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Establishing New Zip Codes

Floor Speech

Date: July 21, 2025
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Speaker, let me first start by thanking the chairman and the ranking member for their fine work.

Mr. Speaker, the ranking member already mentioned some of the issues that we are trying to solve with this bill, and there are so many other communities that this bill will help, including Miami Lakes, which I have the privilege to represent.

Mr. Speaker, this is going to be the third time if it passes--and I hope it will--that we pass this bill out of the House. This bill has a Senate companion, and, Mr. Speaker, it is a bipartisan Senate companion. I want to mention the sponsors: Senator Rick Scott, Senator Joni Ernst, and Senator Alex Padilla.

It deals with a lot of issues that we have already heard about, but it is important to note that those are not small issues for those communities. They are problematic issues.

We have heard from mayors, local elected officials, and constituents for many, many years--I think all of us that this bill is dealing with--but I am referring particularly to Miami Lakes in Miami-Dade County. Unfortunately, the Postal Service has done nothing about it.

Miami Lakes alone has gone through the USPS' boundary review process three times to no avail, which is, again, unfortunate.

While the Postal Service operates, by the way, on a fee-for-service basis and receives no direct appropriations--I want to make sure that everybody understands that--my team, my staff, has talked to the Congressional Budget Office to make sure that there is no score with this. The news is, as I just mentioned, this bill does not score.

I am confident--I sincerely hope, for the people of Miami Lakes and the folks around the country--that the third time will be the charm, that this will become law. I am confident that it will.

I started by thanking the chairman of the committee and his staff. I thank the staff, along with the chairman and the ranking member. I also thank, from my team, Vanessa Scott, who is my staffer who has worked day in and day out. I would be remiss if I didn't thank the Speaker, the majority leader, the whip, and all leadership for all they are doing to get this bill to the floor once again. I thank all the Members whose districts this will benefit for their hard work.

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