ingram post office. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. lynch, and the gentleman from missouri, mr. luetkemeyer, will each control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. lynch: thank you, madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and add any extraneous materials. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. lynch: thank you, madam speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. madam speaker, as chairman of the house subcommittee with jurisdiction over the united states postal service, i am pleased to present house resolution 4139 for consideration. this legislation will designate the united states postal service located at -- post office facility located at 7464 highway 503 in hickory, mississippi, as the sergeant matthew l. ingram post office. house resolution 4139 was introduced by

mark ingram, the m.v.p. of the game, and the first heisman trophy winner in school history, is a student athlete of outstanding character and spirit. but it was a team effort. in the end alabama came out on top and finished the season with a perfect 14-0 record and its first national championship season since 1992 under coach gene stalling. there was another undefeated team and that was boise state university. and i congratulate the coach of boise state when someone said they should be invited to the white house together with the university of alabama, he graciously said there's only one national championship. that's the university of alabama, and they should be invited. so i congratulate boise state university on their successful undefeated year. as to all citizens of alabama. the passionate fans in alabama can be very proud of the way that their student athletes have represented the most -- both the university and the state. i commend president dr. robert wit and his administration and coach nick saban and

along with tom ingram, former chief of staff to lamar alexander, he formed the bipartisan chiefs of staff group. this informal group meets regularly to facilitate working relationships across the aisle. these friendships translight into solutions -- thrans late into solutions instead -- translate into solutions instead of barriers. bob and tom recognized early on that common ground on federal judges was more favorable than senate gridlock. just a few weeks lairtd, 14 senators, including me, struck a deal that enabled the senate to move forward with judicial nominations and conduct regular business. that is the type of unseen influence bob rustle has had on this place for the last seven years. i love bob and i trust him. he's good family man and a good southern baptist. on many mondays, we could come in and say, tell me about your sermon. i will a miss his presence and insights. habe a good advisor to many of my staff and has made lifelong friendships here in wawsmg he is more than a chief of staff. he is my friend. frank san arkansas hero wrel-known for coaching the arkansas raiserbacks t

back on the futon doing nothing to get -- i said that to laura ingram and she said no their back on their parents colleges, not even their own futon. [laughter] very funny but they are not there to help get this agenda passed by the president in this congress which is very telling so they are out there for other people to miss it and say now we need you where it counts, not just political campaigns and elections but to actually help policy whether to stop batt polis your help advance common sense policy and i think people don't look at young -- the old message young folks. people are involved, the choose where to live. they have much more flexible now in geographic choices and nimble, they choose where to live now whether to stay in that college town or move. a day before marriage and parenthood until later if all and so they are able to feel a bit more mobile in a little bit more flexible so they get more invested in a community early on and having chosen to live there and i would miss it to them from the bottom-up. thank you very much. [applause] >> with a great talker, kellyanne. i hav