Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 6221) to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 155 Main Avenue West in Winsted, Minnesota, as the…
Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 6221) to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 155 Main Avenue West in Winsted, Minnesota, as the ``James A. Rogers Jr. Post Office''.
Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the measure.
Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 6221, to designate the facility of the U.S. Postal Service located at 155 Main Avenue West in Winsted, Minnesota, as the James A. Rogers Jr. Post Office.
James Rogers, Jr., was born on June 23, 1991, in Madelia, Minnesota. He graduated from St. James High School in 2010 and St. Cloud State University in December of 2019.
He joined the Minnesota Army National Guard in June of 2009 as a field artillery automated tactical data systems specialist. He completed the warrant officer basic course in May of 2013, he was commissioned as warrant officer 1, and he attended a Black Hawk helicopter flight school at Fort Rucker, Alabama.
From May 2011 to May 2012, Chief Warrant Officer Rogers was deployed to Kuwait in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, and again from June 2018 to June 2019 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Inherent Resolve.
His awards include the Air Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal, and the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, among many others.
He tragically lost his life alongside two other fellow guardsmen when their helicopter experienced a mid-flight mechanical failure.
Madam Speaker, I encourage my colleagues to join me in honoring the life of Chief Warrant Officer Rogers by naming a post office in Winsted, Minnesota, after him.
Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Madam Speaker, I urge passage of H.R. 6221, and I yield back the balance of my time.