[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 9560-9561]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           MICHAEL GARVER OXLEY MEMORIAL POST OFFICE BUILDING

  Mr. BLUM. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill 
(H.R. 4925) to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 229 West Main Cross Street, in Findlay, Ohio, as the 
``Michael Garver Oxley Memorial Post Office Building''.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                               H.R. 4925

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

     SECTION 1. MICHAEL GARVER OXLEY MEMORIAL POST OFFICE 
                   BUILDING.

       (a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal 
     Service located at 229 West Main Cross Street, in Findlay, 
     Ohio, shall be known and designated as the ``Michael Garver 
     Oxley Memorial 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 ``Michael Garver Oxley Memorial Post 
     Office Building''.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
Iowa (Mr. Blum) and the gentlewoman from Michigan (Mrs. Lawrence) each 
will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Iowa.


                             General Leave

  Mr. BLUM. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 
5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include 
any extraneous material on the bill under consideration.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Iowa?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. BLUM. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  I rise today in support of H.R. 4925, introduced by Representative 
Robert Latta of Ohio. The bill designates a post office in Findlay, 
Ohio, as the Michael Garver Oxley Memorial Post Office Building.
  Former Representative Oxley served in the House of Representatives 
from 1981 until 2007, including as chairman of the House Financial 
Services Committee.

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  I look forward to hearing more about former Representative Oxley from 
my colleague and the bill's sponsor, Representative Latta. For now, I 
urge Members to support this bill.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

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  Mrs. LAWRENCE. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to join my colleagues in the consideration 
of H.R. 4925, a bill to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located in Findlay, Ohio, as the Michael Garver Oxley 
Memorial Post Office Building.
  Mr. Oxley was elected to the Ohio State House of Representatives at 
the age of 28 and won a special election to the U.S. House of 
Representatives in 1981. Serving as the chair of the Committee on 
Financial Services, Congressman Oxley devoted himself to corporate 
oversight and insurance protection issues. He also led efforts to 
investigate Enron and other corporate scandals, and is perhaps most 
well known for the new accounting requirements and financial 
regulations enacted by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
  Congressman Oxley retired after 25 years in the House and passed away 
in December of 2015, following a battle with lung cancer.
  Mr. Speaker, we should pass this bill to honor Congressman Oxley's 
public service and commemorate his many congressional accomplishments.
  I urge the passage of H.R. 4925.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. BLUM. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Ohio 
(Mr. Latta).
  Mr. LATTA. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the gentleman for yielding.
  I rise today in support of H.R. 4925, my legislation which designates 
the facility of the United States Postal Service at 229 West Main Cross 
Street in Findlay, Ohio, as the Michael Garver Oxley Memorial Post 
Office Building.
  This bipartisan legislation will honor a great legislator, friend, 
and former Congressman Mike Oxley for his many years of dedicated 
public service.
  Mike received his undergraduate degree from Miami University, which 
he was always very proud of, and he was always very proud of the fact 
that is where my youngest daughter just received her undergraduate 
degree this past May. He received his JD from the Ohio State University 
Moritz College of Law, and after that, he began his career in public 
service as a special agent for the FBI in 1969.
  After serving with the FBI for 3 years, Mike was elected to the Ohio 
House of Representatives in 1972. That is when I first met Mike, out on 
the campaign trail. Mike served admirably in the House until 1981, when 
he won a special election after the death of Congressman Tennyson 
Guyer, also of Findlay. As was noted, Mike served then from 1981 until 
his retirement in 2007 here in the United States House of 
Representatives, which he loved.
  In the 107th, 108th, and 109th Congresses, Mike was elected to serve 
as the chairman of the Committee on Financial Services, and he had 
many, many friends, but Mike personified what a true public servant was 
and is. He served his constituents from Ohio well and served the United 
States well.
  When you talk about what a public servant is, my dad always told me 
that a public servant is a person who sees how much they can always 
give of themselves to the people they represent, and Mike did that.
  Aside from his government service, Mike also served and was dedicated 
to helping others through his charitable works. As a team captain for 
the annual congressional baseball game--in one of them he got his leg 
broken--Mike and his colleagues helped raise thousands of dollars for 
the Washington Literacy Center, the Washington Nationals Dream 
Foundation, and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington.
  Mike was also very active back home not only with Miami University, 
but also with the University of Findlay; and he was also active in 
helping raise funds for the greater Findlay area.
  I would like to thank Chairman Chaffetz and Ranking Member Cummings 
for their work in advancing this bill through the committee and to the 
House floor. I would also like to thank the entire Ohio delegation and 
other Members for supporting this legislation as cosponsors.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge the House to join me in honoring the memory of 
Mike Oxley by passing H.R. 4925.
  Mrs. LAWRENCE. Mr. Chairman, I yield such time as he may consume to 
the gentleman from New York (Mr. Crowley).
  Mr. CROWLEY. Mr. Speaker, I will be brief. I just wanted to take an 
opportunity, especially from this side of the aisle, to hear from 
someone who worked with Mike, who had great admiration for him, and 
that is myself.
  When I was a young man, elected at 36 years of age back in 1998, one 
of the first people I met on the other side of the aisle--not from my 
home State--was Mike Oxley. He had great admiration for my predecessor 
as well, and they were good friends, Tom Manton.
  Mike was also my chairman. I served on the House Committee on 
Financial Services after the attacks of 9/11, and one of the great 
tributes I think I can give to Mike Oxley is he was, in large part, 
responsible for the passing of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, also 
known as TRIA, something that was desperately needed after the events 
of 9/11 to shore up the financial services industry and industry all 
around the country and real estate. In so many, many ways, he 
understood the ramifications that not having that backstop could 
potentially have for our country. He saw to it that a bipartisan bill 
was agreed to.
  So I have nothing but fond memories of Mike. I was very saddened when 
I heard of Michael's illness. I know he is missed by his family. On a 
lighter note, this week we will play the annual congressional baseball 
game. I am sure that if my colleagues were here on the floor, Coach 
Doyle in particular would be pointing out that he and Mike had a good 
friendship.
  Mike was also a good basketball player. He had a wicked 3-point shot. 
Maybe if the 3-point play had been in place when he was in high school, 
he might have been somebody, you never know.
  But Mike Oxley certainly was someone and a treasure to this 
institution, this body. He was a real Member's Member. I think if you 
can leave this House and have a tribute by someone from this side in a 
personal way speak about you, as I am today, I think that speaks highly 
of Michael Oxley. He is missed. What a great thing to do to honor him 
by naming this post office in his honor.
  Mr. BLUM. Mr. Speaker, I would like to make Congresswoman Lawrence 
aware that I have no further speakers and I am prepared to close.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mrs. LAWRENCE. Mr. Speaker, I would like to inform the gentleman from 
Iowa (Mr. Blum), my colleague, that I have no further speakers.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. BLUM. Mr. 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 Iowa (Mr. Blum) that the House suspend the rules and 
pass the bill, H.R. 4925.
  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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