Floyd B. Olson Post Office

Floor Speech

Mr. Speaker, this legislation would honor the life and legacy of the great Floyd B. Olson, Minnesota native and community postmaster for 25 years.

In addition to his important work making sure that the mail would be delivered through snow and sleet and rain, he was an Army veteran, an active member of a number of community groups, and active in politics. He belonged to the Roseau County Historical Society board and the postmasters association. I commend this legislation, and urge passage.

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Mr. RASKIN. Mr. Speaker, I congratulate the gentlewoman on this legislation.

My grandfather, who actually was in politics in Minnesota, was good friends with Floyd Olson, who also was in politics. He was a three-term Governor, an active member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, the 22nd Governor of Minnesota. Under his leadership, Minnesota instituted a progressive income tax, created a Social Security program for older people, expanded the State's environmental conservation programs, guaranteed equal pay for women, and fought for the right to collective bargaining and a minimum wage.

He is quite a great figure, and it is hard to think of a more deserving figure in Minnesota than that of Floyd Olson. We are delighted to endorse passage of this legislation.

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