Luke Letlow Post Office Building

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Mr. LaTURNER. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 7423) to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 Benedette Street in Rayville, Louisiana, as the ``Luke Letlow Post Office Building''.

The Clerk read the title of the bill.

The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 7423

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. LUKE LETLOW POST OFFICE BUILDING.

(a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 Benedette Street in Rayville, Louisiana, shall be known and designated as the ``Luke Letlow 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 ``Luke Letlow Post Office Building''.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this bill, which would name a post office in Rayville, Louisiana, for Congressman-elect Luke Letlow.

Letlow was a native Louisianan who attended Louisiana Tech University, where he was a member of the Louisiana Tech College Republicans and the Louisiana Federation of College Republicans.

As a young college graduate, Letlow was a staff member for former Congressmen John Cooksey and Ralph Abraham as well as Governor Bobby Jindal.

In 2020, Letlow launched a successful bid for Louisiana's Fifth Congressional District seat. He was set to be sworn in to the United States House of Representatives on January 3, 2021. Sadly, he passed away from complications due to COVID-19 on December 29, 2020.

I support naming a post office in memory of Congressman-elect Letlow, and I encourage my colleagues to support this bill.

I would say on a personal note that I consider it a loss to me and to my colleagues to not have the opportunity to serve with Mr. Letlow. We would have been sworn in to Congress on the exact same day.

I am grateful, however, to get to serve alongside his wife, Julia, and to get to experience him through her memories of him, and their two beautiful children, Jeremiah and Jacqueline.

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Mr. LaTURNER. Letlow).
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Mr. LaTURNER. Mr. Speaker, it is my great honor and privilege to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Johnson), the Speaker of the House.
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Mr. LaTURNER. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Louisiana for his comments. I have no further speakers, and I am prepared to close.

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Mr. LaTURNER. Mr. Speaker, I encourage my colleagues to support this bill, which rightly honors the life and legacy of a great man, Congressman-elect Luke Letlow.

I yield back the balance of my time.

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

The yeas and nays were ordered.

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