A bill to name a Veterans Administration clinic after the late Cobb Commission Chairman Mike Boyce has passed the U.S. House.
The bill (H.R. 5362) is sponsored by Republican U.S. Rep. Barry Loudermilk, whose 11th Congressional District includes East Cobb.
It would rename the clinic on 1263 Cobb Parkway North, just north of Bells Ferry Road) to the Colonel Michael H. Boyce Department of Veterans Affairs Multispecialty Clinic.
Boyce, who lived in East Cobb and was was chairman from 2017-2020 and died in 2022, was a longtime officer in the U.S. Marine Corps.
When he was still in office, Boyce was involved in efforts to create the Northeast Cobb VA clinic on Roswell Road, and it opened in 2019. He was wearing his dress Marine uniform at the ribbon-cutting,
The renaming bill passed the House by 418-0 vote and moves to the U.S. Senate for consideration.
Loudermilk, an Air Force veteran who is retiring from Congress this year, issued the following statement:
“My good friend and well-respected community leader, Colonel Mike H. Boyce, spent much of his life in service to his community, state, and nation. Through his service as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps and later in elected office as the Chairman of the Cobb County Board of Commissioners, Mike was a tireless advocate for the health and welfare of our active duty servicemembers and our veterans.
“Mike worked to ensure our servicemembers had the tools to succeed and was instrumental in establishing the Cobb County VA Clinic, which remains a vital resource for those who served our country honorably.
“Recognizing Colonel Boyce through this legislation is a fitting tribute to an American hero whose service and advocacy inspired so many, and I greatly appreciate his wife, Judy, for working to continue his incredible legacy.”
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