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James D. Todd United States Courthouse

Floor Speech

Date: Dec. 13, 2022
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. STANTON. Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (S. 4017) to designate the United States courthouse located at 111 South Highland Avenue in Jackson, Tennessee, as the ``James D. Todd United States Courthouse'', and for other purposes.

The Clerk read the title of the bill.

The text of the bill is as follows: S. 4017

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. JAMES D. TODD UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE.

(a) Designation.--The United States courthouse located at 111 South Highland Avenue in Jackson, Tennessee, shall be known and designated as the ``James D. Todd United States Courthouse''.

(b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the United States courthouse referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``James D. Todd United States Courthouse''.

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Mr. STANTON. 4017.

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Mr. STANTON. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.

Madam Speaker, I support the passage of S. 4017, a bill to name the United States Courthouse located at 111 South Highland Avenue in Jackson, Tennessee, the James D. Todd United States Courthouse.

Judge James Todd was born in Scotts Hill, Tennessee, in 1943. He received a bachelor of science from Lambuth College in 1965 and his juris doctorate from Memphis State University, now the University of Memphis, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law in 1972.

He was in private practice in Jackson, Tennessee, from 1972 to 1983, and served as a judge on Tennessee's Circuit Court from 1983 to 1985.

In 1985, Judge Todd was nominated and confirmed to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee where he served as chief judge from 2001 to 2007. Judge Todd assumed senior status in 2008.

Madam Speaker, I support S.

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Mr. STANTON. Madam Speaker, I continue to reserve the balance of my time.

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Mr. STANTON. Madam Speaker, I continue to reserve the balance of my time.

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Mr. STANTON. Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this important legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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