To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 300 East 3rd Street in Jamestown, New York, as the "Stan Lundine Post Office Building".

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 918) to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 300 East 3rd Street in Jamestown, New York, as the ``Stan Lundine 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.

I yield myself such time as I may consume.

Mr. Speaker, in my role as chair of the House Subcommittee with oversight authority of the United States Postal Service, I am pleased to stand before the body in consideration of H.R. 918, which is the measure before us that is designed to rename the United States postal facility located at 300 East Third Street in Jamestown, New York, as the Stan Lundine Post Office Building.

This legislation was introduced by my friend Brian Higgins, the gentleman from New York, on February 9, 2009, and it was considered and reported out of the Oversight Committee by voice vote on March 10, 2009. In addition, H.R. 918 enjoys the support of the entire sitting New York House delegation.

A native of the city of Jamestown, Stanley Nelson Lundine has devoted over four decades of his life to public service in New York State. Born in Jamestown on February 4, 1939, Mr. Lundine graduated from Jamestown High School in 1957. He received his B.A. from Duke University in 1961, and in 1964 received his juris doctorate from New York University School of Law. Only 5 years after gaining admission to the New York State bar, Mr. Lundine was elected to his first term

as mayor of Jamestown, having previously served as the city's associate corporate counsel and chairman of the City Planning Commission.

As mayor of his beloved hometown until 1976, Mr. Lundine dedicated his efforts to addressing long-standing labor strife in the city. To this end, he developed a unique labor-management strategy, and subsequently garnered Jamestown national attention as a widely successful labor-management partnership model, a model that we could dearly use today.

In 1976, Mr. Lundine was elected to represent New York State's 39th Congressional District, becoming the first Democrat to hold that seat since 1874. While representing New York's southern tier district in Congress until 1987, Mr. Lundine continued his commitment to labor- management cooperation through the development of legislation to establish labor-management councils and employee stock ownership plans. Mr. Lundine also remained dedicated to economic development issues, serving as a subcommittee chairman of the House Banking Committee.

In 1986, Mr. Lundine was elected to statewide office as lieutenant governor of New York, under Governor Mario Cuomo, serving until 1994.

Mr. Lundine worked to further develop the State's economy and increased the availability of job training programs and also strengthened New York's housing and technology sectors.

Currently Stan Lundine serves the citizens of New York State through his continued public service on a wide variety of nonprofit, private sector efforts. Notably, in April of 2007, Mr. Lundine was appointed as chair of the State's newly created Commission on Local Government Efficiency and Competitiveness. The panel is tasked with promoting local government collaboration and efficiency in the name of saving taxpayer dollars.

Mr. Speaker, let us honor Stan Lundine's decades of public service through the passage of this legislation to designate his hometown post office in his name. I urge my colleagues to join with me and Congressman Brian Higgins, who is the chief sponsor of this legislation. And I ask my colleagues to join us in supporting H.R. 918.

I reserve the balance of our time.

Mr. Speaker, in closing I want to thank my colleague for his generous remarks. And I do want to give great credit to Congressman Brian Higgins from the Buffalo area. He is the central sponsor of this measure to name this post office after Stan Lundine, who is very deserving of this honor.

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

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

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

I rise in support of H.R. 918, legislation to designate the post office in Jamestown, New York, as the ``Stan Lundine Post Office Building.'' Stan Lundine is one of Jamestown, New York's most steadfast public servants. He served as mayor of Jamestown, as a United States Representative and as Lieutenant Governor of New York. A Jamestown native, Stan Lundine was elected mayor of his hometown in 1970, just 6 years after graduating from New York University School of Law. Realizing his success as a mayor, the people of New York's 39th District elected Lundine to the House of Representatives in 1976. In his five terms as congressman from New York, Lundine continued to focus on labor/management issues. In the Congress, he focused on finance and banking servicing as subcommittee chairman of the House Banking Committee.

After his House career, he was elected Lieutenant Governor of New York under Mario Cuomo and served New York working on housing, technology, and economic development initiatives, as well as training and programming policies. Putting his labor management skills to use, he now serves as a director of the National Forge Company, U.S. Investment Services, and John Ullman Associates. He also serves as executive director of the Chautauqua County Health Network, a group of four hospitals and their physicians dedicated to improving the local health care delivery system in his community.

In recognition of Congressman Stan Lundine's contributions to the country, the State of New York and the city of Jamestown, let us now commemorate his 25 years of public service by naming the post office in his hometown of Jamestown, New York, as the ``Stan Lundine Post Office Building.''

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

Madam Speaker, I would like to state for the record my position on the following votes I missed due to personal reasons.

On Monday, March 23, 2009 I missed Rollcall votes 145 and 146. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye'' on the following votes:

Rollcall vote 145: Yes on the motion to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 918, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 300 East 3rd Street in Jamestown, New York, as the ``Stan Lundine Post Office Building'';

Rollcall vote 146: Yes on the motion to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 1218, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 112 South 5th Street in Saint Charles, Missouri, as the ``Lance Corporal Drew W. Weaver Post Office Building''.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate now proceed to the consideration of the following items, en bloc: Calendar No. 65, H.R. 663; Calendar No. 66, H.R. 918, Calendar No. 67, H.R. 1284; and Calendar No. 68, H.R. 1595.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bills be read a third time and passed en bloc, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, there be no intervening action or debate, and that any statements related thereto be printed in the Record.