[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 192 (Monday, December 12, 2022)]
[House]
[Pages H9666-H9667]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                OFFICER LEO PAVLAK POST OFFICE BUILDING

  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Madam Speaker, I move to suspend 
the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 8226) to designate the facility of 
the United States Postal Service located at 236 Concord Exchange North 
in South Saint Paul, Minnesota, as the ``Officer Leo Pavlak Post Office 
Building''.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                               H.R. 8226

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

     SECTION 1. OFFICER LEO PAVLAK POST OFFICE BUILDING.

       (a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal 
     Service located at 236 Concord Exchange North in South Saint 
     Paul, Minnesota, shall be known and designated as the 
     ``Officer Leo Pavlak 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 ``Officer Leo Pavlak Post Office 
     Building''.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from 
New York (Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney) and the gentlewoman from New Mexico 
(Ms. Herrell) 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 may 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. Madam Speaker, I yield myself 
such time as I may consume.
  Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 8226 to designate the 
facility of the U.S. Postal Service located at 236 Concord Exchange 
North in South St. Paul, Minnesota, as the Officer Leo Pavlak Post 
Office Building.
  On August 30, 1933, Officer Pavlak and two messengers for Stockyards 
National Bank went into the South St. Paul railroad station to pick up 
the payroll for Swift & Company employees. After picking up the money, 
they returned to the post office, where they put the envelopes of money 
into bags to be delivered to Swift & Company.
  Officer Pavlak was then killed in a robbery, along with the two 
messengers. He was only 38 years old and had been with the department 
since April.
  Madam Speaker, I encourage my colleagues to join me in honoring 
Officer Pavlak by naming a post office in South St. Paul, Minnesota, 
after him, and I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. HERRELL. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 8226, which honors 
Officer Leo Pavlak, who was killed during a robbery in South St. Paul, 
Minnesota, in 1933.
  He had been escorting two employees for Stockyards National Bank as 
they went to the train station to pick up

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their payroll, which had been shipped from a Minneapolis bank. After 
collecting the payroll, they were ambushed, and Officer Pavlak was shot 
in the face and died instantly.
  Madam Speaker, I encourage my colleagues to support this bill 
honoring a local law enforcement hero, and I yield back the balance of 
my time.
  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Madam Speaker, I urge passage of 
H.R. 8226, 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. 8226.
  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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