[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Pages 24325-24326]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      ROSA PARKS FEDERAL BUILDING

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I thank my distinguished colleague.
  I take this opportunity to propound a unanimous consent request. It 
has been cleared on both sides.

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  I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate 
consideration of H.R. 2967, received from the House.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 2967) to designate the Federal building 
     located at 333 Mt. Elliott Street in Detroit, Michigan as the 
     ``Rosa Parks Federal Building''.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be 
read three times, passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 
table, and any statements related thereto be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (H.R. 2967) was read the third time and passed.
  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, last week the Senate addressed an 
identical piece of legislation offered by our distinguished colleagues 
from Michigan, Senators Stabenow and Levin. Senator Reid was very 
active in the consideration of that bill at that time. With the consent 
on that side and the consent of others on this side, I was successful 
in getting on an amendment that I had been working on for some 3 years, 
with Senator Leahy and others, to name the new annex to the District of 
Columbia Federal courthouse system in honor of William Bryant. I have 
known this outstanding African American much of my life, having served 
as a young U.S. attorney. He was one of our great teachers at that 
time, having been a senior U.S. attorney. He was the first African 
American assistant U.S. attorney, the first African American to become 
chief judge of the district court. He is 94 years old now and in senior 
status, and I thought it appropriate that the Senate pass that 
recognition. That bill by the Senator from Michigan, as amended by the 
Senator from Virginia, was passed by this Chamber last week. I have 
been assured by the Speaker of the House of Representatives that bill 
will be on tomorrow's consent calendar. So both bills will be acted 
upon in due course. This particular bill was introduced by 
Congresswoman Kilpatrick, in whose district the courthouse will be 
named. Therefore, it is appropriate that there be a companion piece of 
legislation.
  I thank all those who participated in this and made it possible.
  I yield the floor.

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