[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 17810-17811]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          REPRESENTATIVE CURTIS B. INABINETT, SR. POST OFFICE

  Mr. FARENTHOLD. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the 
bill (H.R. 6379) to designate the facility

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of the United States Postal Service located at 6239 Savannah Highway in 
Ravenel, South Carolina, as the ``Representative Curtis B. Inabinett, 
Sr. Post Office''.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                               H.R. 6379

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

     SECTION 1. REPRESENTATIVE CURTIS B. INABINETT, SR. POST 
                   OFFICE.

       (a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal 
     Service located at 6239 Savannah Highway in Ravenel, South 
     Carolina, shall be known and designated as the 
     ``Representative Curtis B. Inabinett, Sr. Post Office''.
       (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 ``Representative Curtis B. Inabinett, Sr. 
     Post Office''.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
Texas (Mr. Farenthold) and the gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Maloney) 
each will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Texas.


                             General Leave

  Mr. FARENTHOLD. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume and ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 
legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and 
include extraneous material on H.R. 6379.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Texas?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. FARENTHOLD. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 6379, introduced by the gentleman 
from South Carolina (Mr. Clyburn), would designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 6239 Savannah Highway in 
Ravenel, South Carolina, as the Representative Curtis B. Inabinett, Sr. 
Post Office. This bill was introduced on September 12.
  Mr. Speaker, Mr. Inabinett is a longstanding and faithful citizen of 
South Carolina. He was born there in 1931 and attended grade school, 
college, and graduate school in the State. Later, he taught at Baptist 
High School in Charleston County and was appointed to the Charleston 
County Election Commission. He became the mayor of Ravenel, South 
Carolina, and joined the South Carolina House of Representatives where 
he served until 2001.
  Mr. Speaker, Representative Inabinett is a worthy designee of this 
postal facility naming, and I urge all Members to join me in support of 
this bill.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself as much time as I may 
consume.
  Mr. Speaker, as a member of the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform, I am pleased to join my colleagues in a bipartisan way in the 
consideration of H.R. 6379 to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 6239 Savannah Highway in Ravenel, 
South Carolina, as the Representative Curtis B. Inabinett, Sr. Post 
Office.
  I am pleased to yield 5 minutes to the distinguished assistant 
Democratic leader, Congressman Clyburn from the great State of South 
Carolina, for as much time as he may consume.
  Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlelady from New York for 
yielding me the time.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 6379, naming the post 
office in Ravenel, South Carolina, after Representative Curtis B. 
Inabinett, Sr.
  I want to thank my colleagues in the South Carolina congressional 
delegation for their support of this bill.
  Curtis Inabinett was born in Islandton, South Carolina, to Cornelius 
Benjamin Inabinett and Eula Lee Stephens-Inabinett. When Curtis was 11, 
his father passed away, leaving Curtis, as the oldest of 11 siblings, 
to shoulder the responsibility of helping to manage the family farm and 
look after his younger brothers and sisters.
  Curtis attended South Carolina State College, and after several years 
in the United States Army, he became a teacher at Baptist Hill High 
School in Charleston County, South Carolina, where he taught for 13 
years. He then became the principal of R D Schroder Middle School, a 
position he held until his retirement in 1989.
  His commitment to public service went beyond his passion for 
education. He and I got started in politics around the same time when 
he was appointed as the first African American on the Charleston County 
Election Commission. Later, Curtis would win a seat on the Ravenel Town 
Council, and in 1982, he became the first African American mayor of 
Ravenel.
  In 1991, Curtis was elected to the South Carolina House of 
Representatives. He retired from the State house in 2000. Following the 
2001 settlement of a redistricting lawsuit, Curtis became one of three 
African Americans who won seats on the Charleston County Council, where 
he served until 2011.
  Throughout his tenure representing his hometown of Ravenel, whether 
as its mayor, its State representative, or on the county council, 
Curtis has been a fierce advocate for the needs of his community. He 
has broken down barriers throughout his life, and I'm sure the town of 
Ravenel will be proud to be the home of the Representative Curtis B. 
Inabinett, Sr. Post Office.
  Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, having no other speakers, I yield back the 
balance of my time.
  Mr. FARENTHOLD. Mr. Speaker, as the gentleman from South Carolina has 
so eloquently put it, this is a fine, fine gentleman, well deserving of 
having this postal facility named after him. I urge all Members to 
support passage of H.R. 6379 and yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Farenthold) that the House suspend the rules 
and pass the bill, H.R. 6379.
  The question was taken.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the opinion of the Chair, two-thirds 
being in the affirmative, the ayes have it.
  Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, I object to the vote on the ground that a 
quorum is not present and make the point of order that a quorum is not 
present.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further 
proceedings on this question will be postponed.
  The point of no quorum is considered withdrawn.

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