To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 787 State Route 17M in Monroe, New York, as the "National Clandestine Service of the Central Intelligence Agency NCS Officer Gregg David Wenzel Memorial Post Office".

I thank the distinguished gentlewoman from New York.

Our bill, H.R. 3593, to designate the post office on State Route 17M in Monroe, New York, as the National Clandestine Service of the Central Intelligence Agency NCS Officer Gregg David Wenzel Memorial Post Office, honors the life and service of Gregg David Wenzel, who was from Monroe. He is the son of Gladys and Mitchell Wenzel, who still live in Monroe.

Gregg graduated from Monroe-Woodbury High School and from the State University of New York at Binghamton. He received his juris doctor degree from the University of Miami School of Law, and he served as a public defender in Florida before he began his career with the Central Intelligence Agency. He did so because, in his own words, he wished ``to live for a greater purpose than himself.''

He was a member of the first post-September 11 training class, and he was distinguished for his enthusiasm and leadership. He was assigned to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in 2002, as a clandestine officer, losing his life in patriotic service in Addis Ababa on July 9, 2003.

Gregg's CIA affiliation was not revealed publicly for 6 years. In June 2009, it was finally revealed when he was honored with a star on the Memorial Wall in the CIA headquarters. Then-CIA Director Leon Panetta noted, ``We find some measure of solace in knowing that Gregg achieved what he set out to do: he lived for a greater purpose than himself.''

When a man has given his life, as Gregg David Wenzel did, to protect our American liberties, honoring him through the tradition of naming a post office for his extraordinary service to our country is both fitting and inspiring.

Our deepest gratitude goes to Gregg's family for their sacrifice, whom I've had the pleasure of speaking with. While no memorial, however appropriate, can remove the pain of parents and loved ones when they lose a child, I hope that Gregg's parents and family will find comfort in his receiving this eminently deserved posthumous recognition.

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 3593) to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 787 State Route 17M in Monroe, New York, as the ``National Clandestine Service of the Central Intelligence Agency NCS Officer Gregg David Wenzel Memorial 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 the bill under consideration.

Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as she may consume to the sponsor of this legislation, my distinguished colleague from the State of New York, Representative Hayworth.

Mr. Speaker, I urge all Members to support the passage of H.R. 3593.

I yield back the balance of my time.

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

I am pleased to join in support of my colleague from New York in her urging us to pass H.R. 3593, to designate the facility of the U.S. Postal Service located at 787 State Route 17M in Monroe, New York, as the National Clandestine Service of the Central Intelligence Agency NCS Officer Gregg David Wenzel Memorial Post Office.

As our colleague from New York indicated, this is a posthumous recognition of the ultimate sacrifice for his country that finally can be recognized, even though he served his country in a clandestine role. I urge all of my colleagues to support this legislation.

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