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“Madam Speaker, I yield as much time as he may consume to the gentleman from California (Mr. McKeon), my distinguished colleague. Mr. McKEON. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. Today it is my pleasure to bring to the floor H.R. 4939, a bill to designate the facility of the U.S. Postal Service located at 2551 Galena Avenue in Simi Valley, California, as the Neil Havens Post Office. I want to thank Chairman Issa and Ranking Member Cummings for giving my legislation a fair hearing and for moving the bill through committee in an expeditious manner. Madam Speaker, I also want to thank the mayor of Simi Valley, Bob Huber, for the great leadership that he provides to the Valley, for his service and dedication over a great number of years. He is the one who pointed out to me what the Havens family has meant to the Simi Valley and suggested naming the post office in their honor. It was found out that we don't name post offices after a whole family; it has to be named after one person. Neil, having served the longest, was given that distinction. Madam Speaker, much of this has already been said, but I think it bears repeating. I have heard that a genius is one who hears something six times and then accepts it, so this will only be three times. Neil Havens, Charles ``Neil'' Havens, was the longest serving postmaster in Simi Valley history, serving more than 30 years with the U.S. Post Office department and the Postal Service.…”