Bill Barrett Post Office Building

Floor Speech

BREAK IN TRANSCRIPT

Mr. LANGWORTHY. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 7507) to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 203 East 6th Street in Lexington, Nebraska, as the ``Bill Barrett Post Office Building'', as amended.

The Clerk read the title of the bill.

The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 7507

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. WILLIAM E. AND ELSIE L. BARRETT POST OFFICE BUILDING.

(a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 203 East 6th Street in Lexington, Nebraska, shall be known and designated as the ``William E. and Elsie L. Barrett 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 ``William E. and Elsie L. Barrett Post Office Building''.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this bill which would rename a post office in Lexington, Nebraska, for Bill and Elsie Barrett. Bill Barrett served as the congressional Representative for the western two-thirds of Nebraska for five terms.

Bill and Elsie met while Bill was serving in the Navy, and the couple married in 1952. Bill and Elsie passed away in 2016 and 2024, respectively, and are survived by siblings, children, and grandchildren.

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

Mr. LANGWORTHY. Mr. Speaker, I have no further speakers, and I am prepared to close.

BREAK IN TRANSCRIPT

Mr. LANGWORTHY. Mr. Speaker, I encourage my House colleagues to support this bill naming a post office for Bill and Elsie Barrett, and I yield back the balance of my time.

BREAK IN TRANSCRIPT

Source