[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 79 (Thursday, June 6, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E826]
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   HOUSE BILL TO DESIGNATE THE FACILITY OF THE UNITED STATES POSTAL 
 SERVICE LOCATED AT 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK, AS THE 
           ``VINCENT R. SOMBROTTO POST OFFICE'' INTRODUCTION

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                        HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, June 6, 2013

  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, today I am 
introducing a resolution to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 450 Lexington Avenue in New York, New York, 
as the ``Vincent R. Sombrotto Post Office,'' to honor this historic 
letter carrier leader and all the work he did as the president of 
National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC).
  Mr. Sombrotto was one of the most significant labor leaders of his 
generation. As president of NALC from 1978 to 2002, Mr. Sombrotto 
worked to increase letter carrier wages, moving them from poverty level 
to middle class. To this day letter carriers benefit from Mr. 
Sombrotto's commitment to the wage increases.
  In 1992, he began the NALC food drive which has developed into the 
country's biggest one-day food drive. Held on the second Saturday every 
May, it has to date, provided more than 1.2 billion pounds of food for 
banks in communities throughout the United States, with letter carriers 
collecting non-perishable food individuals and families leave in their 
mailboxes.
  As a firm believer in civic responsibility, Mr. Sombrotto and the 
NALC worked with the United States Postal Service and emergency 
services organizations to establish Carrier Alert. This nationwide 
program allows carriers to perform heroic and humanitarian deeds on 
their routes including saving lives, finding missing children, looking 
over the elderly, and stopping crimes.
  Mr. Sombrotto deserves our respect for the work he has done to help 
the lives of letter carriers, and their families, across the country. 
That is why I would like to rename the United States Postal Service 
located at 450 Lexington Avenue in New York, New York, as the ``Vincent 
R. Sombrotto Post Office.''

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