9th District
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today announced $3.5 million in Department of Justice grants to Memphis and Shelby County. The City of Memphis will receive $2 million to equip 2,200 sworn officers with body-worn cameras and to establish a comprehensive camera-use policy to enhance transparency and accountability in policing.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive a grant of $860,899 to study antibiotics for persistent infections from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) reacted with disbelief on hearing that state Republican leaders will create a working group to see whether Tennessee can operate its educational programs without federal support. The proposal was floated earlier today by Tennessee state House Speaker Cameron Sexton of Crossville and Lieutenant Governor Randy McNally.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a grant of $674,128 for extended interventions to promote long-term physical activity in African American cancer survivors from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that Dextrous Robotics Inc. has received a $999,746 grant from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled “Automated Perception for Robotic Chopsticks Manipulating Small and Large Objects in Constrained Spaces.”
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive a grant of $416,325 from the National Cancer Institute for research involving pediatric myeloid leukemia.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
Helsinki Commission hearing on Vladimir Kara-Murza: Putin’s Personal Prisoner
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today discussed effective approaches to fighting crime with Attorney General Merrick Garland at a hearing on oversight of the Justice Department. Congressman Cohen discussed the problem of recruiting police in Memphis.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today questioned Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg at an oversight hearing.
Suggests his Constitutional amendment limiting the pardon power would end abuses