[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 119 (Monday, July 16, 2018)]
[House]
[Pages H6207-H6208]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
JACK H. BROWN POST OFFICE BUILDING
Mr. WALKER. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the
bill (H.R. 2979) to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 390 West 5th Street in San Bernardino, California,
as the ``Jack H. Brown Post Office Building''.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The text of the bill is as follows:
H.R. 2979
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. JACK H. BROWN POST OFFICE BUILDING.
(a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 390 West 5th Street in San Bernardino,
California, shall be known and designated as the ``Jack H.
Brown 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 ``Jack H. Brown Post Office Building''.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from
North Carolina (Mr. Walker) and the gentleman from the Maryland (Mr.
Sarbanes) each will control 20 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from North Carolina.
General Leave
Mr. WALKER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may
have 5 legislative days in 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 North Carolina?
There was no objection.
Mr. WALKER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 2979, a bill to name the
post office at 390 West 5th Street in San Bernardino in honor of Jack
H. Brown.
Jack Brown was born in San Bernardino, California, in 1938. He served
in the Navy's Pacific Fleet during the Vietnam era.
After returning home, Brown took a job at Stater Bros. Markets, a
popular local grocery store. He would go on to found Stater Brothers
Charities, along with the Boys and Girls Club in San Bernardino and
Children's Fund of San Bernardino County.
Jack did a great deal for his community, and it is fitting that we
would name now a post office in his hometown in his honor.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support the bill, and I reserve
the balance of my time.
Mr. SARBANES. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to join my colleagues in consideration of
H.R. 2979, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 390 West 5th Street in San Bernardino, California,
as the Jack H. Brown Post Office Building.
Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman
from California (Mr. Aguilar) so that he may tell us more about the
honorable veteran from San Bernardino, California, Jack Brown.
Mr. AGUILAR. Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for yielding.
Many communities have larger-than-life figures, people who dedicate
themselves to the service of others and change countless lives for the
better, leaders who touch so many lives that their legacies outlive
them. For my community in southern California's Inland Empire, that
figure was Jack H. Brown.
Jack was the executive chairman of Stater Bros. Markets, one of the
Inland Empire's largest employers. But he will be remembered for far
more than his successes as a local community member than as a business
leader.
Jack poured himself into our community using his time and resources
to make the Inland Empire a better place, especially for children. He
helped establish the Boys and Girls Club of San Bernardino to give the
children of our community a safe place to learn, live, and grow.
He served as the founding chairman for the Children's Fund of San
Bernardino County, a nonprofit organization that has provided
assistance to more than 1.4 million children in our region since its
inception in 1986.
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But Jack's commitment to his community didn't stop there. Each time
our region has been rocked by earthquakes, wildfires, floods, or acts
of terror, like on December 2, 2015, we knew that Jack Brown would be
there for the community and for the brave first responders who ensured
that loss of life didn't continue to grow.
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When we lost Jack Brown in late 2016, we lost a constant presence in
our community. That is why I offered this bill to designate the U.S.
Post Office at 390 West 5th Street in San Bernardino as the Jack H.
Brown Post Office Building. While I can never truly repay Jack for all
that he did for our community, I am hopeful that honoring his name in
this way will restore that constant presence and remind the Inland
Empire of the contributions of this truly great man.
Jack and I had a great relationship. Although he liked to tell me
that I was his mayor in Redlands, Jack was sure to remind everyone that
San Bernardino was his hometown. I am proud that this bill will
memorialize his name at the center of the hometown that he loved so
much.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to pass this bill.
Mr. SARBANES. Mr. Speaker, I have no further speakers at this time. I
urge the passage of H.R. 2979, and I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. WALKER. Mr. Speaker, I urge adoption of the bill, and I yield
back the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Bacon). The question is on the motion
offered by the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Walker) that the
House suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 2979.
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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