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Second Lieutenant Patrick Palmer Calhoun Post Office

Floor Speech

Date: Oct. 2, 2023
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 3944) to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 West Church Street in Mount Vernon, Georgia, as the ``Second Lieutenant Patrick Palmer Calhoun Post Office''.

The Clerk read the title of the bill.

The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 3944

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SECOND LIEUTENANT PATRICK PALMER CALHOUN POST OFFICE.

(a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 West Church Street in Mount Vernon, Georgia, shall be known and designated as the ``Second Lieutenant Patrick Palmer Calhoun Post Office''.

(b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``Second Lieutenant Patrick Palmer Calhoun Post Office''.
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Mr. COMER.

I rise today in support of this bill, which would name a post office in Mount Vernon, Georgia, after Second Lieutenant Patrick Palmer Calhoun.

Patrick Calhoun grew up in Mount Vernon, Georgia, earned a degree from the University of Georgia, and then enlisted in the U.S. Army.

During his service in South Vietnam, his helicopter was tragically shot down on April 19, 1965. Second Lieutenant Calhoun was declared missing in action before being declared dead at the tragically young age of 24. He perished serving his country, and I support naming a post office in his memory.

Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support this commonsense legislation, and I reserve the balance of my time.
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Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, I strongly encourage support for this bipartisan bill. I ask all of my colleagues to support this bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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