9th District
[MEMPHIS, TN] – On the 4th anniversary of President Obama signing the Affordable Care Act into law, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today highlighted the many ways that the law is already benefiting Memphians and urged uninsured citizens to enroll before March 31st.
Dear Friend,
The deadline to enroll in health coverage for 2014 in the Tennessee Marketplace is just 10 days away and I will be hosting a telephone town hall on Monday evening. Keep reading to learn about what happened this week and how you can get covered.
[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today highlighted the progress made combatting homelessness in the Memphis area, which has now declined for each of the last two years. The Congressman made his remarks at a news conference with Mayor A C Wharton, Community Alliance for the Homeless Executive Director Katie Kitchin and several other local officials. Congressman Cohen announced more than $150,000 in federal funding for the Alliance last year.
[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) released the following statement in response to Governor Bill Haslam’s repeated attempts to push his ill-advised “Tennessee Promise” plan through the General Assembly without allowing adequate time for public consideration and comment:
Dear Friend,
This week, I urged Speaker Boehner to finally allow a vote to extend unemployment insurance, President Obama announced a plan to help ensure all Americans are fairly paid for working overtime, and both houses of the Tennessee General Assembly delayed a vote on the Governor’s ill-advised plan to raid funds meant for the HOPE Scholarship. Keep reading to learn more about what I did this week.
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today joined House Democrats in signing a discharge petition to force Speaker John Boehner to allow an up-or-down vote to extend unemployment insurance for more than 2 million Americans—including more than 31,000 Tennesseans—that were cut off from this critical lifeline when benefits expired last year. The discharge petition, if a majority of the House of Representatives signs it, would require the Speaker to immediately allow a vote on legislation to extend the unemployment insurance program that he has so far refused to do.
[MEMPHIS, TN] – With the Education Committees in both houses of the Tennessee General Assembly set to vote this week on Governor Bill Haslam’s plan to raid funds from the Tennessee Education Lottery Scholarship and cripple HOPE Scholarships and ASPIRE Grants, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) over the weekend contacted several members of each committee and urged them to oppose the “Tennessee Promise” plan.
Dear Friend,
This week, the President proposed his 2015 budget plan, I met with several groups of young Memphians in Washington, and the Deputy Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration made the false claim that “every single parent” opposes marijuana. Keep reading to learn more about what I did this week.
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today joined 160 of his Democratic colleagues from the U.S. House of Representatives in sending a letter to Speaker John Boehner urging an immediate up-or-down vote to extend the expired unemployment insurance program. This letter follows a new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities which found that 200,000 veterans are among the more than two million people who have lost their unemployment benefits since they expired at the end of last year.
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in downtown Memphis was awarded $746,404 in federal grant funding to help treat chronic infections. The grant, which will be used to help identify therapeutic candidates capable of eradicating recalcitrant chronic infections, comes through the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ (HHS) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.