[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 142 (Tuesday, September 20, 2016)]
[House]
[Pages H5702-H5703]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              JUDGE RANDY D. DOUB UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE

  Mr. BARLETTA. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the 
bill (H.R. 3937) to designate the building utilized as a United States 
courthouse located at 150 Reade Circle in Greenville, North Carolina, 
as the ``Judge Randy D. Doub United States Courthouse'', as amended.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                               H.R. 3937

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

     SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.

       The building utilized as a United States courthouse located 
     at 150 Reade Circle in Greenville, North Carolina, shall be 
     known and designated as the ``Randy D. Doub United States 
     Courthouse'' during the period in which the building is 
     utilized as a United States courthouse.

     SEC. 2. REFERENCES.

       With respect to the period in which the building referred 
     to in section 1 is utilized as a United States courthouse, 
     any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or 
     other record of the United States to that building shall be 
     deemed to be a reference to the ``Randy D. Doub United States 
     Courthouse''.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Barletta) and the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Carson) 
each will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Pennsylvania.


                             General Leave

  Mr. BARLETTA. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members 
may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks 
and include extraneous material on H.R. 3937, as amended.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Pennsylvania?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. BARLETTA. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  H.R. 3937, as amended, would designate the building utilized as a 
United States courthouse located at 150 Reade Circle in Greenville, 
North Carolina, as the Judge Randy D. Doub United States Courthouse.
  I would like to thank the gentlemen from North Carolina, Mr. Jones 
and Mr. Butterfield, for their leadership on this legislation.
  Judge Randy D. Doub was in the private practice of law for 26 years 
in Greenville, North Carolina. From 1985 until 1990, he served on the 
North Carolina Board of Transportation. In 2006, he was appointed by 
the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals as a United States bankruptcy judge 
and served as chief judge from 2007 to 2014.
  Sadly, last year, Judge Doub passed away suddenly. He was a well 
respected bankruptcy attorney and jurist, which is exemplified by the 
fact that this bill was sponsored by the entire North Carolina 
delegation.
  I think it is fitting to recognize his service to the law and the 
community by naming this courthouse after him.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. CARSON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  I also support H.R. 3937, as amended, which designates a U.S. 
courthouse located in Greenville, North Carolina, as the Judge Randy D. 
Doub United States Courthouse.
  I want to thank my good friend and colleague, G.K. Butterfield, for 
his work on this effort.
  I urge my colleagues to support this bill.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. BARLETTA. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from 
North Carolina (Mr. Jones).
  Mr. JONES. Mr. Speaker, in January 2015, one of my dearest friends 
suddenly passed away at the age of 59. Judge Randy Doub had been a 
friend of mine for years. He was a strong man who lived his faith. He 
loved his country, and he loved, very dearly, his wife, Toni, and sons, 
Alexander and Jameson. Randy was also very active in his church and 
passionate in his career.
  As a Federal bankruptcy judge, he was respected by the lawyers who 
came before him, by the families whom he helped through financial 
difficulties, and by the dedicated and most loyal staff that he worked 
so closely with.
  Psalm 106:3 says:

       Blessed are they who observe justice, who do righteousness 
     at all times.

  Randy truly was a fair and caring judge who understood that the 
opportunity to serve in this capacity was a gift from God.
  Mr. Speaker, while he achieved much in his career, one of Randy's 
prouder accomplishments was his work with the GAO on the Greenville 
Courthouse. He helped to design, create, and oversee a high-quality 
facility to better serve the residents of eastern North Carolina, all 
while keeping the project under budget. He took great pride in this 
building.
  Mr. Speaker, for all of the reasons I have mentioned and more, it is 
right and justified to name this courthouse after Judge Randy Davis 
Doub.
  I want to thank my dear friend, Mr. G.K. Butterfield, who knew Randy 
Doub as well as I did. Mr. Butterfield, as you know, is a former judge 
in State courts and is also an attorney. He and I worked side by side 
to get this legislation to the floor of the House.
  I want to thank the committee of jurisdiction and I want to thank the 
subcommittees who are on the floor today for giving us this chance to 
remember a man who loved his country, who loved the Constitution, and 
who loved his family.
  Mr. CARSON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may 
consume to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Butterfield).
  Mr. BUTTERFIELD. Mr. Speaker, let me begin this evening by thanking 
Mr. Carson for yielding time, and thanking him for his extraordinary 
leadership not only on his committee, but for the great work that he 
does here in Congress. He is a leader of leaders, and I thank him so 
very much. I also thank Mr. Barletta for his work. I feel a sense of 
bipartisanship on this committee, and I want to congratulate both of 
them for their fine work.
  Mr. Speaker, tonight I rise in support of my bill, H.R. 3937, which 
seeks to

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honor a great American jurist, a great public servant, and a great 
American, Judge Randy D. Doub of Greenville, North Carolina.
  Randy was an outstanding jurist and a lifelong North Carolinian who 
is fondly remembered by many who appeared before his court, and by 
those in the Pitt County, North Carolina, community he loved so much.
  Last November, I introduced this legislation, a bill that seeks to 
name the U.S. courthouse at 150 Reade Circle in Greenville, North 
Carolina, as the Judge Randy D. Doub United States Courthouse.
  My good friend and colleague of many, many years, Congressman Walter 
Jones, as he mentioned just a moment ago, has joined me in spearheading 
this effort. We have worked on it for a long time. I thank Walter for 
his tireless work on this bill. We were joined by the entire North 
Carolina delegation, who signed on as original cosponsors.
  I want to express my sincere appreciation to my colleagues--all of 
them, Democrat and Republican--from North Carolina for the strong 
bipartisan support for this bill.
  I would also like to thank the majority leader, Mr. McCarthy, for 
working with me to put this bill on the floor. I asked Leader McCarthy 
if he would put it on the floor this week and he agreed.
  Mr. Speaker, Randy Doub was born in Forsyth County, North Carolina, a 
little community outside of Winston-Salem called Pfafftown. In 1977, he 
graduated at the top of his class, magna cum laude, from East Carolina 
University, which is in Greenville, my congressional district. He then 
earned his law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel 
Hill in 1980. That is when I met Randy Doub. I passed the bar and 
graduated from law school in 1974; Randy did so in 1980, and after 1980 
we became very good friends.
  After law school, Judge Doub went into private practice, where he 
spent 26 years providing expert counsel to his clients and devotedly 
represented their interests in court.
  After more than a quarter of a century in private practice, Randy was 
appointed as the United States bankruptcy judge for the Eastern 
District of North Carolina. As he ascended to the bench, Judge Doub's 
reputation as a hardworking, fair, and compassionate jurist did not go 
unnoticed. In 2007, he was named chief judge, a position he held until 
last year.
  Sadly, on January 24, 2015, Judge Doub passed away at the young age 
of 59 from a sudden heart attack. He left behind a wonderful family and 
community who loved and respected him so very much. He was well 
respected.
  Judge Doub put his family and faith above all else. He was a devoted 
and loving husband to his wife of 29 long years, Toni, and a wonderful 
father to their two sons, Alexander and Jameson.
  A man of strong conviction and faith, Judge Doub was a member of 
Unity Free Will Baptist Church in Greenville and was a dedicated and 
long-serving member of the church choir.
  Mr. Speaker, while Judge Randy Doub is deserving of far more 
accolades than I have given him this evening, I am sure they will come 
with time. It is my great pleasure to offer this legislation that seeks 
in some very small way to honor the life and work of Judge Randy Doub.

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  In closing, there is no more fitting way to honor this legacy and the 
contributions of Judge Randy Doub than to name this courthouse the 
Randy D. Doub Courthouse in Greenville, North Carolina, where Randy 
served with such distinction and honor.
  I thank my colleagues for their strong support. I urge my colleagues 
to vote ``yes'' on this legislation.
  Mr. CARSON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my 
time.
  Mr. BARLETTA. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Barletta) that the House suspend the 
rules and pass the bill, H.R. 3937, as amended.
  The question was taken; and (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the 
rules were suspended and the bill, as amended, was passed.
  The title of the bill was amended so as to read: ``A bill to 
designate the building utilized as a United States courthouse located 
at 150 Reade Circle in Greenville, North Carolina, as the `Randy D. 
Doub United States Courthouse'.''.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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