To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2001 East Willard Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the "Robert A. Borski Post Office Building".

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on October 22, 2003, at 10 a.m. to conduct a hearing on ``Counterterror Initiatives in the Terror Finance Program.''

Mr. President: I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on Wednesday, October 22, 2003, at 9:30 am on the Federal Involvement in the Regulation of the Insurance Industry.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, October 22, 2003 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a hearing Anti-Semitism In Europe.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on Wednesday, October 22, 2003 at 10:30 a.m. to hold a business meeting to consider pending Committed business.

Agenda

Legislation

1. S. 129, Federal Workforce Flexibility Act of 2003.

2. S. 1741, National Women's History Museum Act of 2003.

3. S. 1267, District of Columbia Budget Autonomy Act of

2003.

4. S. 1522, GAO Human Capital Reform Act of 2003.

5. S. 1561, a bill to preserve existing judgeships on the

Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

6. S. 1567, Department of Homeland Security Financial

Accountability Act.

7. S. 1612, Homeland Security Technology Improvement Act of

2003.

8. S. 1683, Federal Law Enforcement Pay and Benefits Parity

Act of 2003.

9. H.R. 1416, Homeland Security Technical Corrections Act

of 2003.

10. H.R. 3159, Government Network Security Act of 2003.

post office naming bills

1. S. 1405, a bill to designate the facility of the United

States Postal Service, located at 514 17th Street in Moline,

Illinois, as the ``David Bybee Post Office Building.''

2. S. 1415, a bill to designate the facility of the United

States Postal Service, located at 141 Weston Street in

Hartford, Connecticut, as the ``Barbara B. Kennelly Post

Office Building.''

3. S. 1590, a bill to designate the facility of the United

States Postal Service, located at 315 Empire Boulevard in

Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York, as the ``James E. Davis

Post Office Building.''

4. S. 1659, a bill to designate the facility of the United

States Postal Service, located at 57 Old Tappan Road in

Tappan, New York, as the ``John G. Dow Post Office

Building.''

5. S. 1671, a bill to designate the facility of the United

States Postal Service, located at 10701 Abercorn Street in

Savannah, Georgia, as the ``J.C. Lewis, Jr., Post Office

Building.''

6. S. 1692, a bill to designate the facility of the United

States Postal Service, located at 38 Spring Street in Nashua,

New Hampshire, as the ``Hugh Gregg Post Office Building.''

7. S. 1718, a bill to designate the facility of the United

States Postal Service, located at 3710 West 73rd Terrace in

Prairie Village, Kansas, as the ``Senator James B. Pearson

Post Office Building.''

8. S. 1746, a bill to designate the facility of the United

States Postal Service, located at 339 Hicksville Road in

Bethpage, New York, as the ``Brian C. Hickey Post Office

Building.''

9. H.R. 1610, to redesignate the facility of the United

States Postal Service, located at 120 East Ritchie Avenue in

Marceline, Missouri, as the ``Walt Disney Office Building.''

10. H.R. 1882, to designate the facility of the United

States Postal Service, located at 440 South Orange Blossom

Trail, in Orlando, Florida, as the ``Arthur `Pappy' Kennedy

Post Office Building.''

11. H.R. 1883, to designate the facility of the United

States Postal Service, located at 1601-1 Main Street in

Jacksonville, Florida, as the ``Eddie Mae Steward Post Office

Building.''

12. H.R. 2075, to designate the facility of the United

States Postal Service, located at 1905 West Blue Heron

Boulevard in West Palm Beach, Florida, as the ``Judge Edward

Rodgers Post Office Building.''

13. H.R. 2254, to designate the facility of the United

States Postal Service, located at 1101 Colorado Street in

Boulder City, Nevada, as the ``Bruce Woodbury Post Office

Building.''

14. H.R. 2309, to designate the facility of the United

States Postal Service, located at 2300 Redondo Avenue in

Signal Hill, California, as the ``J. Stephen Horn Post Office

Building.''

15. H.R. 2328, to designate the facility of the United

States Postal Service, located at 2001 East Willard Street in

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the ``Robert A. Borski Post

Office Building.''

16. H.R. 2396, to designate the facility of the United

States Postal Service, located at 1210 Highland Avenue in

Duarte, California, as the ``Francisco A. Martinez Flores

Post Office Building.''

17. H.R. 2452, to designate the facility of the United

States Postal Service, located at 339 Hicksville Road in

Bethpage, New York, as the ``Brian C. Hickey Post Office

Building.''

18. H.R. 2533, to designate the facility of the United

States Postal Service, located at 10701 Abercorn Street in

Savannah, Georgia, as the ``J.C. Lewis, Jr., Post Office

Building.''

19. H.R. 2746, to designate the facility of the United

States Postal Service, located at 141 Weston Street in

Hartford, Connecticut, as the ``Barbara B. Kennelly Post

Office Building.''

20. H.R. 3011, to designate the facility of the United

States Postal Service, located at 135 East Olive Avenue in

Burbank, California, as the ``Bob Hope Post Office

Building.''

Nominations

1. Jerry S. Byrd to be an Associate Judge of the Superior

Court of the District of Columbia (Family Court).

2. Joseph Michael Ryan to be an Associate Judge of the

Superior Court of the District of Columbia (Family Court).

3. Dale Cabaniss to be Chairman, Federal Labor Relations

Authority.

4. Brian F. Holeman to be an Associate Judge of the

Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

5. Craig S. Iscoe to be an Associate Judge of the Superior

Court of the District of Columbia.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on Wednesday, October 22, 2003, at 10 a.m., on ``Judicial Nominations,'' in the Hart Senate Office Building room 216.

Witness List:

Panel I: Senators.

Panel II: Janice R. Brown to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, October 22, 2003 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a closed hearing.

Mr. President: I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Oceans, Fisheries, and Coast Guard be authorized to meet on Wednesday, October 22, 2003, at 9:30 a.m., on Fisheries Oversight to be held in SR-428A.

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 2328) to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2001 East Willard Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the ``Robert A. Borski Post Office Building.''

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 2328, introduced by the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Hoeffel), designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2001 East Willard Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the Robert A. Borski Post Office Building.

Mr. Speaker, this legislation honors a devoted former Member of this body. Former Congressman Robert Borski preceded the gentleman from Pennsylvania as the U.S. Representative of Pennsylvania's Third District. The citizens of the Third District in Philadelphia elected Mr. Borski to the House 10 times before he retired after the 107th Congress.

He continues to be a good friend to all who worked in this House with him. It is a deserved tribute to Mr. Borski's public service that this post office be named after him, and I am pleased the House is considering this bill today.

Congressman Borski was most active on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, where he was the ranking Democratic member on the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines. He was also a member of the Democratic Whip operations, serving as the regional whip for Pennsylvania and Ohio.

Congressman Borski was known especially for his accessibility to his constituents. He frequently utilized the town hall meeting in his district to meet with his constituents firsthand. In addition, he always had at least two offices in Philadelphia to save constituents from traveling all the way to Washington.

Mr. Speaker, for all these reasons, I want to congratulate the gentleman from Pennsylvania for his work on this measure that honors Congressman Robert A. Borski. And just to say on a personal level, that I have had the honor to have worked with him for most of his 10 terms, and found him to be extraordinarily hard-working, very dedicated, very personable, not partisan, but clearly proud to be a Democratic Representative to this body.

It was a pleasure to serve with him. He is clearly deserving of this recognition.

Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

I think you should get down on bended knees in gratitude to the gentleman for doing that.

Mr. FATTAH. And I have been on bended knees many, many times, for Congressman Borski was just extraordinarily helpful in my own career and in the careers of other younger Members. Every day he would ask me about how my family was doing, particularly my young daughter, Cameron. He was concerned about where she was going to school, what she was doing, what activities she was involved in, because he had daughters and he was totally involved in their upbringing. He would make sure that he made it to their soccer meets. I remember even one time there was a debate here on the floor and Bob said, look, my daughter's in a soccer meet, she's on a soccer scholarship over in Virginia, this is one of her first games and I'm going to go do it.

That is the kind of person he was. He represented our city in the finest of ways and traditions. I just wish him well as he goes forward. It is the least that we can do to name a post office in his honor. There are some Members who get elected to Congress, and it is an honor for them to be able to serve. I am convinced that Bob Borski is one of the few Members which this institution was honored by his service. I just rise today to support this bill. I thank my friend, the gentleman from the great State of Connecticut, and I thank the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia for yielding me this time.

Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Bereuter).

(Mr. BEREUTER asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.

I would just note for the gentleman, we were trying to filibuster a little bit to give him a chance to get to the Chamber to speak on this important resolution.

I yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania.

Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Whitfield). The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Shays) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 2328.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia for yielding me this time. And let me thank my good friend, someone who has ably led this Congress in a number of different fashions, but with whom I have worked closely on the Committee on Government Reform for many years, the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Shays).

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate this opportunity.

Mr. Speaker, I have had the honor of knowing Bob Borski for many years. When I was just some 23, 24 years of age, being elected to the State House in 1982, he was exiting the same chair that I was going to sit in, because he was on his way to Washington, leaving the State House and coming to represent the great city of Philadelphia and our Commonwealth, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania here in Washington. And so I rise in support of H.R. 2328.

Congressman Borski served here for many, many terms representing, in particular, northeast Philadelphia; but his reach went far beyond that, for he rose to be one of the leading Members of this Congress on transportation issues. He worked to secure for Pennsylvania and for many other areas of our Nation the rightful resources that were necessary to improve and enhance our airports, particularly the Philadelphia International Airport, our ports, our waterways. Bob Borski worked tirelessly. He was, in my mind, the most effective Member of Congress on transportation issues that we have ever had from Philadelphia. He worked to expand I-95.

We could go through a lot, but one of the things I appreciated about Bob Borski was the human qualities. He stepped aside, for instance, so that I could go after a seat on the Committee on Appropriations when he was the more senior Member from our city, but he felt that he was going to have a fairly short career at that point and he thought it better that I go forward.

I yield to the gentleman from Connecticut.

Mr. Speaker, I just wanted to say that on not just the congressional delegation, Jack Murtha, his colleagues from Philadelphia, Bob Brady and the sponsor of this bill, Congressman Joe Hoeffel, that there are many others in our State. With the loss, that is, with the leaving from Congress of Congressmen Shuster and Borski now, our State has lost a great deal of seniority and knowledge and expertise in the transportation areas, but we nonetheless appreciate their service. And particularly in terms of Bob Borski, the Governor; the mayor of our city, John F. Street; for many local officials, Bob Borski was an experienced and practical and commonsense political leader. We really appreciated his service. We wish him well as he moves on into other aspects of his life.

I am reminded when he had his going-away get-together here on the Hill, he had his family around him at the podium. It was symbolic, but it was really substantive. That is to say that Bob Borski did so much here in the Congress, did so much to help this country and help his home State, but at the end of the day and most importantly for him as he tried to make sure that I understood when he talked about my daughter, Cameron, that family has to be the most important issue for all of us. He was a good example of that.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding me this time and for her leadership in the committee and on this issue.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 2328, the legislation designating the United States postal facility located at 2001 East Willard Street in Philadelphia as the Robert A. Borski Post Office Building.

Congressman Robert Borski was one of the longest-serving members of the Pennsylvania delegation, having served here for 20 years in Congress representing the Third Congressional District of Pennsylvania. Congressman Borski was a leader on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure where he served as Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines. He fought for a strong Federal commitment to our Nation's highways and transit systems. His efforts on the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century resulted in major infrastructure investment for the Philadelphia region.

Congressman Borski also worked hard to revitalize urban areas, supporting both transportation and water infrastructure projects. From his seat on the Subcommittee on Water Resources, Congressman Borski pushed for legislation to promote the cleanup of brownfields and to redevelop urban industrial sites. Congressman Borski also initiated the effort to reclaim and revitalize the neglected areas along the North Delaware River in Philadelphia.

With the support of the entire Pennsylvania congressional delegation, I introduced H.R. 2328. I selected this specific location because Bob Borski's late father was a postman who delivered mail from this facility on Willard Street and his mother still lives in the delivery area of this post office. The naming of the Borski post office, accordingly, has a very rich symbolic value and makes this action very meaningful and very emotional for the Borski family.

I first met Bob Borski in 1977 when we were both freshman legislators in the Pennsylvania State House. We came from very different backgrounds and very different political worlds, one from the Richmond neighborhood of Philadelphia, one from suburban Abington, but we became good friends. We served together for 6 years in the State House. Bob got here to Congress well before I did; and when I finally made it, he took me under his wing and served as my mentor. He would only occasionally give me advice. Sometimes I followed it; sometimes I did not. I learned after time I should have always followed it. He is a good man and a good friend.

Mr. Speaker, it is not often that you find an individual with such dedication and commitment to his community. I am pleased to honor Congressman Bob Borski in this manner. He is truly deserving of this honor. I urge swift passage of this legislation.

Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I cannot think of a more eloquent filibusterer than the gentleman from Connecticut. I thank him for doing this honor to Bob Borski.

Mr. SHAYS. He deserves it. He is an outstanding man.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 2328, a bill to name the U.S. Postal Service facility located at 2001 East Willard Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania the ``Robert A. Borski Post Office Building.''

I had the privilege of serving with Bob Borski on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee for twenty years. I know him to be a true public servant, dedicated to the welfare of his constituents in Pennsylvania's 3rd District, and a steadfast friend. This designation could not be more well-deserved, and I am proud to be an original cosponsor of this legislation.

First elected to the 98th Congress, Bob Borski served on the Transportation Committee for two decades until his retirement at the end of the 107th Congress. Throughout his distinguished career, Congressman Borski exemplified the great bipartisan tradition of the Transportation Committee. From 1995 to 2001, he served as Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment where he and Subcommittee Chairman Boehlert spearheaded the Committee's efforts for bipartisan solutions to some of the Committee's most difficult issues, such as clean water, brownfields, and superfund issues. The Committee's good work on these issues and its ability to pass bipartisan legislation was due in large part to Congressman Borski's perseverance, patience, and willingness to find common ground.

In the 107th Congress, Congressman Borski served as Ranking Member of the Highways and Transit Subcommittee. In that position, he and Subcommittee Chairman Petri did much of the groundwork for the upcoming reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA 21), holding more than a dozen hearings on issues related to the TEA 21 reauthorization. Last year, Congressman Borski received the ``Distinguished Person of the Year Award'' from the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) at its annual conference. It is not often that an association, with a major reauthorization bill just around the corner, honors a retiring Member of Congress. The fact that APTA honored Bob Borski is a tribute to him and the work that he has done to ensure that our communities have safe, affordable transportation choices.

H.R. 2328 is a fitting tribute to the distinguished career of Congressman Borski. I urge my colleagues to support it and to honor the contributions of Bob Borski with this well-deserved designation.