A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 Broadway in Lynbrook, New York, as the "Navy Corpsman Jeffrey L. Wiener Post Office Building".

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (S. 3567) to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 Broadway in Lynbrook, New York, as the ``Navy Corpsman Jeffrey L. Wiener 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.

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

On behalf of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, I present S. 3567 for consideration. This measure designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 Broadway in Lynbrook, New York, as the Navy Corpsman Jeffrey L. Wiener Post Office Building.

S. 3567 was introduced by the gentleman from New York, Senator Charles Schumer, on July 12, 2010. The measure passed the Senate by unanimous consent on July 30, 2010. After being received by the House, the measure was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform which ordered it reported favorably by unanimous consent on September 23, 2010. The measure enjoys the support of both Senators from New York.

Mr. Speaker, Hospital Corpsman Jeffrey L. Wiener enlisted with the U.S. Navy on May 1, 2003, with the goal of serving as a medic with a Marine infantry company. After undergoing the Navy's basic training, he attended the Marine Corps' Field Medical School at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, where he was trained as a fighting infantryman also tasked with delivering medical attention to infantry wounded in combat.

He arrived in Iraq in late February 2005 and volunteered for duty on the front lines with a Marine assault platoon. Sadly, Corpsman Wiener was killed on May 7, 2005, in an ambush and bombing in Haditha, Iraq. Corpsman Wiener is survived by his wife, Maria, and two daughters, Mikayla Lynn and Theodora Rose.

Corpsman Wiener deserves this tribute not only for his service as a dedicated infantry medic but also for his service as a member and ex- captain of Tally-Ho Engine 3 of the Lynbrook Fire Department. He also served as a medic for the Lynbrook Fire Department as well as the Nassau County Police Department before he enlisted in the Navy.

Mr. Speaker, let us now pay tribute to the life and service of this brave man, Corpsman Jeffrey L. Wiener, through the passage of S. 3567, to designate the Lynbrook, New York, post office building in his honor.

I urge all my colleagues to join me in supporting S. 3567.

I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield such time as she may consume to our colleague from New York State, Representative Carolyn McCarthy.

Mr. Speaker, I again urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this measure, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague from New York, Senator Schumer, for sponsoring this legislation in the Senate. I also want to thank Chairman Towns and Ranking Member Issa for bringing this bill to the floor with my colleagues, Representative Norton and Representative Bilbray.

I rise today to ask for support to rename the post office located in my district at 100 Broadway in Lynbrook, New York, in honor of Navy Corpsman Jeffrey L. Wiener.

Mr. Speaker, I know a lot of times we are here renaming post offices. Post offices, whether in an urban setting, whether in a suburban setting, whether

in a rural setting, have been a place where people have always gathered. And I think one of the important things that we can do, especially for our young men and women that serve this country and make the ultimate sacrifice, as one of my constituents did, I think it's important that we remember those that have made that sacrifice.

Corpsman Wiener was killed in Iraq in the year 2005. But throughout his life, he demonstrated a commitment to saving lives, ensuring public safety in his community, and serving his country. Jeffrey Wiener began serving the community of Lynbrook in 1987 at the age of 14 as a volunteer junior fireman. And we know, our junior firemen, basically working in the community, stay with that and become the volunteer firemen which our communities count on. By the year 2000 he had risen to the rank of captain and became an EMT for Nassau County.

In May 2003, in response to the terrorist attacks that happened to New York and to this country on September 11, 2001, Jeffrey chose to serve his country by enlisting in the United States Navy.

On May 7, 2005, Jeffrey gave the ultimate sacrifice when he and three other marines from his unit were killed in an ambush and a bombing in Iraq. It is because of people like Jeffrey and his colleagues that we are able to enjoy the rights and the freedoms that we all hold so dear.

Jeffrey is survived by his wife, Maria, and his two daughters. This legislation honors the legacy, the sacrifice, and the heroism of Navy Corpsman Wiener by renaming the post office located at 100 Broadway in Lynbrook, New York, as the Navy Corpsman Jeffrey L. Wiener Post Office building.

Again, Mr. Speaker, these are very, very little things for the sacrifice that the young men and women across this country do for us on a daily basis. And I think sometimes it becomes very, very easy for people to forget what these sacrifices mean, not only to the family, to the community, but to our country. This is one way, a small way, granted, to honor these lives. I ask my colleagues to support this bill.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the following postal-naming bills en bloc: Calendar Nos. 489, 490, and 491--S. 3567, H.R. 5278, and H.R. 5395.

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

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

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to strongly urge support for Senate bill 3567, and I yield back the balance of my time.