To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6239 Savannah Highway in Ravenel, South Carolina, as the "Representative Curtis B. Inabinett, Sr. Post Office".

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlelady from New York for yielding me the time.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 6379, naming the post office in Ravenel, South Carolina, after Representative Curtis B. Inabinett, Sr.

I want to thank my colleagues in the South Carolina congressional delegation for their support of this bill.

Curtis Inabinett was born in Islandton, South Carolina, to Cornelius Benjamin Inabinett and Eula Lee Stephens-Inabinett. When Curtis was 11, his father passed away, leaving Curtis, as the oldest of 11 siblings, to shoulder the responsibility of helping to manage the family farm and look after his younger brothers and sisters.

Curtis attended South Carolina State College, and after several years in the United States Army, he became a teacher at Baptist Hill High School in Charleston County, South Carolina, where he taught for 13 years. He then became the principal of R D Schroder Middle School, a position he held until his retirement in 1989.

His commitment to public service went beyond his passion for education. He and I got started in politics around the same time when he was appointed as the first African American on the Charleston County Election Commission. Later, Curtis would win a seat on the Ravenel Town Council, and in 1982, he became the first African American mayor of Ravenel.

In 1991, Curtis was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives. He retired from the State house in 2000. Following the 2001 settlement of a redistricting lawsuit, Curtis became one of three African Americans who won seats on the Charleston County Council, where he served until 2011.

Throughout his tenure representing his hometown of Ravenel, whether as its mayor, its State representative, or on the county council, Curtis has been a fierce advocate for the needs of his community. He has broken down barriers throughout his life, and I'm sure the town of Ravenel will be proud to be the home of the Representative Curtis B. Inabinett, Sr. Post Office.

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 6379) to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6239 Savannah Highway in Ravenel, South Carolina, as the ``Representative Curtis B. Inabinett, Sr. Post Office''.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume and ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on H.R. 6379.

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 6379, introduced by the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Clyburn), would designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6239 Savannah Highway in Ravenel, South Carolina, as the Representative Curtis B. Inabinett, Sr. Post Office. This bill was introduced on September 12.

Mr. Speaker, Mr. Inabinett is a longstanding and faithful citizen of South Carolina. He was born there in 1931 and attended grade school, college, and graduate school in the State. Later, he taught at Baptist High School in Charleston County and was appointed to the Charleston County Election Commission. He became the mayor of Ravenel, South Carolina, and joined the South Carolina House of Representatives where he served until 2001.

Mr. Speaker, Representative Inabinett is a worthy designee of this postal facility naming, and I urge all Members to join me in support of this bill.

I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. Speaker, as the gentleman from South Carolina has so eloquently put it, this is a fine, fine gentleman, well deserving of having this postal facility named after him. I urge all Members to support passage of H.R. 6379 and yield back the balance of my time.

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

Mr. Speaker, as a member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, I am pleased to join my colleagues in a bipartisan way in the consideration of H.R. 6379 to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6239 Savannah Highway in Ravenel, South Carolina, as the Representative Curtis B. Inabinett, Sr. Post Office.

I am pleased to yield 5 minutes to the distinguished assistant Democratic leader, Congressman Clyburn from the great State of South Carolina, for as much time as he may consume.

Mr. Speaker, having no other speakers, I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. Speaker, I object to the vote on the ground that a quorum is not present and make the point of order that a quorum is not present.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee be discharged from the following postal naming bills en bloc: H.R. 2338 and H.R. 3892; that the Senate proceed to their consideration and the consideration of the following bills, en bloc, which were received from the House and are at the desk: H.R., 3869, H.R. 4389, H.R. 6260, H.R. 6379, and H.R. 6587.

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 en bloc, with no intervening action or debate; and that any related statements be printed in the Record.