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Nell Patten Roquemore Post Office

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. 6983) to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15 South Valdosta Road in Lakeland, Georgia, as the ``Nell Patten Roquemore Post Office''.

The Clerk read the title of the bill.

The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 6983

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. NELL PATTEN ROQUEMORE POST OFFICE.

(a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15 South Valdosta Road in Lakeland, Georgia, shall be known and designated as the ``Nell Patten Roquemore Post Office''.

(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 ``Nell Patten Roquemore Post Office''.
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Mr. GROTHMAN. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Austin Scott), my good friend.

Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 6983, a bipartisan resolution to rename the United States Post Office in Lakeland, Georgia, the Nell Patton Roquemore Post Office after my late constituent and former Lakeland postmaster, Nell Patten Roquemore.

Ms. Nell Patten Roquemore was a model public servant and an active member of her community. Her unwavering commitment to the people of Lanier County was evident in her involvement in numerous local initiatives and organizations.

Renaming the post office in honor of Ms. Roquemore is a small way to commemorate her legacy in Lanier County where, again, she served as the postmaster.

I am proud to have all 13 Members of the Georgia delegation cosponsor this legislation, and I urge my colleagues to pass this legislation today.

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Mr. GROTHMAN. Madam Speaker, I encourage my House colleagues to support the bill honoring this dedicated public servant.

I yield back the balance of my time.

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Mr. GROTHMAN. Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.

The yeas and nays were ordered.

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