House Proceeding 03-10-09 on Mar 10th, 2009 :: 0:38:05 to 0:43:20
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G. K. Butterfield: courthouse located in elizabeth city, north carolina, as the j. herbert w. small federal building and united states courthouse. i, too, support this legislation and with that i reserve my time. ms. edwards: mr. speaker, i yield four minutes to the gentleman from north carolina, mr. butterfield. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from north carolina

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Speech By: G. K. Butterfield

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G. K. Butterfield: is recognized for four minutes. mr. butterfield: thank you very much. let me start by thanking the gentlelady for yielding four minutes to me to speak on a very important issue in my congressional district asand that is the naming of this federal courthouse in elizabeth city, north carolina. i also want to thank the gentleman from florida for his kind remarks about my good friend, judge small. but, mr. speaker, i rise today

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G. K. Butterfield: to pay honor to a constituent, a friend and a community leader by naming the federal building in elizabeth city, north carolina, as the j. herbert small federal building. i would also like to thank the chairman of mr. oberstar, and the ranking member, mr. mica, for the leadership in ushering this bill through the committee process.

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G. K. Butterfield: i would also like to thank each member of the north carolina delegation, both democrat and republican, for their support of this legislation. almost two years ago, mr. speaker, this identical bill passedhe house with unanimous support but regrettably it was not taken up in the other body. i am confident that the senate

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G. K. Butterfield: will see the bill through the process this session and so we can now bestow this great honor upon judge small. mr. speaker, judge small is a lifelong resident of elizabeth city, north carolina. he has dedicated 52 years of his professional life to improving the lives of the residents of eastern north

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G. K. Butterfield: carolina and in particular the albamar region. he began practicing law two years after i was born, in 1949, after graduating at the north carolina law school at chapel hill. so the u.n.c. fans have two reasons to celebrate today, this naming of the federal building as well as the great

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G. K. Butterfield: victory we saw this weekend. judge small served as special counsel to the congressional committee on intergovernmental relations, later served as eight years as county attorney. he was elected district attorney for the first judicial district of north carolina for three consecutive terms.

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G. K. Butterfield: as a young lawyer, i opposed herb small in the courtroom on several occasions. i was the defense lawyer, he was the prosecutor. he was a strong and effective district attorney. during his tenure, he served as chairman of the district attorney's advisory committee, was president of the district attorney's association, was appointed by the governor to the state jail study commission.

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G. K. Butterfield: in 1979, herb small was elected superior court judge for the first judicial district. in the early years of his judgeship i began had the opportunity to argue cases before his court. he was a firm but fair judge, always treated everyone who came before him with great respect. herb small served as resident superior court judge for 17

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G. K. Butterfield: long years and was elected president of the north carolina conference of superior court judges and represented the conference on the north carolina policy on centers and commission. i'm proud to have been able to call judge small my judicial colleague when i became a judge. after i was elected as a resident superior court judge in 1988.??

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G. K. Butterfield: while judge small preceded me on the bench by almost a decade, he welcomed me among the ranks and always offered me guidance and insight. he served as chairman of the american red cross chapter. he's been actively engage in other civic and charitable organizations, including

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G. K. Butterfield: j.c.'s, boy scouts, volunteer firemen, chamber of commerce, rotary club, elks club and red men. he was given the distinguished award by the j.c.'s. the order of the long leaf pine by our great state of north carolina for outstanding community involvement. during world war ii, judge

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G. K. Butterfield: small served three years in the war in the united states navy. judge small has been married for 57 years to mrs. annette ward small, a very delightful lady. they have four children, elizabeth, john, fran and carol, and they have nine gran permission for an additional

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G. K. Butterfield: one minute. ms. edwards: i yield an additional one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. butterfield: i thank the gentlelady for an additional one minute. i get carried away. he's been married for 57 years to mrs. annette ward small. they have four children. i mentioned their names.

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G. K. Butterfield: they have nine grandchildren, matthew, john, ruth, allison, katie and chris. i can think of no finer individual, no person who is more deserving of this honor than judge j. herbert small. the people of elizabeth city and he people of the first congressional of north carolina