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Mar 18, 2010

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00:00:00 WHO WAS A ROCK 'N' ROLLER, WHO WAS AN INDIE MUSIC ARTIST PASSED AWAY.
00:00:09 ALEX AT AGE 16 HAD A NUMBER ONE HIT FROM THE GROUP CALLED THE BOX TOPS, "AIN'T GOT TIME TO CATCH A FAST TRAIN," "MY BABY JUST WROTE ME A LETTER.
00:00:26 " THAT WAS NUMBER ONE WHEN HE WAS 16.
00:00:27 HE HAD A GROUP CALLED BIG STAR.
00:00:30 IT WASN'T WELL-KNOWN.
00:00:31 THEY DID THREE ALBUMS.
00:00:35 BUT "ROLLING STONE" PUT IT AMONG THE TOP 500 LIST.
00:00:43 ALEX CHILTON IS LIKE SO MUCH IN MEMPHIS.
00:00:46 HE GREW UP IN A TIME WHEN ELVIS PRESLEY WAS OUR ADVERSARY TO THE WORLD.
00:00:52 HE WANTED TO PLAY MUSIC AND DID IT HIS OWN WAY.
00:00:55 INDEPENDENT, INNOVATIVE.
00:00:57 HE NEVER CARED FOR THE CRITICS.
00:00:58 HE DIDN'T HAVE THAT MUCH ACCLAIM AT THE BOX OFFICE OR AT THE RECORD SALES BUT HE DID WITH OTHERS.
00:01:07 R.E.M. WAS A GROUP HE INFLUENCED GREATLY AND THE REPLACEMENTS DID A SONG CALLED "ALEX CHILTON.
00:01:15 " HE WAS SUPPOSED TO PLAY SOUTH-SOUTHWEST IN AUSTIN.
00:01:20 HE WON'T DO IT.
00:01:22 HIS MUSIC WILL LIVE ON FOREVER.
00:01:25 HE'S AN EMBODIMENT OF MEMPHIS MUSIC.
00:01:28 HARD, INDEPENDENT, BRILLIANT, BEAUTIFUL.
00:01:29 WE'RE LUCKY HE CAME OUR WAY.
00:01:31 HE LEAVES A WIFE AND A DAUGHTER.
00:01:33 THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER, FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY.
00:01:35 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED.
00:01:37 FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM NORTH CAROLINA RISE?
00:01:40 MS. FOXX: TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR ONE MINUTE, MADAM SPEAKER.
00:01:42 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE GENTLEWOMAN IS RECOGNIZED.
00:01:47 MS. FOXX: THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER.
00:01:48 THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY LIKE TO HAVE SIMPLE TRUTHS.
00:01:52 AND THE SIMPLE TRUTH ABOUT THE BILL THAT WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO VOTE ON THIS WEEK IS THAT AMERICANS ARE OPPOSED TO THE
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