Steve Cohen for Congress
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Congressman Cohen Expresses Concern for Injured Officers
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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) has been monitoring the situation involving the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Officer and Memphis Police Department Officer shot this afternoon in North Memphis, and made the following statement:
Congressman Cohen Announces $22.3 Million in Emergency Rental Assistance to Memphis and Shelby County
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Funds made available through the American Rescue Plan
Congressman Cohen Announces Grants to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and UTHSC
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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive research grants from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
Congressman Cohen Welcomes Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff and Labor Secretary Martin Walsh to Memphis
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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) will meet with Second Gentleman of the United States Douglas Emhoff and Labor Secretary Martin Walsh as they visit Memphis today and will participate with them in a roundtable discussion at the Benjamin L. Hooks Job Corps Center.
Congressman Cohen Seeks Answers on Why Trump was not Charged with Obstruction of the Mueller Investigation
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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today urged Chairman Jerrold Nadler to join him and encourage Attorney General Merrick Garland to release information about former Attorney General William Barr’s efforts to cover up the findings of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation and mislead Congress and the public about the contents of the Special Counsel’s report and decision not to pursue criminal charges against former President Trump.
Congressman Cohen Announces Commerce Department Grant for Study of Marine Multi-Modal Freight Terminal at McKellar Lake
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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today announced that the Memphis and Shelby County Port Commission will receive a $400,000 grant from the Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration to underwrite a study of the suitability of a 1,000-acre marine multi-modal freight terminal along the south side of McKellar Lake in southwest Memphis.
Congressman Cohen Urges Attorney General Garland to Make Mueller Investigation Documents Public
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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, this evening wrote to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, asking him to comply with a recent federal judge’s order and release information about how his predecessor, William Barr, misled the federal courts and the American public about the Mueller investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, and provided misleading information to both Congress and the American public.
Congressman Cohen Remembers Civic Leader Arnold Perl
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Congressman Cohen learned of the passing of civic leader and lawyer Arnold Perl on Tuesday and made the following statement:
Congressmen Cohen and McKinley and Senators Whitehouse and Schumer Introduce Bipartisan Tax Credit to Protect Children from Home Lead Hazards
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- With lead hazards lurking in about 3.6 million homes of families with young children nationwide, Congressmen Steve Cohen (TN-09), Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Congressman David McKinley (WV-01) today introduced bipartisan legislation to help American families cover the cost of eliminating lead from their homes.
Congressman Cohen Applauds Priorities Outlined in President Biden’s Address to Congress
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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, watched President Biden’s address to a joint session of Congress this evening and made the following statement:
Congressman Cohen Announces Head Start Grant to Porter-Leath
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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that Porter-Leath Inc. will receive a $110,456 emergency supplemental grant to operate its Head Start Programs in Shelby County from the Administration for Children and Families Office of Head Start.
Congressman Cohen Announces Head Start Grant to Shelby County Board of Education
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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the Shelby County Board of Education will receive an emergency supplemental grant of $963,101 for Head Start from the Department of Health and Human Services.
Congressman Cohen Announces National Science Foundation Grants to the University of Memphis
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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Memphis will receive two grants from the National Science Foundation totaling $918,830.
Representatives Cohen, Moore, Watson Coleman and Hayes Introduce the MEAL Act
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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) and Congresswomen Gwen Moore (WI-04), Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) and Jahana Hayes (CT-05) today introduced the Making Essentials Affordable and Lawful (MEAL) Act to lift restrictions on the receipt of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) benefits for people with prior felony drug convictions.
Congressman Cohen Presides Over Voting Rights Act Hearing
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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), the Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, today presided at a hearing on “Oversight of the Voting Rights Act: The Evolving Landscape of Voting Discrimination.”
Congressman Cohen Announces Cancer Study Grant to St. Jude
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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive a $179,500 grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development for a genetic study of families with a high frequency of blood cancer.
Statement of Congressman Cohen Following Chauvin Verdict
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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, released this statement after a Minneapolis jury convicted former Officer Derek Chauvin of the murder of George Floyd.
Congressman Cohen Urges Small Business Administration to Implement Shuttered Venue Operators Grants
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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) joined a bipartisan, bicameral letter to Administrator Isabella Guzman encouraging the Small Business Administration (SBA) to implement the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) emergency relief program Congress established to keep small businesses such as local music venues, movie theaters, museums and zoos across the country open and operating.
Congressman Cohen Announces $6.2 Million in Community Health Center Grants
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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that two Memphis community health centers will together receive $6,288,593 from the Department of Health and Human Services.
Cohen Amendment to Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act Passes House
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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today voted for, and the House passed, the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act with an amendment the Congressman offered extending the bill’s protections to employees of Alzheimer’s and memory care facilities.
