Dr. Rudy Lombard Post Office Building

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Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 996) to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3901 MacArthur Blvd., in New Orleans, Louisiana, as the ``Dr. Rudy Lombard Post Office''.

The Clerk read the title of the bill.

The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 996

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. DR. RUDY LOMBARD POST OFFICE BUILDING.

(a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3901 MacArthur Blvd., in New Orleans, Louisiana, shall be known and designated as the ``Dr. Rudy Lombard Post Office Building''.

(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 ``Dr. Rudy Lombard Post Office Building''.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this bill, which names a New Orleans post office for Dr. Rudolph Joseph Lombard.

Dr. Lombard was born and raised in New Orleans and grew up witnessing discrimination in New Orleans which inspired him to become a leading activist.

As a college student of Xavier University, he organized a sit-in in 1960 at McCrory's Five and Dime store to protest Jim Crow laws.

Dr. Lombard's activism led to the landmark Supreme Court case, Lombard v. Louisiana, which overturned related charges and set a critical precedent for striking down segregation laws.

Dr. Lombard was dedicated to justice and equality. However, he is a lesser-known leader in the civil rights movement due to his humility.

Today the U.S. House publicly recognizes his contributions.

Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support this bipartisan legislation, and I reserve the balance of my time.

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Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this bipartisan bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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