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| https://murphy.house.gov/media/press-releases/murphy-legislation-rename-farmville-post-office-after-congressman-walter-b | Murphy Legislation to Rename Farmville Post Office After Congressman Walter B. Jones, Jr. Signed into Law | 2020-12-04 | 2020 | 2020-12 | Republican | House | NC | Gregory F. Murphy | M001210 | murphy.house.gov | murphy | https://murphy.house.gov/media/press-releases | scraper | Washington, D.C. – On Thursday, December 3, 2020, President Donald Trump signed H.R. 5037, which designates the post office at 3703 North Main Street in Farmville, North Carolina, as the "Walter B. Jones, Jr. Post Office." The bill was introduced by Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) on November 12, 2019, passed the House of Representatives on February 5, 2020, and passed the Senate on November 18, 2020. On November 13, 2020, Murphy and the entire North Carolina Congressional Delegation wrote a letter to Senate leadership requesting the bill be passed. The text of the letter can be found here. Murphy released the following statement: "Congressman Walter B. Jones Jr. was not only my predecessor, he was my friend and mentor as well. It was very fitting that the first legislation I introduced as a member of Congress be in his honor. | 1 | 2026-03-30T01:40:41Z | 2026-06-28T00:42:23Z |