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On the recordMarch 11, 2024
I also support this legislation. Just about anything Jimmy Carter did, he did right. This imprimatur about Mr. Murphy's serving on the bench was obviously a good one. He spent those 45 years there. He was the son of a farmer and a schoolteacher. He attended the University of Mississippi and the University of Georgia School of Law. He was the youngest member elected to the Georgia House of Representatives, serving five terms there before he was appointed a superior court judge by then-Governor Jimmy Carter. After Mr. Carter was elected President, he nominated Judge Murphy to serve as the Northern District Federal judge. Judge Murphy remained on the bench until 2017 when he took senior status. Judge Murphy remained an active senior judge until his death at the age of 95. Mr. Speaker, I support this legislation. I urge my colleagues to do the same, and I reserve the balance of my time.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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