[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 2523-2524]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  DARYLE HOLLOWAY POST OFFICE BUILDING

  Mr. RUSSELL. Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the 
bill (H.R. 3082) to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 5919 Chef Menteur Highway in New Orleans, Louisiana, 
as the ``Daryle Holloway Post Office Building''.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                               H.R. 3082

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

     SECTION 1. DARYLE HOLLOWAY POST OFFICE BUILDING.

       (a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal 
     Service located at 5919 Chef Menteur Highway in New Orleans, 
     Louisiana, shall be known and designated as the ``Daryle 
     Holloway 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 ``Daryle Holloway Post Office Building''.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Russell) and the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Brendan 
F. Boyle) each will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Oklahoma.

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                             General Leave

  Mr. RUSSELL. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members 
have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include 
extraneous material on the bill under consideration.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Oklahoma?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. RUSSELL. I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 3082, introduced by 
Congressman Cedric Richmond of Louisiana. The bill designates the post 
office located at 5919 Chef Menteur Highway in New Orleans, Louisiana, 
as the Daryle Holloway Post Office Building.
  Madam Speaker, Officer Daryle Holloway was a 22-year veteran of the 
New Orleans Police Department and the father of three children. On June 
20, 2015, Officer Holloway lost his life in the line of duty while 
transporting a suspect to the police station.
  Prior to his tragic death, Officer Holloway served his community for 
more than two decades. He attended Corpus Christi Elementary and 
graduated from St. Augustine High School,

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both located in New Orleans, the community in which he served.
  Madam Speaker, Officer Holloway had deep roots in the community he 
served. Throughout his life, he continued to attend the Friday night 
football games in support of the St. Augustine High School Purple 
Knights.
  His connection to the community was reflected in the way he 
approached his work. He became a police officer during the early days 
of community-oriented policing, an initiative where officers and 
residents worked together in order to combat crime and ensure safety.
  During his 22 years at the New Orleans Police Department, he not only 
protected the streets of New Orleans, but worked with children in the 
Cops for Kids summer camps. There, he again emphasized and maintained a 
healthy relationship among the police, youth, and their families.
  Madam Speaker, New Orleans will remember Officer Holloway as a 
dedicated law enforcement officer and, more importantly, as a friend. 
Naming this post office after Officer Daryle Holloway will memorialize 
both his unforgettable sense of humor and his lifelong dedication to 
the city of New Orleans. I urge Members to support this bill.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania. Madam Speaker, I yield myself 
such time as I may consume.
  Madam Speaker, it is clearly a busy day in New Orleans. Much like the 
previous bill, rather than speaking and simply repeating the eloquent 
words that were previously spoken, I would rather yield such time as he 
may consume again to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Richmond), my 
colleague, who proudly represents his State.
  Mr. RICHMOND. Madam Speaker, again, I will say that naming this post 
office in honor of a true public servant and a young man who grew up in 
the area, a young man who ultimately sacrificed his life to make sure 
that other people would be safe, who dedicated his life to protecting 
and serving the residents of New Orleans, will inspire other young kids 
in that same area, other young kids who grow up in that area, like I 
did, to look at police work as a life of service and with the 
possibility of going into law enforcement. That post office bearing the 
name for Officer Daryle Holloway, I think, will do just that.
  But Daryle was special. He was a big guy. He was the life of the 
party, but he knew at a young age that he wanted to be a police 
officer. Unfortunately, he was killed at the young age of 46 in the 
line of duty on June 20, 2015, while transporting a suspect to the 
police station. He was the father of three children.
  As mentioned earlier, he had very deep roots in the community. He 
attended Corpus Christi and was a graduate of St. Augustine High 
School. He joined the police force not too long after finishing high 
school and remained a passionate supporter of his alma mater.
  It was mentioned that he would be at the football games cheering on 
the Purple Knights, but what wasn't mentioned was that he was always 
the life of the party.
  Daryle did become a police officer in the early days of community 
policing in an effort to focus on officers' engagement with residents 
in the communities they serve. He was a natural fit for the police 
department because he was friends with just about everyone in the city.
  He was drawn to police work because he genuinely wanted to help 
people and make New Orleans a safer place for all of us to live. Daryle 
served with the New Orleans Police Department for 22 years. In addition 
to protecting our streets, he spent 10 years working with children in 
the Cops for Kids summer camps, which help develop relationships 
between police, youth, and their families. Daryle also brought 
community policing into the Florida and Desire housing developments.
  After his passing, many of those former residents and summer campers 
organized a vigil to honor the man they considered not only a police 
officer but a friend.
  I would like to personally add that in my eighth grade year at St. 
Aug, Daryle Holloway, big Daryle Holloway, made sure that little Cedric 
Richmond was protected from everyone in the school. He started his life 
of serving and protecting probably with me.
  What he did to mentor kids in the neighborhood and live his life so 
that he could be an example, especially for young men of color growing 
up in rough neighborhoods, to show how you carry yourself, 
responsibility, and commitment, and how to be a family man, how to be a 
great father, and how to be a great son was truly a testament to Daryle 
Holloway.
  I know his mother, Olander Belfield Holloway, is probably watching us 
today. When I talked to her, she said: Cedric, I just feel so special 
that people remember my son and remember the fact that he died in the 
line of duty doing what he wanted to do the most, and that was protect 
the citizens of New Orleans.
  Again, I would like to thank Chairman Chaffetz and Ranking Member 
Cummings for bringing this bill to the floor and to once again offer 
the Holloway family my sincerest condolences. I hope that this postal 
facility will serve as a reminder of Officer Holloway's courage and 
compassion for generations to come.
  Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania. Madam Speaker, clearly, as we 
just heard, Officer Holloway is exactly the kind of person that we 
should recognize as a country. It is also a reminder--and I say this 
representing hundreds, if not thousands, of Philadelphia police 
officers in my district. It is a reminder of just how dangerous the job 
of being a police officer is in our society.
  It is quite clear that Officer Holloway paid the ultimate sacrifice 
to Louisiana and also to our country. He is worthy of this honor. I 
urge all those in this House to adopt this bill.
  Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. RUSSELL. Madam Speaker, I urge adoption of the bill.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Russell) that the House suspend the rules 
and pass the bill, H.R. 3082.
  The question was taken; and (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the 
rules were suspended and the bill was passed.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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