,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #fdh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,october #ba1       
#bjai,ms4 ,norton submitted the         
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,oversight and    
,reform  ,,resolution  ,honoring the    
lives1 work1 and sacrifice of ,joseph   
,curseen1 ,jr41 and ,thomas ,morris1    
,jr41 the #b ,united ,states ,postal    
,service employees who died as a result 
of their contact with anthrax while     
working at the ,united ,states ,postal  
,facility located at #ijj ,brentwood    
,road ,,ne1 ,washington1 ,,dc1 during   
the anthrax attack in the fall of #bjja2
 ,united ,states ,postal ,service       
employees1 who have continued to work   
diligently in service to the people of  
the ,united ,states notwithstanding the 
anthrax attack2 as well as the other #c 
,americans who died and the #ag who     
became ill in the attack4  ,whereas the 
founders of the ,united ,states1        
recognizing the importance of a national

 system of mail to the new country in   
the ,constitution1 gave ,congress the   
authority ,to establish post offices and
 post roads2 ,whereas employees of the  
,united ,states ,postal ,service provide
 indispensable public services and      
honorably represent the ,united ,states 
on a daily basis2 ,whereas despite the  
many terrorist attacks in ,federal      
facilities throughout the ,united       
,states1 including the anthrax attack   
more than #ae 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 born in the         
,district of ,columbia1 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        
individuals in the ,united ,states died 
from exposure to anthrax during the     
#bjja anthrax attack and #ag became ill2
 and ,whereas in #bjjb1 the ,united     
,states ,postal ,service facility       
located at #ijj ,brentwood ,road ,,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 and ,thomas ,morris1 ,jr41 and    
acknowledges the sacrifice that all     
,postal ,service employees make on      
behalf of the ,united ,states on a daily
 basis4