To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1501 South Cherrybell Avenue in Tucson, Arizona, as the "Morris K. 'Mo' Udall Post Office Building".

Mr. Speaker, I want to express my thanks to Mr. Grijalva, and Mr. Tim Ryan, for introducing these bills; to their colleagues in the Arizona and Ohio delegations, respectively, for cosponsoring them; and to the leadership on both sides for scheduling them for consideration by the House.

H.R. 5857 would designate a Post Office in Tucson, AZ, as the ``Morris K. `Mo' Udall Post Office Building,'' while H.R. 6051 would designate a Federal building in Akron, OH, as the ``John F. Seiberling Federal Building.''

With every bill we debate and every vote I cast, I am conscious of the many years during which my father served here in the House of Representatives. He was truly a ``man of the House,'' and I know that to him no honor could be greater than the bipartisan--non-partisan, really--support of our colleagues for a measure intended to recognize that service.

And I think it is very appropriate that at almost the same time the House will extend similar recognition to my father's longtime friend and colleague, former Representative John Seiberling of Ohio. I think nobody could be more deserving of such recognition.

My father and John Seiberling not only served at the same time, they worked closely together on many measures that came before what was then the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs--now known as the Resources Committee. Examples include the legislation dealing with strip mining--the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act--finally signed into law by President Carter after President Ford had vetoed an earlier version, and the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act--ANILCA--also known as the Alaska Lands Act, which was signed into law on December 2, 1980.

President Clinton later awarded John Seiberling the Presidential Citizens Medal, which is awarded in recognition of U.S. citizens who have performed exemplary deeds of service for our Nation.

In making the award, the President rightly explained that ``An ardent advocate for the environment, John F. Seiberling has demonstrated a profound commitment to America's natural treasures. Championing numerous bills during his 17 years in Congress, including the Alaska Lands Act, John Seiberling safeguarded millions of acres of parks, forests, wildlife refuges, and wilderness areas.'' And, in recognition of John Seiberling's work as a member of the Judiciary Committee, President Clinton went on to say that ``working in a spirit of bipartisanship, he also promoted civil rights and worker rights, always striving to improve the quality of life in America.''

Truer words were never spoken of any Member of Congress.

In conclusion, Mr. Speaker, I want to express my strong support for the bill recognizing the service of Representative Seiberling, and my heartfelt thanks for the honor bestowed on my father and our family by the bill to name a post office in Tucson in his memory.

Mr. Speaker, let me thank the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen) for yielding me this time; and, to the chairman, thank you very much for the support of this acknowledgment of Morris K. Udall.

I had the great privilege, growing up in the southern part of Arizona, to grow up at a time when we had a congressman that had a stature and an ability to communicate to people that was unsurpassed. That legacy needs to be commemorated.

He served in this House for 14 consecutive terms, from 1961 to 1991, until Parkinson's disease called him from service. He graduated from the University of Arizona, got his law degree from the University of Arizona.

During his tenure, he stood for a lot of things. He established some standards on the environment and the protection of our natural resources that we continue to talk about, admire, and try to replicate as we do legislation: the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980, the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1977, the Arizona Wilderness Act of 1984, the American Heritage Trust Act, Strip Mining Reclamation Act, and the list goes on and on.

In addition to that, Mo not only had an affinity for but a great belief and love for the Native American communities in Arizona. He introduced many bills to protect their natural resources, protect their sovereignty, and protect the rights of Native Americans. For that, he is part of the legacy.

Someone asked me, why a post office? Mo has many accolades that he has received. He was chairman of the Post Office and Civil Service Committee, as it was known then. It was a committee given to him because he won in a special election and there were no committees available, and Mo made the most of it. He served 30 years on that committee; and what he did was he created an independent post office, a post office with employees protected by the Civil Service, a post office that understood the concept of universal service, and a post office that set a standard of professionalism, independence, and took away the cronyism and the corruption that was occurring at the time. That was a legacy. So, as I looked around, what can we commemorate for Mo, the post office became an obvious thing.

In Arizona, we inherited Mo Udall's great legacy; and that is a legacy of commitment, tolerance, a love for natural resources, a genuine love and tolerance for people, and a sense that we can do better, that we can reform ourselves, we can reform this country. He leaves that legacy. Those are not shoes you fill, they are merely paths you follow.

I want to thank both the chairman and my colleague, Mr. Van Hollen, for support of this legislation.

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 5857) to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1501 South Cherrybell Avenue in Tucson, Arizona, as the ``Morris K. `Mo' Udall Post Office Building''.

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in 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, H.R. 5857, introduced by the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Grijalva), would designate the facility of the U.S. Postal Service located at 1501 South Cherrybell Avenue in Tucson, Arizona, as the ``Morris K. `Mo' Udall Post Office Building.''

Mo Udall represented Arizona's Second District from 1961 to 1991 and died of Parkinson's disease in 1998. He is one of the first environmentalists to serve in this body. He was a leader, and when we look back at the history of Congress in the latter part of the 20th century, he was one of the giants.

This is a fitting remembrance for him. I remember reading his book, ``Too Funny to Be President,'' and still being able to use some of the stories in the book which he said in his foreword we could do. He has been an inspiration to a lot of us, maintaining his sense of humor even during hard-charging debate, and he was beloved by Members on both sides of the aisle.

I thank the gentleman for introducing this renaming, and I am proud to support it.

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

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

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Arizona for introducing this. As quickly as we saw it, we wanted to move this to the floor. This is a fitting tribute to one of the premier legislators in the House over the last 50 years. I urge my colleagues to support this legislation.

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

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

Mr. Speaker, as Mr. Davis said, Mo Udall was a beloved figure in this country and this Congress. He was a great American, a great Member of Congress. He dedicated himself to preserving our great natural resources and open spaces in this country, protecting our environment, and he had a very quick wit which I think brought smiles to both sides of the aisle, even for those who were sometimes the target of that wit.

I want to commend my colleague, the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Grijalva), for deciding to introduce this resolution to recognize the wonderful national contributions of Mo Udall.

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

Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this bill as well, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee be discharged and the Senate proceed to the immediate en bloc consideration of the following postal naming bills: