To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2811 Springdale Avenue in Springdale, Arkansas, as the "Harvey and Bernice Jones Post Office Building".

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from Michigan (Mrs. Miller) for yielding me this time.

Mr. Speaker, today I am honored to introduce legislation to my fellow colleagues to name the post office at 2811 Springdale Avenue in Springdale, Arkansas, after Harvey and Bernice Jones. Harvey and Bernice Jones are known throughout Arkansas for their amazing generosity and compassion for their community. Harvey Jones first started the Springdale Transportation Company in 1919 and soon changed the name to Jones Truck Lines, Incorporated, which later became one of the largest privately owned trucking companies in the United States. In 1938 the couple married and together used their success to further the improvement of their community and their home State of Arkansas.

The Joneses were instrumental in the development of Springdale's first hospital, and in 1992 Bernice Jones continued their support for the hospital by pledging $25 million to the Northwest Medical Center of Washington County. Furthermore, the couple provided a wing of the hospital for family members who want to stay close to their loved ones.

Harvey Jones was chairman of the Springdale Memorial Hospital Board,

president of the Springdale School Board, president of the Springdale Chamber of Commerce, and chairman of the board of the First National Bank of Springdale.

After her husband's death in 1989, Bernice Jones continued the couple's philanthropic interests. She paid for the computers and Internet access for the entire Springdale School System and was a lead supporter for the children's library fund. As an eye doctor in Arkansas, I was gratified by her donation of $11.5 million for the 56,000 square foot Harvey and Bernice Jones Eye Institute at the University of Arkansas for the Medical Sciences in Little Rock.

I could go on and on with the extensive list of their contributions and achievements, but probably their most memorable gift to the community is the Harvey and Bernice Jones Center for Families in Springdale, Arkansas. Established by Mrs. Jones in 1995, the Jones Center is a 235,000 square foot facility dedicated to the intellectual, cultural, and spiritual enhancement of families throughout the community.

The center offers ice skating, swimming, and numerous other sports activities. There is a beautiful chapel for services and weddings. An ever-widening array of family classes are offered, including a senior center, a teen arts program, CPR, cancer screening, and many, many more. All of this is free for the community use as long as they behave like ladies and gentlemen. This was Bernice's only rule for the center. The Joneses are still honored extensively throughout the State for their accomplishments. We can continue to honor them by naming the Springdale Post Office after the Joneses. They selflessly rose to answer the call of their community time and time again and will continue to be an inspiration for Arkansas for years to come.

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 4381) to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2811 Springdale Avenue in Springdale, Arkansas, as the ``Harvey and Bernice Jones Post Office Building.''

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration.

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

Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the Committee on Government Reform, I am pleased to rise in support of H.R. 4381. The Congress names post offices after numerous Americans, some famous, some anonymous, who devote inordinate time, energy, and resources to constructive causes, to their communities, or to the greater public. And today, through the consideration of H.R. 4381, we recognize a couple that is among the most deserving to be honored by Congress with a local post office.

Mr. Speaker, Harvey and Bernice Jones dedicated literally a lifetime of service to the people of Arkansas. The Joneses gave away literally millions of dollars to schools, to hospitals, to charities, most of them in northwest Arkansas, through the Harvey and Bernice Jones Charitable Trust.

After Harvey died in 1989, Bernice established the Harvey and Bernice Jones Eye Institute at the University of Arkansas Medical Center in Little Rock in 1994. The next year Bernice opened the Harvey and Bernice Jones Center for Families and Children in Springdale. The center, which features a swimming pool and ice skating rink, continues to positively mentor youths. President Clinton took notice of Mrs. Jones's work in his home State and awarded Bernice the Presidential Citizens Medal for her benevolence to humanity on February 22, 1996.

Bernice Jones passed away September 10, 2003. And I thank the gentleman from Arkansas (Congressman Boozman) for advancing this legislation on behalf of Harvey and Bernice Jones. This beloved couple deserves to be remembered by the people of Springdale forever. This post office should serve as a wonderful memorial to their compassion.

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

Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman), my distinguished colleague.

Mr. Speaker, I have no further requests for time, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.

Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably detained due to a prior obligation and missed the following votes. Had I been present I would have voted ``yea'' on Rollcall Vote No. 422 on agreeing to the motion to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 4381; ``yea'' on Rollcall Vote No. 423 on agreeing to the motion to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 4556; ``yea'' on Rollcall Vote No. 424 on ordering the previous question on H. Res. 754; ``nay'' on Rollcall Vote No. 425 on agreeing to the Jackson-Lee amendment to H.R. 5006; ``nay'' on Rollcall Vote No. 426 on agreeing to the Jackson-Lee amendment to H.R. 5006; ``yea'' on Rollcall Vote No. 427 on agreeing to the Sanders amendment to H.R. 5006; ``nay'' on Rollcall Vote No. 428 on agreeing to the Hefley amendment to H.R. 5006; ``yea'' on Rollcall Vote No. 429 on agreeing to the George Miller amendment to H.R. 5006; ``yea'' on Rollcall Vote No. 430 on the motion that the Committee rise; ``yea'' on Rollcall Vote No. 431 on agreeing to H. Res. 757; ``nay'' on Rollcall Vote 432 on the motion to instruct conferees; ``yea'' on Rollcall Vote No. 433 on the motion to suspend the rules and pass S. 2634; ``yea'' on Rollcall Vote No. 435 on agreeing to the Hayworth amendment to H.R. 5006; ``yea'' on Rollcall Vote No. 436 on agreeing to the Kildee amendment to H.R. 5006; ``nay'' on Rollcall Vote No. 437 on agreeing to the Stark amendment to H.R. 5006; ``nay'' on Rollcall Vote No. 438 on agreeing to the Paul amendment to H.R. 5006; ``nay'' on Rollcall Vote No. 439 on agreeing to the Hayworth amendment to H.R. 5006; and ``yea'' on Rollcall Vote No. 440 on passage of H.R. 5006.

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

Mr. Speaker, as a Member of the House Committee on Government Reform, I am pleased to join with my colleagues in the consideration of H.R. 4381, legislation naming a postal facility in Springdale, Arkansas, after Harvey and Bernice Jones. This measure, which was introduced by the gentleman from Arkansas (Representative Boozman) on May 18, 2004, and unanimously reported by our committee on July 8, 2004, enjoys the support and cosponsorship of the Arkansas delegation.

As my colleagues have heard, the late Harvey and Bernice Jones were founders of a nonprofit organization, the Jones Center for Families. The mission of the center is to ``serve families, strengthen community, and glorify God.'' The organization, which provided a host of needed community services including health, education, and recreational facilities, was founded to improve the lives of those in need of assistance and guidance.

In 1996 President William Clinton awarded Mrs. Bernice Young Jones the Presidential Citizen Medal. Throughout her life, Mrs. Jones donated millions of dollars to assist individuals and families.

Mr. Harvey Jones, who built one of the largest trucking companies in the country, was also a generous contributor to charitable organizations. Sadly, he passed in 1989, and Mrs. Jones passed away last year.

I commend my colleagues for sponsoring this bill, and I urge its quick passage.

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

Mr. Speaker, I have no further requests for time, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. Speaker, I regret that I missed roll call votes 422 and 423 on September 7, 2004 and rollcall vote 424 on September 8, 2004. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes'' on all three votes--rollcall vote 422, H.R. 4381, the Harvey and Bernice Jones Post Office Building Designation Act; roll call vote 423, H.R. 4556, the General William Carey Lee Post Office Building Designation Act; and roll call 424, on ordering the previous question for H. Res. 754, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5006) making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.

Additionally, I would like to voice my support for H.R. 5005, making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, for additional disaster assistance. The House of Representatives passed this important legislation last night. Without this action, FEMA would have run out of money and not been able to help those in need.

Mr. Speaker, all of our thoughts and prayers go out to the families in Florida and elsewhere along the East Coast as they recover from

Hurricanes Charley, Frances and Gaston and Tropical Storm Bonnie. H.R. 5005 will provide FEMA with an additional $2 billion to ensure that they can continue providing without interruption the much needed support and assistance to the victims of these storms.