[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 140 (Thursday, October 8, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1944]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  TIM LEE CARTER POST OFFICE BUILDING

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                               speech of

                           HON. ED WHITFIELD

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, October 5, 1998

  Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleagues for 
their support of H.R. 3864, designating the Tim Lee Carter Post Office 
Building in Tompkinsville, Kentucky. My bill passed the House on a 
voice vote on October 5, 1998.
  Former Congressman Tim Lee Carter was born in Tompkinsville, 
Kentucky, on September 2, 1910. He attended public schools and 
graduated from Western Kentucky State College in 1934 and from the 
University of Tennessee in 1937. He volunteered for military service 
during the Second World War and served forty-two months as a combat 
medic and a captain in the 38th Infantry Division. Following the war, 
Carter practiced medicine in Tompkinsville until 1964.
  Tim Lee Carter served with distinction in the House of 
Representatives for 16 years representing the old 5th District of 
Kentucky. While in Congress, Carter was a tireless advocate for 
improvements to the schools, water systems, libraries, airports, roads, 
and recreation areas of his District. His proudest achievement was the 
passage of a law to provide for preventive medical care for poor 
children. In 1966, he gained national attention as the first Republican 
Congressman to seek a U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam, but he never 
wavered in his support for those soldiers and voted against cutting off 
funding for the troops.
  Upon retirement, Tim Lee Carter returned to his farm on the 
Cumberland River with his wife Kathleen Bradshaw Carter and continued 
to practice medicine until his death in 1987 at the age of 76.
  Tim Lee Carter is an outstanding example of the selfless public 
servant and I hope that the Senate moves expeditiously to pass this 
legislation before the end of the 105th Congress.

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