[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 65 (Tuesday, April 14, 2026)]
[House]
[Pages H2850-H2851]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      MARTIN L. GRABER POST OFFICE

  Mr. GILL of Texas. Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and 
pass the bill (H.R. 4707) to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 1019 Avenue H in Fort Madison, Iowa, 
as the ``Martin L. Graber Post Office''.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                               H.R. 4707

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

     SECTION 1. MARTIN L. GRABER POST OFFICE.

       (a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal 
     Service located at 1019 Avenue H in Fort Madison, Iowa, shall 
     be known and designated as the ``Martin L. Graber 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 ``Martin L. Graber Post Office''.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
Texas (Mr. Gill) and the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Subramanyam) each 
will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Texas.


                             General Leave

  Mr. GILL of Texas. 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 
gentleman from Texas?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. GILL of Texas. Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the 
gentlewoman from Iowa (Mrs. Miller-Meeks).
  Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS. Madam Speaker, I thank Representative Gill for 
yielding me time.
  Madam Speaker, I rise today in strong support of my bill, H.R. 4707, 
a bill renaming the post office in Fort Madison, Iowa, after Martin L. 
Graber, a patriot who lived his entire life in the indelible service to 
his State, his community, and our Nation.
  For 32 years, Martin Graber rose through the ranks of the Iowa Army 
National Guard, rising to the rank of brigadier general. Even beyond 
that, he and his wife, Coni, were almost the sole organizers of the 
Tri-State Rodeo, which happens every single year. It is a massive event 
in southeast Iowa. He and his wife, Coni, made sure that the rodeo was 
there, the horses were there, and the vendors were there. It is 
something that is looked forward to every August by everybody in the 
tristate area.
  In addition to that, following his three-decade-long tenure serving 
our Nation in the Iowa Army National Guard, he served in the Iowa State 
House, working with his colleagues to better the lives of hardworking 
Iowans.
  Every step of the way, he embodied the values we hold so dear in 
Iowa. Faith, family, and selfless work to his community, his State, and 
his Nation, things that we hold so dear, were the foundations for which 
Martin Graber lived.

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  Renaming the post office in Fort Madison in his honor is a small but 
everlasting gesture of appreciation for a man who spent his life 
serving his State and his Nation in the most decent and noble way 
possible, his service to our country.
  As someone who had the blessing of working with Martin, I am deeply 
proud to be leading this effort, alongside my colleagues in the Iowa 
delegation and his family, to honor a man who gave everything to his 
community and to his country.
  Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to strongly vote ``yes'' on this 
bill.
  Mr. SUBRAMANYAM. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Madam Speaker, I rise today also in support of H.R. 4707 to honor the 
life of Martin L. Graber by naming the post office in Fort Madison, 
Iowa, after him.
  Madam Speaker, I support this bill, and I yield back the balance of 
my time.
  Mr. GILL of Texas. Madam Speaker, I encourage my House colleagues to 
support this bill naming a post office for Brigadier General Martin L. 
Graber, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Gill) that the House suspend the rules and 
pass the bill, H.R. 4707.
  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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