To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6000 South Florida Avenue in Lakeland, Florida, as the "U.S. Marine Corporal Ronald R. Payne Jr. Post Office".

Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 7638) to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6000 South Florida Avenue in Lakeland, Florida, as the ``U.S. Marine Corporal Ronald R. Payne 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 this measure.

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

Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 7638 to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6000 South Florida Avenue in Lakeland, Florida, as the U.S. Marine Corporal Ronald R. Payne Jr. Post Office.

Corporal Payne was born on December 31, 1980, in Lakeland, Florida. Upon graduating high school, he joined the Marine Corps. Corporal Payne was deployed to Iraq, as part of the initial phase of the war, where his battalion ran reconnaissance for the First Regimental Combat Team.

After returning from Iraq, he was deployed to Afghanistan 6 months later as a chief scout section leader. Corporal Payne was known as the gentle giant among his men.

On the night of his death, Corporal Payne was running a mission to confirm a Taliban and al-Qaida operative was meeting in a village with Taliban lieutenants when his unit came under fire. For his bravery, he earned a Bronze Star with combat valor.

Madam Speaker, I encourage my colleagues to join me in honoring the sacrifice of Corporal Payne by naming a post office in Lakeland, Florida, after him, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Madam Speaker, I urge passage of H.R. 7638, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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

Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 7638, which names a Florida post office for Marine Corporal Ronald R. Payne, Jr.

Upon graduating from Mulberry High School in Florida in 1999, Corporal Payne joined the Marine Corps and

completed boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina.

He was deployed to Iraq where his unit, the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, engaged in the initial invasion of the Iraq war.

Corporal Payne returned home from Iraq and only a few months later was deployed to Afghanistan to help with the country's elections. His mission changed when Afghanistan's elections were postponed.

On May 7, 2004, he ran a mission with his reconnaissance team to confirm that an al-Qaida operative was meeting in a village with Taliban lieutenants.

Corporal Payne was shot in the chest when he exposed himself to enemy fire to lay down suppressive fire, allowing a critically wounded fellow team member to drag himself behind cover.

Minutes later, Payne was mortally wounded by shrapnel from a rocket- propelled grenade.

For his selfless acts of heroism, after his death, Payne was awarded the Bronze Star medal with combat distinguishing device, in addition to a Purple Heart.

Corporal Payne's bravery, concern for his fellow marines, and desire to serve America embody the ethos of the Marine Corps. I encourage my colleagues to support this bill honoring an American war hero who made the ultimate sacrifice.

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

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of the following bills en bloc: Calendar No. 473, H.R. 5271; Calendar No. 475, H.R. 5900; Calendar No. 476, H.R. 6386; Calendar No. 516, H.R. 5659; Calendar No. 517, H.R. 1095; and H.R. 5349, H.R. 5650, H.R. 5865, H.R. 5952, H.R. 6042, H.R. 6218, H.R. 6220, H.R. 6221, H.R. 6630, H.R. 7519, H.R. 7638, H.R. 8226, H.R. 8026, and H.R. 7514, all of which were received from the House.

I ask unanimous consent that the bills be considered read a third time and passed and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, all en bloc.