Leonard Scarcella Post Office Building
Floor Speech
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Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 5865) to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4110 Bluebonnet Drive in Stafford, Texas, as the ``Leonard Scarcella Post Office Building''.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 5865
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. LEONARD SCARCELLA POST OFFICE BUILDING.
(a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4110 Bluebonnet Drive in Stafford, Texas, shall be known and designated as the ``Leonard Scarcella 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 ``Leonard Scarcella Post Office Building''.
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Ms. NORTON. 5865.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 5865 to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4110 Bluebonnet Drive in Stafford, Texas, as the Leonard Scarcella Post Office Building.
Mayor Leonard Scarcella was a lifelong resident of Stafford. He graduated from Texas A&M University with a B.B.A. in accounting in 1962. He then went on to attend the University of Houston Law School and was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 1967.
From 1963 to 1969, Mayor Scarcella served in the Texas National Guard with Active Duty in the United States Air Force, where he attained the rank of sergeant.
He was first elected as mayor of the city of Stafford in 1969 and was the longest continuous-serving mayor in the United States.
During his tenure as mayor, he fought for 6 years to create and implement the Stafford Municipal School District, the only breakaway school district in the Nation to gain the approval of the Federal courts and the only municipal school district within the State of Texas.
In addition, Mayor Scarcella initiated the Stafford Municipal Educational Television Station to bring vital, current, and informative programming about the city to citizens and businesses via cable and internet video streaming.
As well as serving as mayor, he held various positions, such as president of the board of directors of the Fort Bend County Industrial Development Corporation, chair of the Home Rule Charter Commission, and president of the Stafford Economic Development Corporation.
Mr. Speaker, I encourage my colleagues to join me in honoring the accomplishments of Mayor Scarcella by supporting H.R. 5865, and I reserve the balance of my time.
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Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I urge passage of H.R. 5865, and I yield back the balance of my time.
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