    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1993, Book I)]
    [February 8, 1993]
    [Page 65]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Statement on Signing Legislation Designating the Thurgood Marshall
    Federal Judiciary Building
    February 8, 1993

        Today, I am signing into law, S. 202, which designates the newly-
    completed Federal Judiciary Building in Washington, D.C. as the
    ``Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building.''
        It is fitting that a building which houses the work of more than
    2000 judicial employees be named after a man who dedicated more than six
    decades of his life to public service in the judicial arena. Leading the
    legal arm of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored
    People, Thurgood Marshall worked tirelessly for more than a quarter
    century to dismantle racial segregation in all manner of human endeavor.
    His twenty-nine victories before the U.S. Supreme Court serve as a
    reminder to the American people of our individual potential to have a
    dramatic impact in our service to others.
        Marshall brought the same fervent commitment to social equality to
    his work as an appeals court judge, the Solicitor General of the United
    States and Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. His
    insistent vision for America is a legacy which I hope we will cherish
    and strive to fulfill.

                                                          William J. Clinton

    The White House,
    February 8, 1993.

    Note: S. 202, approved February 8, was assigned Public Law No. 103-4.