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Download official House Record PDFReturn to issue contextMr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 7365) to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1225 Kempsville Road in Virginia Beach, Virginia, as the “Colonel Edward Shames Post Office Building”.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The text of the bill is as follows:
H.R. 7365
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. COLONEL EDWARD SHAMES POST OFFICE BUILDING.
(a) Designation.—The facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 1225 Kempsville Road in Virginia Beach,
Virginia, shall be known and designated as the “Colonel
Edward Shames 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 “Colonel Edward Shames Post Office
Building”.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Comer) and the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Subramanyam) each will control 20 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Kentucky.
general leave
Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on this measure.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Kentucky?
There was no objection.
Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this bill, which would rename a post office in Virginia Beach, Virginia, for Colonel Edward Shames.
Shames was born in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1922. Shortly after the United States entered World War II, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and volunteered for airborne training.
the war's most brutal and consequential operations, including Operation Market Garden in the Netherlands and the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium.
by serving as a specialist in Middle East affairs and remaining in the U.S. Army Reserve.
Shames retired from the Army in 1973 with the rank of colonel. He was an active member of the Virginia Beach community and an advocate for veterans and military remembrance.
Mr. Speaker, I call on my House colleagues to support this bill honoring a heroic representative of the Greatest Generation. I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. SUBRAMANYAM. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today also in support of H.R. 7365 to name the post office in Virginia Beach, Virginia, the Colonel Edward Shames Post Office Building. I am proud to be a cosponsor of this bill.
At just 20 years old, Shames enlisted in the U.S. Army and later joined the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. On D-Day, he made his first combat jump in Normandy.
Battle of the Bulge and traveling to Germany, where he saw the horror of Nazi concentration camps.
Mr. Speaker, I urge passage of this bill, and I reserve the balance of my time.
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Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentlewoman from Virginia (Mrs. Kiggans).
Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of my bill, H.R. 7365, which would designate the United States Post Office located at 1225 Kempsville Road in Virginia Beach as the Colonel Edward D. Shames Post Office Building.
veteran, and a member of one the most storied units in American military history: Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division.
a paratrooper. On June 6, 1944, he parachuted into Normandy as part of the D-Day invasion. During the Normandy campaign, his leadership under fire earned him a battlefield commission, and he would go on to serve as an officer in Easy Company.
the Bulge at Bastogne, and participated in the Allied advance into Germany.
the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart. The remarkable story of Easy Company would later become known around the world through Stephen Ambrose's “Band of Brothers” and the television series it inspired.
Colonel Shames' service to our country did not end with World War II. He continued serving in the Army Reserves and in our national security community before retiring with the rank of colonel in 1973.
active member of our community and a strong advocate for veterans and military remembrance.
Mr. Speaker, in Hampton Roads, we understand that the freedoms we enjoy today were secured by generations of Americans who answered the call to serve. Colonel Edward D. Shames was one of those Americans. By placing his name on the Kempsville Road post office, we can ensure that his story and the courage, sacrifice, and patriotism of the Greatest Generation he represented continues to be remembered by the Virginia Beach community for generations to come.
Mr. Speaker, I urge all my colleagues to support H.R. 7365 to help us provide this lasting tribute to a distinguished Virginia veteran and American hero.
Mr. SUBRAMANYAM. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from Virginia for this bill, and I urge my colleagues to support it.
Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, I encourage my colleagues to support this bill naming a post office for Colonel Edward Shames, a decorated combat veteran and devoted public servant.
Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of my bill, H.R. 7365, which would designate the United States Post Office located at 1225 Kempsville Road in Virginia Beach as the Colonel Edward D. Shames Post Office Building.
veteran, and a member of one of the most storied units in American military history: Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. Colonel Shames enlisted in the Army in 1942 and volunteered to become a paratrooper.
invasion. During the Normandy campaign, his leadership under fire earned him a battlefield commission, and he would go on to serve as an officer in Easy Company.
the Bulge at Bastogne, and participated in the Allied advance into Germany. For his courage and sacrifice in combat, Colonel Shames was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
the world through Stephen Ambrose's Band of Brothers and the television series it inspired. But Colonel Shames' service to our country did not end with World War II.
community before retiring with the rank of colonel in 1973, He eventually made Virginia Beach his home, where he remained an active member of our community and a strong advocate for veterans and military remembrance. When Colonel Shames passed away in 2021 at the age of 99, he was the last surviving officer of Easy Company.
Mr. Speaker, in Hampton Roads, we understand that the freedoms we enjoy today were secured by generations of Americans who answered the call to serve. Colonel Edward D. Shames was one of those Americans.
that his story, and the courage, sacrifice, and patriotism of the Greatest Generation he represented, continues to be remembered by the Virginia Beach community for generations to come. I am proud that this legislation has received bipartisan support, and I thank my colleagues for helping us bring it to the House floor today.
I urge all of my colleagues to support H.R. 7365 and help us provide this lasting tribute to a distinguished Virginia veteran and American hero.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Comer) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 7365.
The question was taken; and (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the rules were suspended and the bill was passed.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.