,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #cij  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,october #bc1       
#bjac,ms4 ,norton submitted the         
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,oversight and    
,government ,reform  ,,resolution       
,honoring the lives1 work1 and sacrifice
 of ,joseph ,curseen1 ,jr41 and ,thomas 
,morris1 ,jr41 the two ,united ,states  
,postal ,service employees and          
,washington1 ,,dc1 natives who died as a
 result of their contact with anthrax   
while working at the ,united ,states    
,postal ,facility located at #ijj       
,brentwood ,road1 ,,ne1 ,washington1    
,,dc1 during the anthrax attack in the  
fall of #bjja1 ,united ,states ,postal  
,service employees1 who have continued  
to work diligently in service to the    
people of the ,united ,states           
notwithstanding the anthrax attacks1 as 
well as the three other ,americans who  
died and the #ag who became ill in the  
attacks4  ,whereas the founders of the  

,united ,states1 recognizing the        
importance of a national system of mail 
to the new country1 gave ,congress the  
constitutional authority ,to establish  
post offices and post roads2 ,whereas   
employees of the ,united ,states ,postal
 ,service provide indispensable public  
service and honorably represent the     
,united ,states on a daily basis2       
,whereas despite the other terrorist    
attacks in ,federal facilities          
throughout the ,united ,states1         
including the anthrax attacks more than 
#aj years ago1 ,postal ,service         
employees continue to risk their lives  
daily to serve the people of the ,united
 ,states2 ,whereas ,joseph ,p4 ,curseen1
 ,jr41 and ,thomas ,l4 ,morris1 ,jr41   
both natives of ,washington1 ,,dc1      
diligently and admirably served the     
,nation for decades as employees of the 
,united ,states ,postal ,service2       
,whereas in the fall of #bjja1 during   
the course of their jobs with the       
,united ,states ,postal ,service1       

,joseph ,curseen1 ,jr41 and ,thomas     
,morris1 ,jr41 were exposed to letters  
containing anthrax that were placed in  
the mail and subsequently suffered from 
the inhalation of anthrax and thereafter
 died2 ,whereas #e ,united ,states      
citizens died from exposure to anthrax  
during the #bjja anthrax attacks and #ag
 became ill in the worst biological     
attack in the ,nation's history2 and    
,whereas in #bjjb1 the ,united ,states  
,postal ,service facility located at    
#ijj ,brentwood ,road1 ,,ne1            
,washington1 ,,dc1 was designated as the
 ,joseph ,curseen1 ,jr4 and ,thomas     
,morris1 ,jr4 ,processing and           
,distribution ,center by ,public ,law   
#ajg-bbe3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that  
the ,house of ,representatives honors   
the lives and work of ,joseph ,curseen1 
,jr41 ,thomas ,morris1 ,jr41 the three  
,americans who died1 and the #ag who    
became ill in the attacks1 and          
acknowledges the sacrifice that all     
,postal ,service employees make on      

behalf of the ,united ,states on a daily
 basis4