[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 13-14]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MEMPHIS LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CENTER

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COHEN. Madam Speaker, on Monday morning five libraries and five 
museums throughout the country were honored with medals at a ceremony 
that was presided over by Mrs. Laura Bush.
  The Memphis Library and Information Center was one of the five 
libraries and the only big city library to be honored. I was honored to 
have nominated them for that recognition and honored to be there with 
them when the library was so recognized.
  Libraries are very important to the future of this country, for 
people of all standings of wealth need access to books, access to 
computers, and access to other materials. The Memphis Library takes 
services to the community and gives people in their neighborhood the 
opportunity to read and make available to them cultural outreach.
  We also have a television and radio station that is operated by our 
library,

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and it is an important facility, and I am proud that it's Tennessee's 
first facility to receive such an award and the first in the mid-South.
  Congratulations to my city. You have a very proud congressman.

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