9th District

[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced the Department of Health and Human Services has awarded the University of Tennessee Health Science Center a federal grant of $228,000 for an exploratory and developmental project on taste research.

“This significant federal investment will help the UT Health Science Center stay at the forefront of medical research,” said Congressman Cohen. “UT Health Science Center has a long history of research, in addition to its educational mission, and I am proud they are here in Memphis.”

[WASHINGTON, DC] – The nomination of U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III, Congressman Steve Cohen’s (TN-09) recommendation to President Obama to serve as a United States District Court Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, today was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee by voice vote. The committee’s approval clears the way for a final vote on his nomination by the full Senate. Congressman Cohen recommended Stanton after convening a bipartisan, racially diverse screening committee of Memphis-area attorneys. Mr.

[Washington, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) joined 265 of his Democratic and Republican colleagues in voting for H.R. 1314, the bipartisan budget package, to help avert a fiscal crisis, boost spending caps, protect seniors, and raise the debt ceiling.

[Washington, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) released the following statement regarding today’s bipartisan House vote to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States, whose authorization lapsed on July 1, 2015 after Congress failed to renew its charter.

[Washington, D.C.] – The House Judiciary Committee today approved the Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act (H.R. 3279), legislation introduced by Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Congressman Doug Collins (R-GA), and Congressman Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) to increase transparency and give the public access to information about federal payments awarded under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA). The committee approved the bill by voice vote.

[Washington, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today released the following statement regarding the House Benghazi Select Committee’s hearing with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

[Washington, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today attended the Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony honoring the a group of men and women from 13 nations, known as the Monuments Men, for the work they did to protect and preserve artistically and culturally important artifacts that the Nazis planned to destroy during World War II. Congressman Cohen cosponsored the Monuments Men Recognition Act (H.R.