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Congressman Cohen Announces $504,020 Brain Cancer Research Grant to UTHSC
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a $504,020 grant from the National Cancer Institute to study glioblastoma chemosensitivity.
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Congressman Cohen Commemorates Independence Day
In advance of Tuesday’s observance of America’s 247th birthday, Congressman Cohen (TN-9) released the following statement:
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Congressman Cohen Condemns Supreme Court Ruling Barring Student Loan Forgiveness Image
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a strong supporter of President Biden’s plan to erase $10,000 in student loan debt, and up to $20,000 for recipients of Pell grants, today expressed his dismay at another Supreme Court ruling that will hurt millions of Americans.
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Congressman Cohen Welcomes Memphis-Shelby County Schools Selection as a Renew America’s Schools Grantee
Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm traveled to Riverview Elementary School earlier today to announce that it and its Middle School have been selected as one of 24 schools across the country to have major energy-savings renovations made under the Department’s Renew America’s Schools Program.
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Congressman Cohen Announces Minority Health Grant to UTHSC
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a $741,494 grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities to address “System-Level Barriers and Improve Medication Adherence in Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Populations.”
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Congressman Cohen Condemns U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on Affirmative Action
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today condemned the 6-3 majority opinion striking down affirmative action in college admissions and rolling back decades of legal precedent.
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Congressman Cohen Asks Governor Lee to Seek Federal Disaster Assistance
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today wrote to Governor Bill Lee urging him to seek federal assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for damage done by high winds since Sunday
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Congressman Cohen Announces $273,000 NIH Grant to St. Jude
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive a $273,000 grant from the National Institute on Allergy and Infectious Diseases to study hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.
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Congressman Cohen Advocates Presidential Pardon Power Reform
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today spoke in favor of his constitutional amendments – offered under both Republican and Democratic presidents
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Congressman Cohen Questions TVA CEO Jeff Lyash
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today questioned Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) CEO Jeff Lyash at a Subcommittee on Water and the Environment hearing reviewing President Biden’s 2024 Budget Request for that agency, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation.
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Congressman Cohen Announces Significant RAISE Grant Funding of $38.2 Million to MATA and Shelby County’s Project ELBOW
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today announced two major RAISE grant awards including $25 million to Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) for its Crosstown Corridor Safety and Multi-Modal Enhancement Program and $13.2 million to Shelby County for its Eliminating Barriers on North Watkins (Project ELBOW).
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Representatives Cohen, Fitzpatrick and Titus Re-Introduce Horse Transportation Safety Act
Representatives Steve Cohen (TN-9), Dina Titus (NV-01) and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) today re-introduced the Horse Transportation Safety Act that would ban the transportation of horses across state lines in “double decker” trucks or trailers containing two or more levels on top of one another.
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Congressman Cohen Questions Special Counsel John Durham
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today questioned Special Counsel John Durham at a hearing of the Judiciary Committee.
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Congressman Cohen to Commemorate Juneteenth Federal Holiday
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) will celebrate Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, as a federal holiday on Monday, June 19.
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Congressman Cohen Applauds Committee Passage of Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the Ranking Member of the Aviation Subcommittee, today applauded the full Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s unanimous passage of the five-year Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act.
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Congressman Cohen Announces Nearly $760,000 in National Institutes of Health Grants to Memphis Institutions
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced three National Institutes of Health grants totaling $759,798 to Memphis institutions.
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Congressman Cohen Announces Grants to Methodist Le Bonheur Community Outreach and the University of Memphis
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that Methodist Le Bonheur Community Outreach will receive a grant of $1,018,872 for the Delta State Rural Development Network Grant Program.
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Congressmen Cohen and Roy Introduce Bipartisan Article One Act
Congressmen Steve Cohen (TN-9) and Chip Roy (TX-21) today introduced the Article One Act which would reform the 1976 National Emergencies Act and presidential emergency powers.
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Congressman Cohen Applauds Introduction of Bipartisan FAA Reauthorization Act
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the Ranking Member of the Aviation Subcommittee, today joined Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO), full Committee Ranking Member Rick Larsen (D-WA), and Aviation Subcommittee Chairman Garret Graves (R-LA) in introducing the Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act, bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and aviation safety and infrastructure programs for the next five years.
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Congressman Cohen Seeks Swift Reduction in Ethylene Oxide Emissions
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) has written to David Connor, general manager of Sterilization Services of Tennessee (SST), seeking the company’s swift reduction in toxic ethylene oxide emissions from its facility in Memphis