Judge James R. Williams Post Office Building

Floor Speech

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Mr. LANGWORTHY. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 9322) to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 675 Wolf Ledges Parkway in Akron, Ohio, as the ``Judge James R. Williams Post Office Building''.

The Clerk read the title of the bill.

The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 9322

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. JUDGE JAMES R. WILLIAMS POST OFFICE BUILDING.

(a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 675 Wolf Ledges Parkway in Akron, Ohio, shall be known and designated as the ``Judge James R. Williams Post Office Building''.

(b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``Judge James R. Williams Post Office Building''.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this bill, which would rename a post office in Ohio for Judge James R. Williams.

President Jimmy Carter appointed Judge Williams as the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Ohio. Judge Williams made history as the first African-American judge on the Summit County Common Pleas Court, appointed in 1989 and was reelected in 1990, 1992, and 1998.

Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this bill, and I reserve the balance of my time.

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Mr. LANGWORTHY. Mr. Speaker, I have no further speakers.

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Mr. LANGWORTHY. Mr. Speaker, I encourage my House colleagues to support this bill to acknowledge the great life of Judge Williams and all of the service that he gave his community.

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