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Sergeant Christopher David Fitzgerald Post Office Building

Floor Speech

Date: June 3, 2024
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. GROTHMAN. Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 6073) to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 9925 Bustleton Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the ``Sergeant Christopher David Fitzgerald Post Office Building''.

The Clerk read the title of the bill.

The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 6073

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SERGEANT CHRISTOPHER DAVID FITZGERALD POST OFFICE BUILDING.

(a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 9925 Bustleton Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, shall be known and designated as the ``Sergeant Christopher David Fitzgerald 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 ``Sergeant Christopher David Fitzgerald Post Office Building''.
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Mr. GROTHMAN. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.

Madam Speaker, I rise in support of this bill, which would name a post office in Philadelphia for Sergeant Christopher David Fitzgerald, a Temple University police officer who was killed in the line of duty in north Philadelphia in February of 2023.

Officer Fitzgerald was a native of Philadelphia who enrolled in the Philadelphia Police Academy in 2017 and went on to serve the Philadelphia Housing Authority and the sheriff's department.

In 2021, he brought his service to Temple University and was recognized a year later as the Officer of the Year for his work protecting the Temple community.

I support naming a post office in the memory of Officer Fitzgerald and encourage my colleagues to do the same.
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Mr. GROTHMAN. Madam Speaker, I encourage my House colleagues to support this bill honoring a local American leader and public servant.

I yield back the balance of my time.

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