[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 439]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS AND THEIR NUMBER ONE RANKING

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, 25 years ago, I was a freshman member of the 
Tennessee State Senate, and on that occasion, the University of Memphis 
now, then Memphis State University, became number one in the country in 
basketball. It was the first time that we had ever had a number one 
ranking, and I got up on the floor of the Tennessee Senate and spoke 
proudly about my basketball team and their number one ranking. That 
night, my Tigers lost, and they were no longer number one.
  Well, today, 25 years later and a freshman Member in the United 
States House of Representatives, the University of Memphis is again the 
number one basketball team in the country. Should I talk about them? 
Not.

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