[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 183 (Tuesday, November 29, 2022)]
[House]
[Pages H8640-H8641]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     NEAL KENNETH TODD POST OFFICE

  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Madam Speaker, I move to suspend 
the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 4899) to designate the facility of 
the United States Postal Service located at 10 Broadway Street West, in 
Akeley, Minnesota, as the ``Neal Kenneth Todd Post Office''.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                               H.R. 4899

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

     SECTION 1. NEAL KENNETH TODD POST OFFICE.

       (a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal 
     Service located at 10 Broadway Street West, in Akeley, 
     Minnesota, shall be known and designated as the ``Neal 
     Kenneth Todd Post Office''.
       (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 ``Neal Kenneth Todd Post Office''.

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


                             General Leave

  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous 
consent that all Members have 5 legislative days in which to revise and 
extend their remarks and include extraneous material for this matter.
  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. Madam Speaker, I yield myself 
such time as I may consume.
  Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 4899 to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10 Broadway 
Street West, in Akeley, Minnesota, as the Neal Kenneth Todd Post 
Office.
  Mr. Neal Kenneth Todd was born in Akeley, Minnesota. After graduating 
from high school in 1938, he joined seven of his brothers in the U.S. 
military.
  At the age of 22, he was assigned to the USS Oklahoma as a Navy 
fireman first class. On December 7, 1941, while stationed at Pearl 
Harbor, the ship was attacked by the Japanese air force.
  Mr. Todd was serving with his brother, Wesley, who was able to escape 
the ship. Unfortunately, months later, Neal Todd was pronounced dead 
and awarded the Purple Heart. He is honored at the USS Oklahoma 
Memorial and Honolulu Memorial of the Courts of the Missing.
  On February 11, 2021, Mr. Todd's remains were successfully matched, 
and he was reunited with his brother in Akeley, Minnesota.
  I encourage my colleagues to join me in honoring Mr. Todd and his 
service to our country by naming a Post Office in Akeley, Minnesota, 
after him.
  Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

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  Mr. FALLON. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 4899, which honors 
Neal Kenneth Todd, a former World War II U.S. servicemember and Purple 
Heart recipient.
  At the age of 22, Todd was assigned to the USS Oklahoma as a Navy 
Fireman First Class, where he was stationed on December 7, 1941, which 
President Roosevelt, standing right below where you are, Madam Speaker, 
said, a day which will live in infamy, when the ship was attacked by 
the Japanese Air Force at Pearl Harbor.
  The USS Oklahoma capsized, and Todd's fate was unknown to his family 
for months. He was eventually pronounced dead. His remains, along with 
the remains of other servicemembers, were recovered in the months 
following the attack but did not begin to be identified by the U.S. 
Department of Defense until 2015.
  At long last, on February 11, 2021, Todd's remains were successfully 
identified and reunited with his brother, Orville, and his sister, 
Karen.
  Todd was laid to rest with full military honors alongside his younger 
brother, Alfred, who also served in the Navy.
  I encourage my colleagues to support this bill honoring an American 
servicemember and hero who made the ultimate sacrifice for our great 
Nation, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Madam Speaker, I urge passage of 
H.R. 4899, 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. 4899.
  The question was taken.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the opinion of the Chair, two-thirds 
being in the affirmative, the ayes have it.
  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Madam Speaker, on that I demand 
the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further 
proceedings on this motion will be postponed.

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