[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 66 (Wednesday, May 24, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S4391]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. HELMS:
  S. 2629. A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 114 Ridge Street in Lenoir, North Carolina, as the 
``James T. Broyhill Post Office Building''; to the Committee on 
Governmental Affairs.


                 james t. broyhill post office building

  Mr. HELMS. Mr. President, I will shortly offer legislation 
authorizing the naming of the Post Office 114 Ridge Street Lenoir, 
N.C., for The Honorable James T. Broyhill, one of North Carolina's more 
distinguished servants, philanthropists, and businessmen.
  Congressman Richard Burr and Congressman Cass Ballenger are offering 
companion House legislation, which is cosponsored by the entire North 
Carolina delegation in that body.
  He was born in Lenoir, NC on August 19, 1927 to the late J.E. and 
Satie (Hunt) Broyhill. He is a 1950 graduate of the University of North 
Carolina at Chapel Hill with a degree in Business Administration.
  After graduation he served as Vice-President of Broyhill Furniture 
Industries and as a member of the Lenoir Chamber of Commerce, which he 
served as President from 1955 to 1957. As many Senators are aware, 
Broyhill Furniture Industries has a worldwide reputation as one of the 
finest furniture manufacturers in the world.
  Mr. President, in 1962, Jim Broyhill was elected to the U.S. House of 
Representatives where he served 12 terms ending in June of 1986. During 
his service in the House he was the Ranking Member of the House Energy 
and Commerce Committee and was instrumental in guiding Republican 
legislative efforts through that committee.
  In May 1986 he won the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat 
vacated by Senator John P. East. Following Senator East's tragic death 
in June of 1986, Jim Broyhill was appointed to the U.S. Senate by then 
Governor Jim Martin to serve the remainder of Senator East's term. His 
committee assignments include seats on the Senate Judiciary Committee 
and Senate Armed Services Committee.
  While he was unsuccessful in his 1986 election bid for the U.S. 
Senate, but this did not dampen his willing commitment to help others 
in North Carolina. In addition he was selected (by then Governor Jim 
Martin) to serve as Chairman of the North Carolina Economic Development 
Board. In 1989, he was appointed by Governor Martin to serve as North 
Carolina's Secretary of Commerce, which he held until 1991.
  He then retired to Winston-Salem. His wife is the former Louise 
Robbins and has three fine children; and they have three children: 
Marylin Beach, James Edgar Broyhill II, and Philip R. Broyhill.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the enabling legislation 
(S. 2629) be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                S. 2629

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

     SECTION 1. JAMES T. BROYHILL POST OFFICE BUILDING.

       (a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal 
     Service located at 114 Ridge Street in Lenoir, North 
     Carolina, shall be known and designated as the ``James T. 
     Broyhill Post Office Building''.
       (b) References.-- Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
     document, paper, or other record of the United States to the 
     facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be 
     a reference to the ``James T. Broyhill Post Office 
     Building''.

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