[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 10 (Thursday, January 30, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S890]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. FORD:
  S. 250. A bill to designate the U.S. courthouse located in Paducah, 
Kentucky, as the ``Edward Huggins Johnstone United States Courthouse''; 
to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.


  the edward huggins johnstone u.s. courthouse designation act of 1997

  Mr. FORD. Mr. President, I rise today to offer legislation to 
designate the United States Courthouse in Paducah, KY as the Edward 
Huggins Johnstone United States Courthouse. There is much that I want 
to say about Edward Johnstone, a man known as ``Big Ed'' to his 
friends, and why this outstanding Kentuckian so richly deserves this 
accolade.
  Edward Johnstone is a man who has spent his entire life in service to 
his country and the people of western Kentucky. Edward Johnstone is a 
veteran who fought for his country at the Battle of the Bulge, but 
finds nothing remarkable in his decorations of honor--to him they are 
reminders of his duty to country and fellow countrymen who never 
returned home. Edward Johnstone is a distinguished legal scholar who 
earned his law degree from the University of Kentucky and put his 
skills to work as a country lawyer in his hometown of Princeton, KY. 
Edward Johnstone is a judge who has served 21 years on the bench doling 
out words of wisdom and sentences of justice to those who come before 
him. Edward Johnstone is a tough, fair, hard-working Federal judge who 
puts in a full day's work even though he is a senior judge. Edward 
Johnstone is a man who gives me faith in the judicial process and those 
chosen to uphold our laws.
  I am very proud to introduce legislation on behalf of myself and all 
of the western Kentuckians whose lives have been touched by this 
extraordinary individual.
  Let me end my remarks, Mr. President, by remembering something that 
George Washington once said, ``The administration of justice is the 
firmest pillar of government.'' As an administrator of justice, Edward 
Johnstone is our own marble column in the Western Kentucky community.
  Mr. President, I send to the desk a bill designating the courthouse 
in Paducah, KY, as the Edward Huggins Johnstone United States 
Courthouse, and I ask that it be appropriately referred.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. FORD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the 
bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                 S. 250

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.

       The United States courthouse located in Paducah, Kentucky, 
     shall be known and designated as the ``Edward Huggins 
     Johnstone United States Courthouse''.

     SEC. 2. REFERENCES.

       Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, 
     or other record of the United States to the United States 
     courthouse referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a 
     reference to the Edward Huggins Johnstone United States 
     Courthouse.
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