[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 21894]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                    RUTH HARRIS COLEMAN POST OFFICE

  Mrs. MORELLA. Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the 
bill (H.R. 5229) to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 219 South Church Street in Odum, Georgia, as the 
``Ruth Harris Coleman Post Office.''
  The Clerk read as follows:

                               H.R. 5229

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

     SECTION 1. RUTH HARRIS COLEMAN POST OFFICE BUILDING.

       (a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal 
     Service located at 219 South Church Street in Odum, Georgia, 
     shall be known and designated as the ``Ruth Harris Coleman 
     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 Ruth Harris Coleman Post Office Building.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from 
Maryland (Mrs. Morella) and the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Cummings) 
each will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Maryland (Mrs. Morella).


                             General Leave

  Mrs. MORELLA. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members 
may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their 
remarks on H.R. 5229.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentlewoman from Maryland?
  There was no objection.
  Mrs. MORELLA. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Madam Speaker, the bill before us, H.R. 5229, was introduced by the 
gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Kingston) and supported by the entire House 
delegation from the State of Georgia, pursuant to the practice of the 
Committee on Government Reform.
  The legislation designates the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 219 South Church Street in Odum, Georgia as the 
``Ruth Harris Coleman Post Office.''
  Ruth Coleman was a schoolteacher and played a dynamic role in the 
activities of Odum as the originator and director of Odum Day for 17 of 
the past 24 years. She was named Odum's Citizen of the Year in 1998 and 
was a former chairman of the Wayne County Chapter of the AARP. She was 
a Member of the Wayne Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, and she chaired the 
American Red Cross Blood Drive in Wayne County for many years.
  She also served as chairman of the Harris Family Reunion and the 
organizer of the Odum Sunlighters. Ruth Coleman passed away in 1998 
when she was 70 years of age.
  Madam Speaker, I urge our colleagues to support H.R. 5229, 
recognizing the contributions of Ruth Harris Coleman to Wayne County by 
naming a post office in Odum, Georgia in her honor.
  Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. CUMMINGS. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Madam Speaker, H.R. 5229 was introduced by the gentleman from Georgia 
(Mr. Kingston) on September 20, 2000. Mrs. Ruth Harris Coleman was a 
schoolteacher and one of the originators of Odum Day, which celebrated 
its 25th year on October 7 of this year.
  Mrs. Coleman was Odum Day director for 17 years. In 1983, she was the 
grand marshal of Odum's homecoming parade and in 1998 was named Odum's 
Citizen of the Year.
  She chaired the American Red Cross Drive in the Wayne County Chapter 
of AARP and was a member of the Wayne Memorial Hospital Auxiliary. Ms. 
Coleman died in 1998.
  I have often said that when we take a moment, Madam Speaker, to name 
a post office after someone, it is not the deed that counts; but it is 
the memory of the fact that we are taking a moment to salute this 
schoolteacher and give her the recognition that she richly deserves 
says a lot. With that, Madam Speaker, I would urge the swift passage of 
this bill and ask all of our colleagues to vote in favor of it.
  Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mrs. MORELLA. Madam Speaker, I ask that the House approve this 
resolution, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentlewoman from Maryland (Mrs. Morella) that the House suspend the 
rules and pass the bill, H.R. 5229.
  The question was taken; and (two-thirds having voted in favor 
thereof) the rules were suspended and the bill was passed.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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