[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 175 (Monday, November 14, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H8486]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 RYAN J. CUMMINGS POST OFFICE BUILDING

  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend 
the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 6917) to designate the facility of 
the United States Postal Service located at 301 East Congress Parkway 
in Crystal Lake, Illinois, as the ``Ryan J. Cummings Post Office 
Building''.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                               H.R. 6917

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

     SECTION 1. RYAN J. CUMMINGS POST OFFICE BUILDING.

       (a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal 
     Service located at 301 East Congress Parkway in Crystal Lake, 
     Illinois, shall be known and designated as the ``Ryan J. 
     Cummings 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 ``Ryan J. Cummings Post Office Building''.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from 
New York (Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney) and the gentleman from Pennsylvania 
(Mr. Keller) 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. 6917, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 301 East 
Congress Parkway in Crystal Lake, Illinois, as the Ryan J. Cummings 
Post Office Building.
  Marine Corporal Ryan John Cummings was born on April 6, 1984, and 
grew up to be a Cub Scout, honor student, wrestler, and a French horn 
player.
  On September 10, 2001, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and 
completed basic training in San Diego. He was then stationed at Camp 
Pendleton, California, in 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 
ultimately earning the rank of corporal.

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  Corporal Cummings earned many awards, including the Marine Corps Good 
Conduct Medal, the Global War on Terror Service Medal, the National 
Defense Service Medal, the Humanitarian Service Medal, the Iraq 
Campaign Medal, and the Purple Heart, among others.
  He was deployed three times in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He 
made the ultimate sacrifice on June 3, 2006, when he was killed.
  Mr. Speaker, I encourage my colleagues to join me in honoring the 
life and service of Corporal Cummings by naming a post office in 
Crystal Lake, Illinois, after him, and I reserve the balance of my 
time.
  Mr. KELLER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 6917, which would name a 
post office in Crystal Lake, Illinois, for Marine Corporal Ryan J. 
Cummings.
  Corporal Cummings was born in Cook County, Illinois, in 1984. Marine 
Corporal Cummings was set on becoming a marine and, according to his 
family, signed up for duty on September 10, 2001, the night before the 
September 11 attacks on our Nation.
  He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Division 
Expeditionary Force based at Camp Pendleton. Sadly, he died from wounds 
sustained while conducting combat operations in Iraq on his third 
deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was only 22 years 
old.
  Corporal Cummings was posthumously awarded a Purple Heart in 
recognition of having made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our 
grateful Nation.
  Mr. Speaker, I encourage my colleagues to support this bill honoring 
Marine Corporal Ryan J. Cummings, a true American war hero.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, I urge passage of 
H.R. 6917, 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. 6917.
  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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