Opening Statement of Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings.

Legislation Up For Consideration

H.R. 3813, the Securing Annuities for Federal Employees Act of 2012

Rep. Dennis Ross' Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute

H.R. 3902, the "District of Columbia Special Elections Reform Act"

Postal naming bills:

• H.R. 3276, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2810 East Hillsborough Avenue in Tampa, Florida, as the "Reverend Abe Brown Post Office Building." Sponsored by Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL).

• H.R. 3378, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 220 Elm Avenue in Munising, Michigan, as the "Elizabeth L. Kinnunen Post Office Building." Sponsored by Rep. Dan Benishek (R-MI).

• H.R. 3412, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1421 Veterans Memorial Drive in Abbeville, Louisiana, as the "Sergeant Richard Franklin Abshire Post Office Building." Sponsored by Rep. Charles Boustany (R-LA).

• H.R. 3413, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1449 West Avenue in Bronx, New York, as the "Private Isaac T. Cortes Post Office." Sponsored by Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-NY).

• H.R. 3477, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 133 Hare Road in Crosby, Texas, as the Army First Sergeant David McNerney Post Office Building. Sponsored by Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX).

• H.R. 3501, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 125 Kerr Avenue in Rome City, Indiana, as the "SPC Nicholas Scott Hartge Post Office." Sponsored by Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN).

• H.R. 3593, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 787 State Route 17M in Monroe, New York, as the "National Clandestine Service of the Central Intelligence Agency NCS Officer Gregg David Wenzel Memorial Post Office." Sponsored by Rep. Nan Hayworth (R-NY).

• H.R. 3637, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 401 Old Dixie Highway in Jupiter, Florida, as the "Roy Schallern Rood Post Office Building." Sponsored by Rep. Thomas Rooney (R-FL).

• H.R. 3772, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 150 South Union Street in Canton, Mississippi, as the "First Sergeant Landres Cheeks Post Office Building." Sponsored by Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS).

• H.R. 3869, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 600 East Capitol Avenue in Little Rock, Arkansas, as the "Sidney 'Sid' Sanders McMath Post Office Building." Sponsored by Rep. Tim Griffin (R-AR).

• H.R. 3870, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6083 Highway 36 West in Rose Bud, Arkansas, as the "Nicky 'Nick' Daniel Bacon Post Office." Sponsored by Rep. Tim Griffin (R-AR).

• H.R. 3892, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 8771 Auburn Folsom Road in Roseville, California, as the "Private First Class Victor A. Dew Post Office." Sponsored by Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA).