[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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