9th District
[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today greeted Manuel "Manolito" Alejandro, a three-year-old Cuban boy transferred by Memphis's International Children's Heart Foundation (ICHF) from Cuba to Le Bonheur Children's Hospital in Memphis, TN for life-saving heart surgery to treat Tetralogy of Fallot. According to the ICHF, Manolito is the first Cuban child to be transferred to the United States to receive pediatric heart surgery since the Cuban Revolution in the 1950s.
As anyone who has flown recently can tell you, airplane seats are getting smaller. In some cases, they are getting a lot smaller.
As anyone who has flown recently can tell you, airplane seats are getting smaller. In some cases, they are getting a lot smaller.
On Monday, February 22 from 9:00am-10:30am, I will be hosting a roundtable discussion at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital with local, state, and federal officials on how to protect babies from the Zika virus and other threats to their health. While the Zika virus is an emerging danger in the US, there are also other, more prevalent dangers to the health of a baby. Representatives from the March of Dimes will discuss ways to reduce premature birth.
If you have questions or problems with Social Security, Medicare, FHA, the VA or other federal agencies, I hope I can help. From 12pm to 2pm on Friday, February 19, staff from my Memphis office will be on hand at the Ed Rice Community Center (2907 N. Watkins St.) to answer your questions and provide assistance dealing with federal agencies. We hope to see you there.
Dear Friend,
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Aviation, today offered his Seat Egress in Air Travel (SEAT) Act (H.R. 4490) as an amendment to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization bill at a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee meeting. The amendment, which would have required the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to establish a minimum seat size and minimum distance between rows of seats for the safety and health of passengers, was defeated by a vote of 26-33.
In his 2016 State of the State address, Governor Haslam bragged that “Tennessee is the first state in the nation to offer high school graduates two years of community or technical college free of tuition and fees. And we’re doing that without raising any taxes.” Free community college without increased taxes may sound great but Tennessee Promise is not free. It comes at the expense of students who have achieved academic success to attain the Tennessee HOPE Scholarship.
In his 2016 State of the State address, Governor Haslam bragged that “Tennessee is the first state in the nation to offer high school graduates two years of community or technical college free of tuition and fees. And we’re doing that without raising any taxes.” Free community college without increased taxes may sound great but Tennessee Promise is not free. It comes at the expense of students who have achieved academic success to attain the Tennessee HOPE Scholarship.