Gladys P. Todd Post Office

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Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 7508) to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1285 Emancipation Highway in Fredericksburg, Virginia, as the ``Gladys P. Todd Post Office''.

The Clerk read the title of the bill.

The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 7508

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. GLADYS P. TODD POST OFFICE.

(a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1285 Emancipation Highway in Fredericksburg, Virginia, shall be known and designated as the ``Gladys P. Todd 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 ``Gladys P. Todd Post Office''.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this bill, which would rename a post office in Fredericksburg, Virginia, for Gladys P. Todd.

Gladys Todd was a revered schoolteacher and community organizer who was active in Fredericksburg's civil rights movement. She was known for her work as a voting rights advocate and contributed to Fredericksburg electing its first Black mayor.

Mr. Speaker, I encourage my colleagues to support this bill, and I reserve the balance of my time.

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Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, I encourage my House colleagues to support this bill honoring an influential advocate, Gladys P. Todd, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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