HRES 1480 United States House · 119th Congress

Honoring the lives, work, and sacrifice of Joseph Curseen, Jr., and Thomas Morris, Jr., the 2 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 900 Brentwood Road NE, Washington, DC, during the anthrax attack in the fall of 2001; United States Postal Service employees, who have continued to work diligently in service to the people of the United States notwithstanding the anthrax attack; as well as the other 3 Americans who died and the 17 who became ill in the attack.

This House resolution formally honors the memory of Joseph Curseen, Jr., and Thomas Morris, Jr., two United States Postal Service employees who died after being exposed to anthrax at their Washington, D.C., facility in 2001. The bill also recognizes the other three Americans who perished and the seventeen individuals who fell ill during the same attack, while acknowledging the continued service of all postal workers. As a commemorative measure, it does not change any laws or government operations but serves to publicly acknowledge the sacrifice made by these employees in their line of duty.
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