The U.S. Senate and now the House of Representatives has passed legislation to rename a post office for late Rep. Ron Wright
to rename a U.S. Post Office at 3903 Melear Drive after former Congressman Ron Wright, who died in 2021 from cancer and complications from COVID-19, has been sent to President Joe Biden’s desk.on Dec. 1 by the House of Representatives. It was passed by the Senate in May.
Wright, who served on the Arlington City Council from 2000 to 2008, was elected to Congress in 2018 and was serving his second term for Texas’ 6th Congressional District when he died on Feb. 7, 2021. “Ron loved Arlington, Texas, and Arlington, Texas loved Ron,” Rep. Jake Ellzey said in a prepared statement. “You would be hard-pressed to find a more revered man in Arlington than Ron Wright. To this day, there is not an event in Tarrant County where his name is not mentioned. Ron was a pillar of the community he served.”“A public servant through and through, Ron represented his community with great pride and tirelessly advocated for Texas every chance he had,” Sen.
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