[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 1757-1758]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, IS A GREAT CITY

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, recently Forbes magazine ranked what they 
called the most miserable cities in the country. Memphis, Tennessee, 
was third on that list. They considered certain issues but they didn't 
consider others.
  They didn't consider the best barbecue in the United States of 
America; some of the greatest music; Beale Street; the great tourist 
center; gorgeous sunsets on the Mississippi River. They didn't consider 
the people of Memphis and the creativity that's emanated from there; 
Fred Smith and the greatest delivery of goods in the world, a system of 
freight delivery unrivaled; St. Jude's Children's Hospital that 
provides the gift of life and research into cancer and Nobel prize 
winners.
  Opportunities for innovation are prevalent in Memphis. In music, Sam 
Phillips and Elvis Presley created rock-and-roll. And Willie Mitchell 
and Isaac Hayes and David Porter, and Stacks and Soulful.
  I invite Chris Buckley, my friend, and Forbes magazine to come to 
Memphis and visit for themselves. Memphis has also got a great 
optometry school. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Maybe they'll 
leave with 20/20 vision.

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