[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 56 (Wednesday, March 30, 2022)]
[House]
[Pages H3992-H3993]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 JOSEPH WOODROW HATCHETT UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE AND FEDERAL BUILDING

  Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia. Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules 
and pass the bill (S. 2938) to designate the United States Courthouse 
and Federal Building located at 111 North Adams Street in Tallahassee, 
Florida, as the ``Joseph Woodrow Hatchett United States Courthouse and 
Federal Building'', and for other purposes.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                                S. 2938

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

     SECTION 1. JOSEPH WOODROW HATCHETT UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE 
                   AND FEDERAL BUILDING.

       (a) Designation.--The United States Courthouse and Federal 
     Building located at 111 North Adams Street in Tallahassee, 
     Florida, shall be known and designated as the ``Joseph 
     Woodrow Hatchett United States Courthouse and Federal 
     Building''.
       (b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
     document, paper, or other record of the United States to the 
     United States Courthouse and Federal Building referred to in 
     subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the 
     ``Joseph Woodrow Hatchett United States Courthouse and 
     Federal Building''.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from 
Georgia (Ms. Williams) and the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Webster) 
each will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Georgia.


                             General Leave

  Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that 
all Members may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and 
extend their remarks and include extraneous material on S. 2938.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentlewoman from Georgia?
  There was no objection.
  Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I 
may consume.
  Madam Speaker, I rise in support of S. 2938, which designates the 
Federal Building at 111 North Adams Street in Tallahassee, Florida, as 
the Joseph Woodrow Hatchett United States Courthouse and Federal 
Building.
  Born during the days of segregation, Judge Hatchett grew up in 
Clearwater, Florida. He graduated from Florida A&M University in 1954 
and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the United States Army. 
He entered Howard University School of Law in 1956, and when he took 
the Florida Bar Exam in 1959, Jim Crow regulations prevented him from 
staying in the hotel where the test was administered.
  After admission to the Florida Bar, Judge Hatchett entered private 
practice in Daytona Beach, practicing criminal, civil, administrative, 
and civil rights law in State and Federal courts.
  A series of judicial appointments that began in 1971 ultimately led 
to his placement on the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals by 
President Jimmy Carter in 1979, making Judge Hatchett the first Black 
man appointed to a Federal appeals court in the Deep South. Judge 
Hatchett retired from the bench in 1999 and passed away in April of 
2021 at the age of 88.
  A House companion to this bill, H.R. 4771, was introduced by 
Congressman Lawson and had the support of the entire Florida 
Congressional delegation. The Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure passed H.R. 4771 in 2021.
  Madam Speaker, I support S. 2938, and I reserve the balance of my 
time.
  Mr. WEBSTER of Florida. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I 
may consume.
  Madam Speaker, I rise in support of bill, S. 2938, which designates 
the Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Tallahassee, Florida, as 
the Joseph Woodrow Hatchett United States Courthouse and Federal 
Building.
  I am an original cosponsor of the companion bill, H.R. 4771, as well 
as the entire Florida delegation. Judge Hatchett served as the first 
African-American Justice on the Florida Supreme Court. Later, he was 
appointed by President Jimmy Carter to the United States Fifth District 
Court of Appeals where he served as Chief Judge from 1996 to 1999 when 
he retired.
  He was a good man, a good friend, and someone I knew very, very well. 
This is a well-deserved appointment and naming.
  Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this bill, and I 
reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my 
time.
  Mr. WEBSTER of Florida. Madam Speaker, in closing, I again recognize 
Joseph Woodrow Hatchett and his service to our country. He was a great 
man, and it will be a great honor for the Federal building and U.S. 
courthouse to be named after him.
  Madam Speaker, I urge support of this legislation, and I yield back 
the balance of my time.
  Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia. Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to 
support the legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentlewoman from Georgia (Ms. Williams) that the House suspend the 
rules and pass the bill, S. 2938.
  The question was taken.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the opinion of the Chair, two-thirds 
being in the affirmative, the ayes have it.
  Mr. ROSENDALE. Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 
8, the yeas and nays are ordered.

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  Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this motion 
are postponed.

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