[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 23412]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  CONGRESSMAN JACK FIELDS POST OFFICE

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                               speech of

                            HON. LANE EVANS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, October 6, 2004

  Mr. EVANS. Mr. Speaker, today I would like to voice my support for 
H.R. 4232, the Congressman Jack Fields Post Office Redesignation Act. 
This legislation would rename the United States Postal Service facility 
at 4025 Feather Lakes Way in Kingwood, Texas as the ``Congressman Jack 
Fields Post Office.''
  I have nothing but respect and admiration for my former colleague, 
Congressman Jack Fields. Jack represented the 8th Congressional 
District of Texas in the House of Representatives from 1981 to 1997. He 
served on the House Committee on Commerce, and became the Chairman of 
the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance in 1995. As 
Subcommittee Chairman, Jack led the effort in the House to enact the 
first comprehensive reform of the Communications Act of 1934, which 
became the Telecommunications Act of 1996. This bill was signed into 
law by President Clinton in February of that year.
  As the Ranking Minority Member on the Committee on Merchant Marine 
and Fisheries, a position he held from 1981 to 1995, Jack was actively 
involved in the legislation related to oil spill liability that passed 
after the grounding of the Exxon Valdez in Alaska. He was also an 
advocate on issues as diverse as safety in the cruise ship industry, 
endangered species and wetlands, fisheries and wildlife refuges, 
promotion of American ports, shipbuilding, and the Coast Guard.
  I am proud to support this salute to my friend, former Representative 
Jack Fields. This is truly a fitting tribute to a remarkable man, and I 
congratulate him on this honor.

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