On the recordMarch 14, 2011
I am pleased to join my colleagues in the consideration of H.R. 793, which would rename the United States Postal Service facility at 12781 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard in Inverness, California, as the Specialist Jake Robert Velloza Post Office Building. The measure before us was first introduced by my colleague and friend, Representative Lynn Woolsey from California, on February 17, 2011. The bill is cosponsored by all 52 members of the California delegation. Further, H.R. 793 was taken up by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 10, 2011, and was reported out of the committee on the same day. I would like to briefly highlight some of the achievements and honorable service of Specialist Velloza. Specialist Jake Velloza was a lifelong resident of Inverness, California. Specialist Velloza graduated from high school in 2004 and attended the College of Marin before enlisting in the Army in 2006. Specialist Velloza was serving in Mosul, Iraq, when he was killed in action by enemy fire on May 2, 2009.
