mr. crenshaw and mr. wamp to see that we do more than everything that is already being done to see that we stop and prevent suicides from occurring. if we save one life, then the gentleman's and our service here in congress will be time well served. mr. holt: i thank the gentleman. in closing, i would say -- the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. holt: i thank the speaker. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise? mr. crenshaw: i would like to claim time in opposition, but i'm not opposed to the amendment. the chair: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. . mr. crenshaw: i commend the gentleman for offering this amendment. i think so often we have resources that are available, like this, that sometimes our veterans are not aware of. and so i think we made great strides in dealing with we have a suicide prevention hotline. we're working every day. i think he makes an excellent point that so often people are not aware of the services that might avail themselves to.

mr. crenshaw: i yield. mr. edwards: i want to thank the gentleman both for the points he's making now and his focus on oversight. as we have provided these historic increases in veterans funding over the last several years, working together on a bipartisan basis, i think it is also very important that we see that those tax delares are -- tax dollars are spent wisely, efficiently and effectively. i've been concerned for some time that the large increases we've provided the v.a. health care system has not always made their way down to individual hospitals on a very rapid basis, as quickly as we'd like. the chair: the gentleman from florida. does the gentleman wish to yield himself more additional time? his time has expired. mr. crenshaw: i yield myself an additional minute. please continue. mr. edwards: i thank the gentleman. because of that and our work together we ask the s&i staff to do this study to help us understand the process the department's using in distributing money and to highlight areas where we can

mr. speaker. i rise today in support of h.r. 5450 to designate the facility of the united states postal service located at 3894 crenshaw boulevard in los angeles, california, as the tom bradley post office building. mr. speaker, it is altogether fitting that -- and proper we name this post office in los angeles for the late mayor, tom bradley, a man who tirelessly and selfishly served the citizens of los angeles and truly embroaded you -- embodied the quintessential success story. he was the son of sharecroppers and grandson of a slave. in 1924 he mov to los angeles where he was raised by a single mother and excelled in school and athletics. upon graduation from high school, mayor bradley attended the university of california at los angeles, ucla, where he ran track and field. as well as multiple records and eventually became the team captain. when he graduated from ucla in 1940, mayor bradley joined the los angeles police department and eventually was promoted to the rank of lieutenant and was the first african-american in the department's history to attain that rank. while working for the lapd mr. bradley attended so