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Consolidation of Certain Divisions in the Northern District of Alabama

Floor Speech

Date: Dec. 3, 2024
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. ISSA. Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 7177) to amend title 28, United States Code, to consolidate certain divisions in the Northern District of Alabama, as amended.

The Clerk read the title of the bill.

The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 7177

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. CONSOLIDATION OF CERTAIN DIVISIONS IN THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA.

Section 81(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended--

(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``seven'' and inserting ``five'';

(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and Lauderdale'' and inserting ``Lauderdale, and Lawrence'';

(3) in paragraph (2)--

(A) by striking ``Lawrence,'';

(B) by inserting after ``Madison,'' the following: ``Marshall,''; and

(C) by striking ``and Decatur'';

(4) in paragraph (4), by striking ``Clay, Cleburne,'' and inserting ``Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, DeKalb, Etowah, Saint Clair,'';

(5) in paragraph (5), by striking ``Greene, Pickens, Sumter, and Tuscaloosa'' and inserting ``Fayette, Greene, Lamar, Marion, Pickens, Sumter, Tuscaloosa, Walker, and Winston'';

(6) by striking paragraph (6); and

(7) by striking paragraph (7).

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Mr. ISSA. 7177.

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

Madam Speaker, this is, in fact, a good, commonsense reform that has come from the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Strong), who has shepherded this bill.

At this time, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Strong) to speak on his bill.

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Mr. ISSA. Madam Speaker, I am prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.

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Mr. ISSA. Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time for the purposes of closing.

Madam Speaker, we are the United States of America, and it is, in fact, the people of the State of Alabama who have asked for this, the people's Representatives of Alabama who have unanimously supported it, and the Judicial Conference which studied it and found it to be appropriate.

Today, I am honored to be part of the other 49 States ratifying the need of one in their best interest as they brought it to us, which is, in fact, what the United States was formed for, is to support the common good and the individual States in any way that we can.

Madam Speaker, I urge Members to support this bill, vote it out, and send it to the Senate. I yield back the balance of my time.

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