Ulysses S. Grant Post Office Building

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Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 7809) to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 201 East Grant Avenue in Georgetown, Ohio, as the ``Ulysses S. Grant Post Office Building''.

The Clerk read the title of the bill.

The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 7809

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. ULYSSES S. GRANT POST OFFICE BUILDING.

(a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 201 East Grant Avenue in Georgetown, Ohio, shall be known and designated as the ``Ulysses S. Grant 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 ``Ulysses S. Grant Post Office Building''.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of this bill, which would rename a post office in Georgetown, Ohio, for Ulysses S. Grant.

As an Ohio native, Grant was born in Point Pleasant and raised in Georgetown before attending the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.

Upon graduation, he served with distinction in the Mexican-American war. He later went on to engage in several major battles during the American Civil War, eventually becoming the first officer appointed as lieutenant general of the United States Army.

Grant became the 18th President of the United States in 1869 and served two terms as President of the United States of America.

Over his time in office, President Grant established the Department of Justice and oversaw the adoption of the 15th Amendment and other Reconstruction efforts that were important to this fledgling young Nation. He is remembered as one of the great military geniuses and a symbol of national unity.

I am pleased not only on behalf of Chairman James Comer to bring this bill forward but also the important parts of this that come from the delegation from the great State of Ohio. We will be hearing from them in just a few minutes.

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Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, the Ohio delegation supports this effort we are undertaking today.

Mr. Speaker, at this time, I join Mr. Taylor in thanking the Ohio delegation and really all of our Members for their recognition of service to this great Nation in the naming of this post office.

The effort that the President made to represent the United States, the unity that you heard about his service to the United States military, his service to the Department of Justice, his service to the people of the country to bring them together at a time when many thought we could not survive as a nation, to honor him now is, without question, the right thing to do. Naming this post office in his hometown of Georgetown, Ohio, is a high honor to the people of that town also.

Mr. Speaker, I encourage my colleagues to support this bill, naming a post office for our 18th President of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant.

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