[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 7328-7329]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               ROUND TOP, TX, DEDICATES A NEW POST OFFICE

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                             HON. RON PAUL

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 22, 1999

  Mr. PAUL. Mr. Speaker, dedication ceremonies will soon be held in 
Texas to mark the completion of a new postal facility in Round Top, TX. 
This is the first new post office in this city since the 1968 
dedication of the old one.
  The route this new post office took from blue print to completion 
expresses the basis of being a Texan and an American. The U.S. Postal 
Service approached Round Top with a pre-designed post office building 
that had apparently been designed in Washington without the input of 
the people of Round Top. In true Texas fashion the people of this city 
stood up to say this new building would be in their town for their use 
and therefore insisted that it reflect the city in which it would be 
built. As a result, they now have a beautiful new building that 
reflects their history as a community and as Texans. Since Round Top 
has had a post office since the days of the Republic of Texas, it is 
only fitting that this new building points to the proud heritage of our 
great state.
  Our Founding Fathers intended for decisions to be made as close to 
the people as

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possible. By rejecting plans that had no connection to their city, the 
people of Round Top continue to live up to this great tradition.
  Mr. Speaker, Postmaster Carol Oritz and her community are deservingly 
proud of their new post office and the history behind it. As our great 
state continues to grow and our major cities get even larger, we would 
be wise to remember the people of Round Top and other such communities.
  It is fitting that the new post office in the Texas town of Round Top 
today flies an American flag that very recently flew over our nation's 
capitol building.

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