[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 26]
[House]
[Pages 35548-35549]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  PAUL E. GILLMOR POST OFFICE BUILDING

  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the 
Senate bill (S. 2174) to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 175 South Monroe Street in Tiffin, Ohio, as 
the ``Paul E. Gillmor Post Office Building''.
  The Clerk read the title of the Senate bill.
  The text of the Senate bill is as follows:

                                S. 2174

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

     SECTION 1. PAUL E. GILLMOR POST OFFICE BUILDING.

       (a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal 
     Service located at 175 South Monroe Street in Tiffin, Ohio, 
     shall be known and designated as the ``Paul E. Gillmor 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 ``Paul E. Gillmor Post Office Building''.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from 
the District of Columbia (Ms. Norton) and the gentleman from California 
(Mr. Issa) each will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia.


                             General Leave

  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members

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may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their 
remarks.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentlewoman from the District of Columbia?
  There was no objection.
  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I join my colleagues in consideration of S. 2174, which 
designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
175 South Monroe Street in Tiffin, Ohio, as the ``Paul E. Gillmor Post 
Office Building.''
  S. 2174 was introduced by Senator Voinovich of Ohio on October 17, 
2007, and reported by voice vote on December 12, 2007. Congressman 
Gillmor was serving his 10th term in the United States House of 
Representatives representing the Fifth Congressional District in Ohio 
until his untimely death in September 2007.
  I know that the entire House grieved and was shocked to learn that 
Representative Gillmor died right here at his home, the place where he 
prepared to come to this very House. He is very much missed on both 
sides of the aisle. This is a very appropriate way to remember this 
long-time Member of the House of Representatives.
  Mr. Speaker, I commend Senator Voinovich for seeking to honor the 
legacy of our late colleague and offer condolences to the family of 
Representative Gillmor and his colleagues in the Ohio congressional 
delegation and those in his district. I urge swift passage of this 
bill.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. ISSA. Mr. Speaker, I yield for such time as he may consume to the 
gentleman who now seeks to fill the shoes left by the passing of our 
colleague and friend, Mr. Gillmor, Mr. Bob Latta.
  Mr. LATTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of S. 2174 sponsored by 
Senators Voinovich and Brown to name the United States Post Office in 
Tiffin, Ohio, after Paul E. Gillmor.
  I first met the Congressman when he began his public service career 
over 40 years ago. Congressman Gillmor admirably served as a State 
senator, as president of the Ohio senate, and also of course as a 
United States Congressman since 1989. Congressman Gillmor cared for the 
people of his district and was dedicated to serving them.
  I was taught by my father who served in this Chamber for 30 years 
that a true public servant is an individual who sees how much they can 
give of themselves to the people they represent, and I truly believe 
that Paul did exactly that. I think it is a fitting tribute to name a 
United States Post Office in Tiffin, Ohio, in his honor.
  He unselfishly gave of his time and energy to serve the citizens not 
only of the Second Senate District but also the Fifth Congressional 
District for over 40 years.
  It is truly an honor for me to follow the Congressman who served in 
this seat. I ask that this body approve the naming of this post office 
in the name of Congressman Gillmor.
  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I express once again the condolences of 
every Member of this House, and for that matter the commendation to our 
colleague for offering this commemoration to our colleague.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. ISSA. Mr. Speaker, I join with my colleague in urging support for 
this bill. I traveled extensively with Paul Gillmor. He was a close 
friend of Henry Hyde and loved to be an advocate for a better 
understanding not just of the State of Ohio, but of our Nation abroad. 
It is very befitting that we do this and do it in a timely fashion. I 
move support for the bill.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urge passage of S. 2174, to designate 
the U.S. Post Office at 175 South Monroe Street in Tiffin, Ohio, as the 
``Paul E. Gillmor Post Office Building.''
  Mr. Speaker, I doubt I've ever had an easier sell when it comes to 
convincing my colleagues to support legislation.
  As was noted repeatedly on this floor when Paul died on Sept. 5 at 
his home in Arlington, he was a man we all liked, even those of us on 
the other side of the political aisle.
  A small-town banker, a businessman, a Vietnam War vet, a former Judge 
Advocate General, a husband and father of 5, he was known to all of us 
as a man who worked hard for and cared deeply about his constituents, 
who spent most of his life in service to his country and who, just 12 
days before his death, was touring flood-ravaged areas of his beloved 
Ohio and trying to see how he could help.
  He was a moderate, an effective legislator and, most importantly and 
most memorably, a gentleman with all the best that word represents.
  I urge my colleagues to bestow this one last honor on our friend from 
the Buckeye State.
  Mr. HOBSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a dear friend 
and former colleague, Congressman Paul Gillmor, by supporting the 
designation of the U.S. Postal Service Office located at 175 South 
Monroe Street in Tiffin, Ohio, as the ``Paul E. Gillmor Post Office 
Building''.
  While we all miss our friend, this designation will serve to honor 
him for his distinguished career in public service in both the U.S. 
House of Representatives and the Ohio Senate, and for living his life 
as a true gentleman.
  The reference to being a ``true gentleman'' is something that will 
have a special meaning to members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon 
fraternity, and it's something that I would like to enter into the 
Congressional Record as a tribute to Paul Gillmor.
  Paul and I were both members of the SAE's during our time at Ohio 
Wesleyan University, and our fraternity has a motto that describes what 
it takes to be a true gentleman. I think this passage by John Walter 
Wayland describes Paul Gillmor and how he lived his life. It reads as 
follows:
  ``The True Gentleman is the man whose conduct proceeds from good will 
and an acute sense of propriety, and whose self-control is equal to all 
emergencies; who does not make the poor man conscious of his poverty, 
the obscure man of his obscurity, or any man of his inferiority or 
deformity; who is himself humbled if necessity compels him to humble 
another; who does not flatter wealth, cringe before power, or boast of 
his own possessions or achievements; who speaks with frankness but 
always with sincerity and sympathy; whose deed follows his word; who 
thinks of the rights and feelings of others, rather than his own; and 
who appears well in any company, a man with whom honor is sacred and 
virtue safe.''
  Mr. Speaker, I think that my colleagues would agree that Paul Gillmor 
lived the life of a true gentleman as a father, a husband, a friend and 
a public servant.
  With that said, I appreciate today's effort to move this well-
deserved legislation forward, and I urge everyone to honor and remember 
our friend and colleague, Paul Gillmor.
  Mr. ISSA. I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentlewoman from the District of Columbia (Ms. Norton) that the House 
suspend the rules and pass the Senate bill, S. 2174.
  The question was taken; and (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the 
rules were suspended and the Senate bill was passed.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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