Young Oak Kim: “Mr. Speaker, H.R. 4595 is a simple naming resolution which redesignates the Federal building located at 201 14th Street…”

“Mr. Speaker, H.R. 4595 is a simple naming resolution which redesignates the Federal building located at 201 14th Street, Southwest, Washington, D.C., currently known as the Auditors Main Building, as the Sidney Yates Federal Building. Our colleague, the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Yates) is retiring at the end of this Congress after serving with distinction for 24 terms of office. He was first elected to Congress in 1948 and held his seat continuously but for a brief 2-year absence in 1963 to 1964. He has served as a member of the Committee on Appropriations during his terms and became chairman of the Subcommittee of Interior of the Committee on Appropriations in 1975, holding the chairmanship for 20 years. The gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Yates) was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1909. He attended the University of Chicago, where he earned his law degree in 1933. He commenced practice in Chicago and became the assistant attorney general with the Illinois Commerce Commission back in 1937. The gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Yates) also served in the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946, attaining the rank of lieutenant. This is a fitting honor for our revered colleague and I am pleased to support the bill and urge my colleagues to support it.”