On the recordMarch 30, 2022
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.
