Overview

• In a June 20 letter, Rep. Al Green cited former Sen. Richard Russell’s extensive record opposing civil rights and his declaration to uphold “white supremacy” during an anti-lynching filibuster.
• The office building has carried Russell’s name since 1972 and houses 33 senators along with five Senate committees.
• Green first introduced a renaming resolution in 2020, but it failed after opposition from then-Republican senators representing Georgia.
• His latest proposal recommends reverting the building’s name to “Old Senate Office Building” as an interim measure until a new name is agreed.
• Georgia Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, the state’s first Jewish and first Black senators, have not publicly stated their positions on the renaming effort.