[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 15]
[House]
[Pages 21151-21152]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 ROBERT J. OPINSKY POST OFFICE BUILDING

  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the 
Senate bill (S. 2415) to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 4141 Postmark Drive, Anchorage, Alaska, as 
the ``Robert J. Opinsky Post Office Building''.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                                S. 2415

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

     SECTION 1. ROBERT J. OPINSKY POST OFFICE BUILDING.

       (a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal 
     Service located at 4141 Postmark Drive, in Anchorage, Alaska, 
     shall be known and designated as the ``Robert J. Opinsky 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 ``Robert J. Opinsky Post Office 
     Building''.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
Tennessee (Mr. Duncan) and the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Davis) each 
will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Duncan).


                             General Leave

  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may 
have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks 
and include extraneous material on S. 2415, the Senate bill under 
consideration.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Tennessee?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, S. 2415 honors a devoted Postal Service employee of more 
than four decades, Robert Opinsky. Bob Opinsky began his career with 
the Postal Service in 1956 as a $1.50-an-hour temporary clerk. Through 
hard work and dedication, he was able to work up the ranks of the 
Postal Service and become the district manager of the Postal Service in 
Alaska. He retired in 1996.
  Bob Opinsky was a terrific leader within the Postal Service 
community; therefore, I am pleased to support this post office 
designation in his honor, an exceedingly appropriate tribute to his 
postal career.
  Mr. Speaker, I thank the Senator from Alaska, Mr. Stevens, for 
advancing this legislation. I support it, and I urge passage of the 
bill.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of S. 2415, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4141 Postmark 
Drive in Anchorage, Alaska, as the Robert J. Opinsky Post Office 
Building.
  Mr. Opinsky was an outstanding, hardworking postal employee who 
worked his way up through the ranks.

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He was known as a man who delivered mail through rain, sleet or snow. 
It is fitting and proper that we designate this facility in his honor.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, I have no further requests for time, and I 
yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Duncan) that the House suspend the rules 
and pass the Senate bill, S. 2415.
  The question was taken; and (two-thirds having voted in favor 
thereof) the rules were suspended and the Senate bill was passed.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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