February 2, 2010 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H431 bed, no new money to find and deport and bail our way back to prosperity. North Taylor Lane in Patagonia, Ari- immigration fugitives or criminal They know that deficits and debt zona, as the Jim Kolbe Post Office. In- aliens, no additional special agents to threaten our prosperity and our pos- troduced by my colleague, Representa- investigate workplace immigration terity. House Republicans have a bet- tive GABRIELLE GIFFORDS of , violations, and no money to expand the ter plan, a plan built on hard choices, on January 21, 2010, and reported out of visa security program. The President fiscal responsibility, and entitlement the Oversight and Government Reform ought to use immigration enforcement reform. On behalf of our families, on Committee on January 27, 2010, by to open up jobs for American workers. behalf of our economy, we say, let’s re- unanimous consent, H.R. 4495 enjoys Instead, the administration maintains ject this irresponsible and the support of the entire Arizona House the status quo. Citizens and legal im- unsustainable budget, and let’s come delegation. migrants will be forced to continue to together around the principles of fiscal Born on June 28, 1942, in Evanston, Il- compete with 8 million illegal immi- responsibility and reform, and let’s put linois, Navy veteran and grants for very scarce jobs. our house in order. former Congressman Jim Kolbe began f his public service and political career f serving as a United States Senate page AN EMPOWERMENT AGENDA ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER for and graduating (Mr. NEUGEBAUER asked and was PRO TEMPORE from the United States Capitol Page given permission to address the House The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- School in 1960. In 1976, Kolbe ran for for 1 minute.) ant to clause 8 of rule XX, the Chair the Arizona State Senate and served Mr. NEUGEBAUER. Mr. Speaker, the will postpone further proceedings three terms in that body. In 1985 Mr. Federal Government is simply trying today on motions to suspend the rules Kolbe was sworn in to Congress, be- to do too much at too high a cost to on which a recorded vote or the yeas coming the first Republican to rep- the American people. Thomas Jefferson and nays are ordered, or on which the resent southern Arizona in the House. During his 22 years in office, Mr. Kolbe called for ‘‘a wise and frugal govern- vote incurs objection under clause 6 of served as the chair of the Sub- ment which shall leave men free to reg- rule XX. committee on Foreign Operations, Ex- ulate their own pursuits of industry, Record votes on postponed questions port Financing and Related Programs and shall not take from the mouth of will be taken after 6:30 p.m. today. labor the bread it has earned.’’ And he of the House Appropriations Com- was right. Government should be em- f mittee for his last 6 years in Congress. powering citizens to succeed in our JIM KOLBE POST OFFICE For four years, he was chairman of the economy, not eroding their freedoms Treasury, Post Office and Related Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I move to Agencies Subcommittee. and encouraging dependency. suspend the rules and pass the bill The American people are fed up with (H.R. 4495) to designate the facility of b 1415 rapidly growing government intruding the United States Postal Service lo- Mr. Kolbe decided not to run for re- into their lives. They want us to do cated at 100 North Taylor Lane in election in 2006 and now serves as a something about it. My message is sim- Patagonia, Arizona, as the ‘‘Jim Kolbe senior Trans-Atlantic Fellow at the ple: To get America back, we must re- Post Office’’. German Marshall Fund advising on store our Founders’ principles of em- The Clerk read the title of the bill. trade matters. He also serves as an ad- powerment. I’m working on an em- The text of the bill is as follows: junct professor in the College of Busi- powerment agenda and will be here in ness at the . the weeks to come talking about how H.R. 4495 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- Mr. Speaker, let us honor former we can advance empowerment and re- Congressman Kolbe through the pas- duce entitlement. This has been an em- resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, sage of this resolution and by desig- powerment moment, and there will be nating the North Taylor Lane Post Of- many more as we watch our adminis- SECTION 1. JIM KOLBE POST OFFICE. (a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the fice in honor of Congressman Kolbe. I tration continue to tax and spend United States Postal Service located at 100 urge my colleagues to join me in sup- money that we don’t have and steal the North Taylor Lane in Patagonia, Arizona, porting this bill. future of our future generations by shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Jim Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of leaving them with a legacy of debt. Kolbe Post Office’’. my time. f (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, Mr. MCHENRY. I rise today in sup- map, regulation, document, paper, or other port of H.R. 4495, designating the facil- FISCAL YEAR 2011 BUDGET record of the United States to the facility re- ity of the United States Postal Service (Mr. PENCE asked and was given per- ferred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to located at 100 North Taylor Lane in mission to address the House for 1 be a reference to the ‘‘Jim Kolbe Post Of- fice’’. Patagonia, Arizona, as the ‘‘Jim Kolbe minute and to revise and extend his re- Post Office.’’ marks.) The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Congressman Kolbe is a former col- Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, when I ant to the rule, the gentleman from league of mine here. We had one term look at the President’s budget for fis- New York (Mr. TOWNS) and the gen- overlapping. I certainly appreciate the cal year 2011, I think about what Albert tleman from North Carolina (Mr. chairman’s words in support of this bi- Einstein said one time. He said that MCHENRY) each will control 20 min- partisan resolution. He served in the doing the same thing over and over utes. and the Naval Re- again and expecting a different result The Chair recognizes the gentleman serves before being elected to the State is the very definition of insanity. Well, from New York. Senate in Arizona and elected to the after years of runaway Federal spend- GENERAL LEAVE in 1984, and he ing under both political parties, and Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I ask served very ably on the Appropriations after promises by this administration unanimous consent that all Members Committee for Foreign Operations, Ex- of fiscal discipline and reform, the may have 5 legislative days in which to port Financing, and Related Programs. President’s budget more than doubles revise and to extend their remarks. He was one of this institution’s hal- the debt. It drives spending to a record The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there lowed—well, the big guys in this insti- $3.8 trillion. It pushes the deficit to a objection to the request of the gen- tution seem to be on the Appropria- record $1.6 trillion, and raises taxes by tleman from New York? tions Committee. And he was an appro- more than $2 trillion by 2020, during There was no objection. priations subcommittee chair, which, the worst recession in 25 years. Mr. TOWNS. I yield myself such time as we all know, actually wields a sig- Despite future spending freezes prom- as I may consume. nificant amount of weight, especially ised and commissions, it doesn’t Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to present when you’re running a major portion of change the fact that, by any measure, H.R. 4495 for consideration. This legis- the budget, such as foreign operations. this budget is insane. The American lation will designate the United States In addition to foreign policy, this people know we can’t borrow and spend Postal Service facility located at 100 Congressman served his constituents

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