To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 Center Street West in Eatonville, Washington, as the "National Park Ranger Margaret Anderson Post Office".

Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 1036) to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 Center Street West in Eatonville, Washington, as the ``National Park Ranger Margaret Anderson Post Office''.

Madam 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.

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

Madam Speaker, once again, it is my honor to be up here speaking about a bill, this one, H.R. 1036, introduced by the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Reichert) that would designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 Center Street West in Eatonville, Washington, as the National Park Ranger Margaret Anderson Post Office.

Mount Rainier National Park Ranger Margaret Anderson was fatally shot in the line of duty on January 1 of 2012. On the morning of January 1, at approximately 10:30 in the morning, Ranger Anderson was at Paradise, the park's most popular winter destination, when she responded to a radio call while she was welcoming visitors.

The radio call asked her to set up a traffic block to intercept a vehicle that failed to stop at a chained-up checkpoint in the park. The driver of the vehicle opened fire on Ranger Anderson and then fled on foot into the woods.

Unbeknownst to Ranger Anderson, the suspect was wanted in connection with a shooting the previous day in which four people were wounded.

Ms. Anderson was an exceptional park ranger who served the National Park Service for 12 years and worked at Mount Rainier for 3 years. She is survived by her husband, Eric, who is also a Mount Rainier park ranger, and two children, Annalise and Kathryn.

Margaret was only 34 years old at the time of her death. Ranger Anderson gave her life protecting park visitors and staff from a dangerous criminal. Paradise is a magnet for sledders, skiers, and families with small children, and at least 100 people had already arrived at the park on this day when Ranger Anderson was shot.

Margaret's brave action very possibly saved many lives that day, and she is to be commended and remembered as a hero.

I urge all Members to join me in strong support of this bill, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Madam Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to my colleague from the State of Washington (Mr. Reichert).

Madam Speaker, I look to my colleagues here in the House of Representatives and say please join Mr. Reichert, Mr. Clay, the entire Washington delegation, and me in voting to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service at 103 Center Street West in Eatonville, Washington, to honor a hero who gave her life protecting park patrons, to name that post office the National Park Ranger Margaret Anderson Post Office.

Please join me in voting ``yea'' on this important legislation.

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

Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding.

I think most of the Members here know that I had a 33-year career in law enforcement prior to coming to the House of Representatives a little over 9 years ago. During that time, I lost good friends and partners in the line of duty--shot, stabbed--and they left behind families, husbands and wives and children. Those are memories that stick with me--and I know the friends and partners I have in law enforcement--forever, and the families never forget and never recover.

On this day that has been mentioned by my colleague--on New Year's Day, in the year 2012, Park Ranger Margaret Anderson responded to a call. Her job

usually is to guide folks through the park and show them the scenery and talk about the trailways and the flowers and the trees that are growing on Mount Rainier, educate the young children.

But all of a sudden, she is called to duty, to switch gears, to put her life on the line. She showed up that day to block the road from this dangerous criminal who had already committed crimes in Seattle and was on the loose. There was a manhunt that was conducted trying to find this person before he hurt or injured or killed anyone else.

Margaret Anderson served Mount Rainier Park for about 4 years. She was a National Park Ranger for 12 years. Her husband was serving with her on that very same day. He heard the call go out--officer down--and then realized it was his wife.

We go about our days here in Congress, and we sometimes forget the men and women who guard this Capitol, who guard our lives each and every day; and when we go home, those men and women in uniform are there protecting our families and our communities.

Sometimes, Madam Speaker, they lose their life. Sometimes, they put their life on the line, and sometimes, they don't come home.

In this case, Margaret Anderson did not come home. She left her husband and her two children to grieve, but she saved lives that day. That is what we do.

It is an honor for me to be here today with this piece of legislation, H.R. 1036, that honors a brave resident of Eatonville, Washington. It is a little town nestled right at the foot of Mount Rainier, with only 3,000 people, so to name a post office after her, I think, would be a great honor, a great memorial.

It is one of the things that we can do, so that we can say we will never forget.

Thank you, Margaret, for your service.

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

Madam Speaker, as a member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, I am pleased to join my colleagues in the consideration of H.R. 1036, a bill to designate the facility of the U.S. Postal Service located at 103 Center Street West in Eatonville, Washington, as the National Park Ranger Margaret Anderson Post Office.

This measure before us was introduced on March 7, 2013, by my colleague, Representative David Reichert. In accordance with committee requirements, the bill is cosponsored by all members of the Washington delegation.

H.R. 1036 was reported out of committee by unanimous consent on March 12, 2014.

Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Madam Speaker, in closing, I want to thank my colleague from Washington State for bringing this bill.

I ask that we pass this bill, without reservation, to recognize Margaret Anderson and her dedication to her family, the United States Park Service, and for paying the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty, to ensure the safety and security of her fellow citizens.

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