[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 183 (Tuesday, November 29, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H8641]
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                    RON WRIGHT POST OFFICE BUILDING

  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Madam Speaker, I move to suspend 
the rules and pass the bill (S. 3825) to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 3903 Melear Drive in Arlington, 
Texas, as the ``Ron Wright Post Office Building''.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                                S. 3825

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

     SECTION 1. RON WRIGHT POST OFFICE BUILDING.

       (a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal 
     Service located at 3903 Melear Drive in Arlington, Texas, 
     shall be known and designated as the ``Ron Wright 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 ``Ron Wright Post Office Building''.

  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 to 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. Madam Speaker, I yield myself 
such time as I may consume.
  Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of S. 3825, a bill to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
3903 Melear Drive in Arlington, Texas, as the Ron Wright Post Office 
Building.
  Former Representative Ron Wright was born on April 8, 1953, in 
Jacksonville, Texas, and went on to attend the University of Texas at 
Arlington for 2 years, studying history, psychology, and political 
science.
  From 2000 to 2008, he served on the Arlington City Council and as 
Mayor Pro-Tem of Arlington from 2004 to 2008. He then served as 
district director for Congressman Joe Barton for 9 years.
  In 2018, Representative Wright ran for Texas' Sixth Congressional 
District. During his tenure, he served on the House Committee on 
Foreign Affairs and the House Committee on Education and Labor.
  I encourage my colleagues to join me in honoring the life and service 
of Representative Wright by naming a Post Office in Arlington, Texas, 
after him.
  Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. FALLON. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Madam Speaker, I rise today in strong support of S. 3825, which 
honors the late Congressman Ron Wright of Texas, a great American and a 
gentle soul. Many of us in the House of Representatives today served 
with Congressman Wright in the 116th and 117th Congresses.
  A native Texan, Congressman Wright proudly represented Texas' Sixth 
Congressional District, stretching from Arlington down past Mansfield 
toward Corsicana. He kept up rigorous work schedules in D.C. and back 
in Texas, in his district, and he was fondly received; while 
simultaneously serving in Congress, he was being treated for lung 
cancer.
  Prior to his election to Congress he served North Texans as the 
Tarrant County Tax Collector, Chief of Staff for Congressman Joe 
Barton, and Mayor Pro-Tem of the city of Arlington, Texas.
  He was reelected to Congress for a second term in November of 2020 
but, sadly, died February 7, 2021, just 1 month into this new Congress.
  Congressman Wright was a true public servant, a good friend, and a 
loyal American. I encourage my colleagues to support this bill.
  Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Madam Speaker, I reserve the 
balance of my time.
  Mr. FALLON. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Texas (Mr. Ellzey), my good friend, a Naval aviator, a former Texas 
House member, a Southwest Airlines pilot, a great American, and one 
heck of a flag football player.
  Mr. ELLZEY. Madam Speaker, I thank Madam Chair for the kind remarks, 
as well as my friend, Congressman Fallon, for those kind remarks about 
my predecessor.
  It is with a great deal of pride that I get to hear Ron Wright's name 
spoken on the floor in order to support this renaming. So I rise to 
address the House in support of S. 3825, designating the United States 
Postal Service facility located at 3903 Melear Drive in Arlington, 
Texas, as the Ron Wright Post Office Building.
  I thank Senator Cornyn for authoring this bill, as well as my friend, 
Senator Cruz, for cosponsoring.
  Congressman Ron Wright dedicated his life to the people of Texas. 
While starting his career working for Ceramic Cooling, it did not take 
him long to begin serving his community.
  In 2000, he was elected to the city council in Arlington, Texas. 
During that time, he served as Congressman Joe Barton's district 
director and later, as his Chief of Staff. From there, he was appointed 
Tarrant County Tax Assessor Collector, where he served from 2011 to 
2018, before beating me and getting elected to Congress.
  Congressman Wright was a pillar in the community that he served, and 
there is not an event in Tarrant County in which his name is not 
mentioned today.
  So I thank Ron for all that he has done for the people of Texas and 
for the people of the United States. We will all miss Ron; and I hope 
that Susan, his bride, and his children and grandchildren will take a 
great deal of pride in the fact that this will be named after him. He 
was a gentleman and a gentle man, and we will all miss him.
  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Madam Speaker, I reserve the 
balance of my time.
  Mr. FALLON. Madam Speaker, I encourage all of our colleagues to 
support this bill honoring a loyal, public servant, and as 
Representative Ellzey just said, a gentleman and a gentle man, Ron 
Wright.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Madam Speaker, I urge passage of 
S. 3825, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. JOHNSON of Texas. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of S. 3825, 
led by Senator Cornyn in the Senate, to name a Post Office in Arlington 
in honor of my dear friend, former Congressman Ron Wright, who was 
sadly taken from us last year as he served his second term as a member 
of this body.
  Congressman Wright had a passion for public service. He served as the 
District Director and Chief of Staff to another dear friend of mine, 
former Congressman Joe Barton, before stepping into the spotlight and 
utilizing the valuable experience he gained in local government to be 
the face of the federal government to hundreds of thousands of North 
Texans residing in Tarrant, Ellis, and Navarro Counties. He worked hard 
as a staffer and member to be a positive force and ensure bills passed 
in Congress that he believed would benefit the constituents of the 
Sixth Congressional district of Texas, regardless of politics or party 
affiliation.
  Having a Post Office named after Congressman Wright in Arlington, 
where he's spent so much of his life, from attending the University of 
Texas at Arlington to serving on the Arlington City Council, is a 
fitting way to honor the life and legacy of a public servant who has 
meant and done so much for his community. I urge my colleagues to 
support this legislation so President Biden can sign this into law.
  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, S. 3825.
  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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