[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 83 (Tuesday, May 14, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S3687]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself and Mr. Kennedy):
S. 4329. A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 103 Benedette Street in Rayville, Louisiana, as the
``Luke Letlow Post Office Building''; to the Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs.
Mr. CASSIDY. Madam President, I speak in support of renaming the post
office in Rayville, LA, as the Luke Letlow Post Office Building in
memory of a great American, Luke Letlow.
Luke was a public servant, father, and husband in his short life of
41 years. He spent almost all of his adult life serving his fellow
Americans. And shortly after being elected to the U.S. House of
Representatives to represent the fifth district of Louisiana, he became
one of over a million Americans lost to COVID during the pandemic. Now
his wife, Congresswoman Julia Letlow, carries on Luke's ambition to
serve the same district that he had served both as a staffer and as a
chief of staff to Congressman Ralph Abraham.
When you go through Rayville, you pass that post office. Handsome
guy, huh? So by naming this post office--and the people who know this
story--I want them to know that our State and our country values
someone who desired to serve so much, but also acknowledge the tragedy
and the impact COVID had upon our State, our country, and our families.
This office commemorates all that.
I thank House Majority Leader Steve Scalise for introducing the
House companion and the whole House for passing this bill.
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