
S. 3567 was introduced by the gentleman from New York, Senator
Charles Schumer, on July 12, 2010. The measure passed the Senate by
unanimous consent on July 30, 2010. After being received by the House,
the measure was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government
Reform which ordered it reported favorably by unanimous consent on
September 23, 2010. The measure enjoys the support of both Senators
from New York.
Mr. Speaker, Hospital Corpsman Jeffrey L. Wiener enlisted with the
U.S. Navy on May 1, 2003, with the goal of serving as a medic with a
Marine infantry company. After undergoing the Navy's basic training, he
attended the Marine Corps' Field Medical School at Camp Lejeune, North
Carolina, where he was trained as a fighting infantryman also tasked
with delivering medical attention to infantry wounded in combat.
He arrived in Iraq in late February 2005 and volunteered for duty on
the front lines with a Marine assault platoon. Sadly, Corpsman Wiener
was killed on May 7, 2005, in an ambush and bombing in Haditha, Iraq.
Corpsman Wiener is survived by his wife, Maria, and two daughters,
Mikayla Lynn and Theodora Rose.
Corpsman Wiener deserves this tribute not only for his service as a
dedicated infantry medic but also for his service as a member and ex-
captain of Tally-Ho Engine 3 of the Lynbrook Fire Department. He also
served as a medic for the Lynbrook Fire Department as well as the
Nassau County Police Department before he enlisted in the Navy.
Mr. Speaker, let us now pay tribute to the life and service of this
brave man, Corpsman Jeffrey L. Wiener, through the passage of S. 3567,
to designate the Lynbrook, New York, post office building in his honor.
I urge all my colleagues to join me in supporting S. 3567.
I reserve the balance of my time.
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Mr. BILBRAY. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to strongly urge support for Senate bill
3567, and I yield back the balance of my time.
Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield such time as she may
consume to our colleague from New York State, Representative Carolyn
McCarthy.
Mrs. McCARTHY of New York. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague
from New York, Senator Schumer, for sponsoring this legislation in the
Senate. I also want to thank Chairman Towns and Ranking Member Issa for
bringing this bill to the floor with my colleagues, Representative
Norton and Representative Bilbray.
I rise today to ask for support to rename the post office located in
my district at 100 Broadway in Lynbrook, New York, in honor of Navy
Corpsman Jeffrey L. Wiener.
Mr. Speaker, I know a lot of times we are here renaming post offices.
Post offices, whether in an urban setting, whether in a suburban
setting, whether
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in a rural setting, have been a place where people have always
gathered. And I think one of the important things that we can do,
especially for our young men and women that serve this country and make
the ultimate sacrifice, as one of my constituents did, I think it's
important that we remember those that have made that sacrifice.
Corpsman Wiener was killed in Iraq in the year 2005. But throughout
his life, he demonstrated a commitment to saving lives, ensuring public
safety in his community, and serving his country. Jeffrey Wiener began
serving the community of Lynbrook in 1987 at the age of 14 as a
volunteer junior fireman. And we know, our junior firemen, basically
working in the community, stay with that and become the volunteer
firemen which our communities count on. By the year 2000 he had risen
to the rank of captain and became an EMT for Nassau County.
In May 2003, in response to the terrorist attacks that happened to
New York and to this country on September 11, 2001, Jeffrey chose to
serve his country by enlisting in the United States Navy.
On May 7, 2005, Jeffrey gave the ultimate sacrifice when he and three
other marines from his unit were killed in an ambush and a bombing in
Iraq. It is because of people like Jeffrey and his colleagues that we
are able to enjoy the rights and the freedoms that we all hold so dear.
Jeffrey is survived by his wife, Maria, and his two daughters. This
legislation honors the legacy, the sacrifice, and the heroism of Navy
Corpsman Wiener by renaming the post office located at 100 Broadway in
Lynbrook, New York, as the Navy Corpsman Jeffrey L. Wiener Post Office
building.
Again, Mr. Speaker, these are very, very little things for the
sacrifice that the young men and women across this country do for us on
a daily basis. And I think sometimes it becomes very, very easy for
people to forget what these sacrifices mean, not only to the family, to
the community, but to our country. This is one way, a small way,
granted, to honor these lives. I ask my colleagues to support this
bill.
Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I again urge my colleagues to join me in
supporting this measure, and I yield back the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the
gentlewoman from the District of Columbia (Ms. Norton) that the House
suspend the rules and pass the bill, S. 3567.
The question was taken; and (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the
rules were suspended and the bill was passed.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
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