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Congressman Cohen Announces $1 Million Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Grant
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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced the Shelby County Board of Education will receive a $1 million grant from the Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention to enhance the capacity of schools to address youth violence
Congressman Cohen Advocates Memphis-to-Nashville Amtrak Service
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Today, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, took time to advocate for a Memphis-to-Nashville Amtrak route at a hearing on “Investing in our Nation’s Transportation Infrastructure and Workers: Why it Matters.”
Congressman Cohen Introduces Tennessee Valley Authority Reform and Consumer Protection Act
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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a vocal critic of the Tennessee Valley Authority, today introduced the TVA Reform and Consumer Protection Act that would allow greater competition inside and outside its electricity service territory by eliminating the “fence,” lowering costs to ratepayers, and subjecting the federally owned utility to much needed oversight by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Congressman Cohen Announces Grant to Strengthen Medical Examiner System
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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), who met with Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs leaders last week to discuss crime in Memphis, today announced a $175,502 grant to the University of Tennessee to strengthen the medical examiner-coroner system
Congressmen Cohen Announces Reentry and Education Grant to Persevere
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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today announced a $900,000 grant to Persevere for its reentry and education programs
Congressman Cohen Announces Juvenile Justice Reentry Grant
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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today announced that Shelby County will receive a $750,000 grant from the Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Program for its Second Chance Act Youth Reentry Program
Congressmen Cohen and McClintock Condemn Iranian Crackdown
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Today, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) and Congressman Tom McClintock (CA-04), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Iran Human Rights and Democracy Caucus, issued the following statement condemning the brutality of the Iranian regime’s revolutionary guards and expressing support for protesters following the death of Mahsa Amini
Congressman Cohen Announces $105 Million for Orion Federal Credit Union
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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the Orion Federal Credit Union, a non-profit community development financial institution (CDFI), will receive $105 million from the U.S. Treasury Department’s Emergency Capital Investment Program
Congressman Cohen Announces Sickle Cell Screening Grant
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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the Sickle Cell Foundation of Tennessee, headquartered in Memphis, will receive a grant of $184,000 for its newborn screening program from the Department of Health and Human Services
Congressman Cohen Applauds Securities and Exchange Commission Action Against former Boeing CEO Muilenburg
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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and its Subcommittee on Aviation, today applauded the $1 million fine assessed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against former Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg for misleading investors after two crashes of the 737 Max airliner in Indonesia and Ethiopia that together killed 346 people
Congressman Cohen Condemns Iran’s Response to Nationwide Protests
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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly’s special representative for political prisoners, today condemned the Iranian response to protests over the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who died in custody after being arrested by Iran’s Morality Police for allegedly violating strict hijab rules
Congressman Cohen Announces National Science Foundation Grant to Christian Brothers University
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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that Christian Brothers University will receive a $749,877 grant from the National Science Foundation to help it retain promising engineering and computer science students
Congressman Cohen Announces Interior Department Grant to Purchase Land for the Lower Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge
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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a member of the Natural Resources Committee, today announced that the Interior Department’s Migratory Bird Conservation Commission approved a $455,577 grant to expand the Lower Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge in Tipton County by 88 acres
Cohen, Huffman, Merkley, Lowenthal, and Quigley Urge GSA to Reduce Single-Use Plastics Government-Wide
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Today, U.S. Representatives Steve Cohen (TN-09), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (CA-47), Mike Quigley (IL-05), and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) led a bicameral group of 58 members of Congress in a letter to the General Services Administration (GSA) in response to the agency’s potential rulemaking focused on reducing unnecessary single-use plastics in government purchases
Congressman Cohen Applauds Senate Confirmation of Kevin G. Ritz
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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today applauded the Senate’s confirmation of Kevin G. Ritz to be the new U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, and made the following statement
Congressman Cohen Votes for Presidential Election Reform Act
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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee who was in the House chamber when insurrectionists attempted to disrupt certification of the Electoral College vote on January 6, 2021, today voted for the Presidential Election Reform Act
Congressman Cohen Applauds Advancement of PAST Act
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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), who has championed efforts to protect horses for decades, today applauded the Energy and Commerce Committee’s markup and advancement of his Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST) Act to prohibit the intentional injury to the hooves and legs of performance walking horses such as Tennessee's iconic walking horses
Congressman Cohen Votes to Advance Fresh Start Act
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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today voted to advance H.R. 5651, the Fresh Start Act, a bill that creates a grant program for states with existing eligible criminal record sealing or expungement laws to support implementation of automatic sealing or expungement processes, to the House floor
Congressman Cohen Announces $1.3 Million in Department of Health and Human Services Grants
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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced two grants addressing mental health and substance abuse from the Department of Health and Human Services
Congressman Cohen Announces $2.7 Million in FEMA Grants to Memphis Fire Department
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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the City of Memphis will receive two grants totaling $2,771,378 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighters Program. One grant of $1,680,469 is for operations and safety
