To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at United States Route 1 in Ridgeway, North Carolina, as the "Eva Holtzman Post Office".

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding me time.

Mr. Speaker, I want to express my sincere appreciation for the strong bipartisan support of my distinguished colleagues from the North Carolina delegation, both House and Senate, in their sponsorship of this bill.

I would also like to thank the gentleman from Virginia (Chairman Tom Davis) and the gentleman from California (Mr. Waxman), the ranking member, and Denise Wilson, along with the entire staff from the Committee on Government Reform, for moving so quickly in seeing the value of this legislation.

Mr. Speaker, we are here today to honor a great woman, a great community leader and a great American who helped so many people throughout my home State of North Carolina.

Today, Mr. Speaker, we show our appreciation for an extraordinary woman, Ms. Eva Holtzman, by naming the post office in Ridgeway, North Carolina, in her honor. Affectionately called ``Ms. Eva'' by all who knew her, she loved the town of Ridgeway with all of her heart. She called Ridgeway her home. She lived and worked there her entire life. She reared four children and ultimately was laid to rest in that community.

Ms. Eva was born in 1918 and educated in Warren County public schools, graduating with honors from Norlina High School in rural North Carolina.

Ms. Holtzman was a strong force in the 4-H association, starting a chapter out of her home that eventually had to move to a local church because of its popularity. Her 50-year tenure with 4-H and teaching Sunday school at St. Paul's Lutheran Church did not go unnoticed when in the year 2000 she was presented with the Jefferson Award for her outstanding and selfless volunteerism by then-Governor Jim Hunt.

Mr. Speaker, Ms. Holtzman was also a dedicated public servant. She worked at the post office for 50 years, 38 of those years as its postmaster. When the Ridgeway Post Office was closed in the early 1960s, Ms. Holtzman refused to let the town live without a post office and built a new one on her own. Sadly, Eva passed away 3 years ago, leaving behind her beloved post office that she worked so hard to preserve.

As one of her Sunday school students, who is now an adult, said, ``Everything I learned, I learned because of Ms. Eva.'' And when asked why she tirelessly dedicated her life to the citizens of North Carolina, she always said, ``It's just wonderful to be able to do things for others. I just enjoy people.''

Mr. Speaker, while Ms. Eva Holtzman is deserving of far greater accolades. I am sure they will come in time, but it is my great pleasure to offer this legislation on her behalf. I strongly urge this body to pass this bill.

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 5039) to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at United States Route 1 in Ridgeway, North Carolina, as the ``Eva Holtzman Post Office''.

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 H.R. 5039.

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

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 5039, a bill to designate this postal facility in Ridgeway, North Carolina, as the Eva Holtzman Post Office. All Members of the North Carolina delegation have cosponsored the gentleman from North Carolina's (Mr. Butterfield) legislation.

A community leader, a postal supervisor, a friend, a grandmother of seven, and a great-grandmother of four, Eva Holtzman was an exemplary role model for the small North Carolina community of Ridgeway.

Eva Holtzman served as postmaster of Ridgeway for 38 years, ultimately retiring at age 80. She was a wonderfully devoted postal supervisor. During her tenure as postmaster, this is great, the Postal Service once announced plans to close the community post office at which she worked in order to widen the county roads. In response, she went out and purchased land with her own money and oversaw the construction of a brand new post office.

Mr. Speaker, Eva Holtzman was perhaps best known for her community involvement. For more than 5 decades, she volunteered with the 4-H Club and taught Sunday school. Additionally, she volunteered with Warren County's health department and social services.

I urge my colleagues to honor Eva Holtzman, a benevolent lifetime resident and an institution in Ridgeway, North Carolina.

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

Mr. Speaker, I have no further speakers, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. Speaker, I ask our colleagues to vote in favor of this resolution, and I yield back the balance of our time.

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

Mr. Speaker, as the ranking member of the Special Panel on Postal Reform and Oversight of the Committee on Government Reform, I am pleased to join my colleagues in consideration of H.R. 5039, legislation designating a U.S. postal facility in Ridgeway, North Carolina, after Eva Holtzman.

This measure unanimously reported by our committee on September 15, 2004, was introduced by the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Butterfield) on September 9, 2004, and enjoys the support and co- sponsorship of the entire North Carolina delegation.

As a lifelong resident of Ridgeway, Eva Holtzman was a well- respected, hard-working community leader. She worked at the Ridgeway Post Office for an extraordinary 50 years, serving 38 of those years as postmaster. Her dedication went far beyond a plaque on the doorway, however.

A perfect example of Ms. Holtzman's dedication to her fellow residents came in the early 60s when, following the closing of the local post office, she constructed her own post office and operated it herself.

Known to people who knew her well as Miss Eva, Eva Holtzman donated a substantial amount of her time to the community as well, starting a 4-H center and initially operating it out of her own home. The gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Butterfield) has described her as being a model citizen: ``With the uncertainty and chaos that exists in our world today, I can think of nothing better than to honor the memory of one of North Carolina's finest citizens by naming the post office she loved and worked so hard for, the Eva Holtzman Post Office.''

Mr. Speaker, I urge swift passage of this bill.

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

Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Butterfield), the sponsor of this legislation.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Governmental Affairs Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. 2693, S. 2839, H.R. 5039, H.R. 4381, H.R. 4556, H.R. 4618, and H.R. 4632 en bloc, and that the Senate proceed to their immediate consideration, along with H.R. 4046, H.R. 5027, H.R. 5133, H.R. 5147, and H.R. 5051, which are at the desk, en bloc.

I would be happy to.

We will make that part of our unanimous consent request. And you might consider making it 10 minutes instead of 20 minutes, but you will have up to 20 minutes.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bills be read a third time and passed, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table en bloc, and that any statements relating to the bills be printed in the Record.

Mr. President, I am certainly not going to object, but will the majority leader yield for a minute?

I had intended to make a few remarks as in morning business when I thought we would be staying in session for several more days. I figured I had a lot of time to do it. I am certainly glad that the leaders have been able to work out an arrangement to the contrary. But I wonder if your wrap-up request could include allowing me to speak as in morning business, if the Senator from Nevada does not mind, for maybe 20 minutes. It will not take any longer than that.

I do not think there will be much time before the vote tomorrow.

Afterwards we are all going to be trying to catch planes, so I ask if I could have a few minutes.

I appreciate it.