To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 East Illinois Avenue in Vinita, Oklahoma, as the "Francis C. Goodpaster Post Office Building".

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry be authorized to conduct a hearing during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 at 10 a.m. in SR-328A, Russell Senate Office Building. The purpose of this hearing will be to consider the nomination of Dr. Richard A. Raymond to be Under Secretary for food safety at the United States Department of Agriculture.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry be authorized to conduct a hearing during the session of the Senate at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 22, 2005, in SR-328A, Russell Senate Office Building. The purpose of this hearing will be to review the Livestock Manadatory Reporting Act 1999.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorize to meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 at 9:30 a.m. to hold a business meeting.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on Wednesday, June 22, 2005, at 10 a.m. to hold a business meeting to consider pending committee business.

Agenda

legislation

S. 662, Postal Accountability Enhancement Act; S. 457, Purchase Card Waste Elimination Act; S. 611, Emergency Medical Services Support Act; S. 37, a bill to extend the special postage stamp for breast cancer research for two years.

post office naming bills

H.R. 1460, a bill to designate the facility of the U.S. Postal Service located at 6200 Rolling Road in Springfield, VA, as the ``Captain Mark Stubenhofer Post Office Building''.

S. 590/H.R. 1236, a bill to designate the facility of the U.S. Postal Service located at 750 4th Street in Sparks, NV, as the ``Mayor Tony Armstrong Memorial Post Office''.

S. 571, a bill to designate the facility of the U.S. Postal Service located at 1915 Fulton Street in Brooklyn, NY, as the ``Congresswoman Shirley A. Chisholm Post Office Building''.

S. 892/H.R. 324, a bill to designate the facility of the U.S. Postal Service located at 321 Montgomery Road in Altamonte Springs, FL, as the ``Arthur Stacey Mastrapa Post Office Building''.

S. 867/H.R. 289, a bill to designate the facility of the U.S. Postal Service located at 8200 South Vermont Avenue in Los Angeles, CA, as the ``Sergeant First Class John Marshall Post Office Building''.

S. 1207/H.R. 120, a bill to designate the facility of the U.S. Postal Service located at 20777 Rancho California Road in Temecula, CA, as the ``Dalip Singh Saund Post Office Building''.

S. 775, a bill to designate the facility of the U.S. Postal Service located at 123 West 7th Street in Holdenville, OK, as the ``Boone Pickens Post Office''.

S. 1206/H.R. 504, a bill to designate the facility of the U.S. Postal Service located at 4960 West Washington Boulevard in Los Angeles, CA, as the ``Ray Charles Post Office Building''.

H.R. 1001, a bill to designate the facility of the U.S. Postal Service located at 301 South Heatherwilde Boulevard in Pflugerville, TX, as the ``Sergeant Byron W. Norwood Post Office Building.''

HR. 1072, a bill to designate the facility of the U.S. Postal Service located at 151 West End Street in Goliad, TX, as the ``Judge Emilio Vargas Post Office Building.''

S. 904, a bill to designate the facility of the U.S. Postal Service located at 1560 Union Valley Road in West Milford, NJ, as the ``Brian P. Parrello Post Office Building.''

HR. 1542, a bill to designate the facility of the U.S. Postal Service located at 695 Pleasant Street in New Bedford, MA, as the ``Honorable Judge George N. Leighton Post Office Building.''

H.R. 1082, a bill to designate the facility of the U.S. Postal Service located at 120 East Illinois Avenue in Vinita, OK, as the ``Francis C. Goodpaster Post Office Building.''

H.R. 1524, a bill to designate the facility of the U.S. Postal Service at 12433 Antioch Road in Overland Park, KS, as the ``Ed Eilert Post Office Building.''

H.R. 627, a bill to designate the facility of the U.S. Postal Service located at 40 Putnam Avenue in Hamden, CT, as the ``Linda White-Epps Post Office.''

H.R. 2326, a bill to designate the facility of the U.S. Postal Service located at 614 West Old County Road in Belhaven, NC, as the ``Floyd Lupton Post Office.''

Nominations

Linda M. Combs to be Controller, Office of Federal Financial Management, Office of Management and Budget.

Linda M. Springer to be Director, Office of Personnel Management.

Laura A. Cordero to be Associate Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

Noel Anketell Kramer to be Associate Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Mr. President, I would like to announce that the Committee on Indian Affairs will meet on Wednesday, June 22, 2005, at 9:30 a.m. in Room 216 of the Hart Senate Office Building to conduct an oversight hearing on the In Re Tribal Lobbying Matters, et al.

Those wishing additional information may contact the Indian Affairs Committee at 224-2251.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 22, 2005 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a closed briefing.

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

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to voice my support for H.R. 1082, which will name the Vinita, Oklahoma Post Office after Francis C. Goodpaster.

Francis Goodpaster was a lifelong resident of Vinita, only leaving his hometown briefly to attend Oklahoma A&M and to serve his country during World War II. He was also a man who dedicated his life to public service. His service, however, was not only to the people of the great State of Oklahoma, but to the people of our Nation as well.

Mr. Goodpaster first entered service with the United States Postal Department in 1937. He remained in his post delivering mail to the people of Vinita until his retirement in 1973. In fact, his great service to the postal system and the people it serves earned him the position of Postmaster for the Vinita Post Office during the last decade of service. From what I am told, Francis Goodpaster put the ``service'' in the postal service, and he was proud to do so. In fact, I understand that several Christmases and several of those celebrations were put on hold in the Goodpaster household until all the packages were delivered to all the residents of Vinita. Again, this just shows the value that Francis Goodpaster saw in serving the public and making sure that his friends, neighbors, and community members were happy.

In addition to serving his community of Vinita, Francis Goodpaster was also a public servant for the State of Oklahoma. Upon returning from Oklahoma A&M, Mr. Goodpaster was elected by his peers to represent them as a representative in the Oklahoma State legislature. Having previously served in the Oklahoma legislature myself, I understand the respect that this deserves when the district sends someone to the State capital, and they did that with Francis Goodpaster.

Even more selflessly than being a public servant to his community and to his State, Francis Goodpaster was a public servant to his Nation. For a time during his early years in the postal service, Mr. Goodpaster served our Nation as part of the Greatest Generation in World War II. As a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army, he did his part to help ensure the freedoms that we enjoy here today. I feel that such selflessness should not go unacknowledged.

These are only a few of the many accomplishments in Francis Goodpaster's life. I could go on and on with many more examples of the great gifts of service that he gave to the State and the Nation, from filling a term as Craig County Commissioner to serving on the board of the Red Cross, to being a part of the State's Silver Hair Legislature for two terms. In the end, though, I

think that what needs to be said is that Francis Goodpaster was a good man who loved his hometown, who loved his State, and loved his Nation and showed his appreciation through public service. For this reason I believe we should now show our appreciation to him.

Mr. Speaker, I can think of very few people that are as deserving to have this honor bestowed upon them. Therefore, I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting H.R. 1082 to show our appreciation for all of Francis Goodpaster's public service.

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 1082) to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 East Illinois Avenue in Vinita, Oklahoma, as the ``Francis C. Goodpaster 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 and its chairman, I rise to begin the consideration of H.R. 1082. This legislation honors a caring community leader who personifies much of what is good about America. Francis Goodpaster was a veteran, postmaster, philanthropist, teacher, church elder, and lifelong resident of the northeast Oklahoma town of Vinita. All members of the Oklahoma State delegation have joined the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Boren), the sponsor, as cosponsors of H.R. 1082.

Born in Vinita, Oklahoma in 1909, Francis Goodpaster became employed by the Post Office Department in 1937. He left his job and his home to serve our Nation in the Army in World War II. He retired from the Army as a lieutenant colonel. In 1964 he became Postmaster in Vinita until his retirement in 1973.

In addition to his postal and military career, Mr. Goodpaster was very active in his native community. He served as Craig County Commissioner, President of the Vinita Lions Club, commander in the local American Legion, Red Cross board member, and he was even an elder at the Pilgrim Presbyterian Church.

Mr. Speaker, Francis Goodpaster passed away on March 3, 2002. We support this legislation that will memorialize his contributions to his hometown of Vinita, Oklahoma.

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

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

I urge all Members to support this legislation introduced by the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Boren) and urge the passage of H.R. 1082.

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

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

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

As a member of the House Committee on Government Reform, I am pleased to join the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Shays) and the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Boren) in consideration of H.R. 1082, legislation naming a postal facility in Vinita, Oklahoma after the late Francis C. Goodpaster. This measure, of course, was introduced by the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Boren) on March 3, 2005, and unanimously reported by our committee on April 13, 2005, and it enjoys the support and cosponsorship of the entire Oklahoma delegation.

As we have heard, Mr. Goodpaster was indeed a ``man for all seasons,'' very active in his community, totally committed to his country, and I join with my colleagues in suggesting that there is no better person to name a United States postal facility after than Mr. Francis Goodpaster. So I join with my colleagues in urging swift passage.

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

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be discharged from further consideration, and the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of the following postal naming bills en bloc: S. 571, S. 775, S. 904, H.R. 120, H.R. 289, H.R. 324, H.R. 504, H.R. 627, H.R. 1001, H.R. 1072, H.R. 1082, H.R. 1236, H.R. 1460, H.R. 1524, H.R. 1542, and H.R. 2326.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that these bills be read the 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 at this point in the Record.