Barney Frank: “I want to thank the committee. As the gentlewoman noted, this bill was introduced at the request of the city government…”

“I want to thank the committee. As the gentlewoman noted, this bill was introduced at the request of the city government of Fall River in July of this year, so this is very prompt action by the committee, and I appreciate both sides moving so quickly. As the gentlewoman reported, Sergeant Barrett was a 20-year-old patriotic American with a 2-year-old daughter and a loving family. I can tell you, Mr. Speaker, because I attended this funeral, as I have tried to attend the funeral of every one of our service people killed in one of our wars, that he was widely respected, admired and in many cases loved by the people of the city of Fall River. There was great sadness in the city when the news came of his death in the service of his country and when the funeral was held. His high school classmates were deeply grieved by the loss of someone they greatly admired. I was glad to respond when the city very appropriately asked that we name this post office in his honor.”