[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 184 (Wednesday, October 20, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H5693]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                BENJAMIN A. GILMAN POST OFFICE BUILDING

  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend 
the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 767) to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 40 Fulton Street in Middletown, 
New York, as the ``Benjamin A. Gilman Post Office Building''.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                                H.R. 767

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

     SECTION 1. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN POST OFFICE BUILDING.

       (a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal 
     Service located at 40 Fulton Street in Middletown, New York, 
     shall be known and designated as the ``Benjamin A. Gilman 
     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 ``Benjamin A. Gilman Post Office 
     Building''.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from 
New York (Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney) and the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. 
LaTurner) each will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from New York.


                             General Leave

  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous 
consent that all Members have 5 legislative days in which to revise and 
extend their remarks and include extraneous material on this measure.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentlewoman from New York?
  There was no objection.
  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such 
time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 767, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 40 Fulton 
Street in Middletown, New York, as the Benjamin A. Gilman Post Office 
Building.
  Benjamin Arthur Gilman was a distinguished public servant with 
decades of service to both the State of New York and the United States 
at large. He was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, on December 6, 2022. 
He graduated from Middletown High School in Middletown, New York, in 
1941. He received a B.S. from the Wharton School of Business and 
Finance at the University of Pennsylvania in 1946.
  From 1942 to 1945, he served in the United States Army Air Corps. 
After his time in military service, he received a law degree from New 
York Law School in 1950. From 1953 to 1955, he served as an assistant 
attorney general to the New York State attorney general. He then served 
as a member of the New York State Assembly from 1966 to 1972.
  In 1972, he was elected to serve as a Member of Congress, serving for 
three decades before retiring in 2003. During his time in this House, 
he was chair of the Committee on International Relations. Congressman 
Gilman died on December 17, 2016, in New York State.
  Given his decades of service to our Nation, it is only fitting that 
he be remembered by renaming this post office in his honor.
  Mr. Speaker, I encourage my colleagues to support this legislation, 
and I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. LaTURNER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this bill to name a post office 
after the late Representative Benjamin Arthur Gilman.
  Congressman Gilman was a Republican Member who represented New York 
between 1973 and 2003. During his time in Congress, he served as the 
chairman of the Committee on International Relations. He was also part 
of the congressional delegation to the United Nations and a member of 
the Ukraine Famine Commission.
  In 2000, he helped establish the Benjamin A. Gilman International 
Scholarship Program at the State Department. The scholarship provides 
financial support to undergraduate students with limited financial 
means so they can study or intern abroad.
  Congressman Gilman was an important and impactful Member of Congress.
  Mr. Speaker, I support this bill, and I yield back the balance of my 
time.
  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, I urge passage of 
H.R. 767, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney) that the House 
suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 767.
  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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