[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 22201]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       SUPPORT FOR CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION TO HONOR JOHNNY CASH

  (Mr. COOPER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COOPER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ask for my colleagues' 
support of a resolution that I have introduced to honor the memory of 
one of America's greatest musical heroes, Johnny Cash. The music of 
Johnny Cash has literally touched the lives of millions of people in 
America and around the world, and that has spanned several generations.
  In my hometown of Nashville, Music City, U.S.A., he is revered as a 
legend among legends. With a career spanning some 5 decades and with 70 
recording albums and with 1,500 recorded songs, Johnny Cash was clearly 
a defining force in American music.
  We will miss him for much more than the long list of songs that he 
added to the American classics. We will miss him as a great human 
being, a champion of the poor, the hopeless, the downtrodden, and the 
imprisoned. Because he was raised in poverty himself, the Man in Black 
spoke to everyone and for everyone.
  So I ask my colleagues to join me in supporting H. Con. Res. 282 to 
honor the memory of Johnny Cash.

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