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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
MOTHER FRANCES XAVIER CABRINI POST OFFICE BUILDING
Mrs. LAWRENCE. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the
bill (H.R. 4794) to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 8320 13th Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, as the
``Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini Post Office Building''.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The text of the bill is as follows:
H.R. 4794
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. MOTHER FRANCES XAVIER CABRINI POST OFFICE
BUILDING.
(a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 8320 13th Avenue in Brooklyn, New York,
shall be known and designated as the ``Mother Frances Xavier
Cabrini 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 ``Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini Post
Office Building''.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from
Michigan (Mrs. Lawrence) and the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr.
Meadows) each will control 20 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Michigan.
General Leave
Mrs. LAWRENCE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members
have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and
include extraneous material on this measure.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentlewoman from Michigan?
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There was no objection.
Mrs. LAWRENCE. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to join my colleagues in consideration of
H.R. 4794, to designate the facilities of the United States Postal
Service located at 8320 13th Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, as the
Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini Post Office.
I want to thank Representative Max Rose, a fellow Member, for
introducing this bill honoring, literally, a saint. In November of
1880, Mother Cabrini, along with six other women, took religious vows
and founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The
purpose of the missionary was to care and educate orphans.
Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman
from New York (Mr. Rose).
Mr. ROSE of New York. Mr. Speaker, I thank Congresswoman Lawrence for
that kind introduction, and the gentlewoman is an honorary fellow New
Yorker.
Mr. Speaker, I rise to support my bill, H.R. 4794, to rename the post
office in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn as the Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini
Post Office. Mother Cabrini was a great New Yorker and a great American
who devoted her life to helping the poor and underserved to include
immigrants throughout New York City.
Mother Cabrini is famous across the United States for her work
providing education in underserved communities. She began her work
organizing classes for Italian immigrants and orphans through the city.
She helped found Columbus Hospital in New York City's Lower East Side,
which is now a part of the world-renowned Memorial Sloan Kettering
Cancer Center.
After her success in New York, she was called upon to open up schools
all around the world; not only across the United States, but also in
Europe, and Central and South America.
Mother Cabrini is not just a New York icon, although she is that. Her
name is affixed to buildings in Chicago, Seattle, New Orleans, Denver,
Los Angeles, and Philadelphia.
Cabrini was naturalized as a U.S. citizen in 1909 and canonized as
Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini on July 7, 1946 by Pope Pius XII as the
patron saint of immigrants.
I am proud to have the support of my colleagues from the New York
delegation, both Democrats and Republicans, who have come together in
recognition that the time has come to give Mother Cabrini her due
recognition.
Mother Cabrini will always be a shining example of our country's
commitment to the less fortunate, particularly immigrants in our
country. She also serves as a testament for the power of education, the
power of education to relieve poverty and empower communities,
regardless of their background.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote in favor of this bill.
Mr. MEADOWS. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 4794. I
appreciate Representative Rose's willingness to acknowledge the great
work of Mother Cabrini and so much has been said already about her
accomplishments.
Mr. Speaker, I ask that my colleagues support this legislation, and I
yield back the balance of my time.
Mrs. LAWRENCE. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the
gentlewoman from Michigan (Mrs. Lawrence) that the House suspend the
rules and pass the bill, H.R. 4794.
The question was taken; and (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the
rules were suspended and the bill was passed.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
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