Children and Families
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today spoke from the House floor in favor of the debt ceiling compromise, despite some provisions he doesn’t like, and then voted for it. While there was much in the measure that he didn’t like, such as a rollback of environmental regulations and added work requirements for SNAP recipients, he said, “As Members of Congress, we have tough decisions to make.”
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), who hosted a webinar to teach students how to apply for student debt relief last year, today voted against a Republican-inspired repeal of President Biden’s modest student debt relief plan that has already helped more than 50,000 students in his Congressional District.
The measure passed on a vote of 218 to 203.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive a $479,100 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to conduct therapeutic genome editing research.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
May 1, 2023
Tennessee has been approved to distribute P-EBT benefits to qualifying families for the 2022-23 school year.
Eligibility for P-EBT
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students attending traditional school;
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virtual or home school students; and
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some children under age 6 in childcare
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today reintroduced the Latonya Reeves Freedom Act, assuring that the Supreme Court’s Olmstead ruling, giving the disabled the qualified right to receive the services they need in a setting of their choice, is honored. The measure has 58 bipartisan House cosponsors.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today expressed his disappointment at the State of Tennessee’s failure to get recertified for Title X funding, which will result in the loss of millions in funding for birth control, pregnancy testing, and basic infertility services for low-income and uninsured individuals. He made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) is closely monitoring reports of serious damage from overnight storms affecting Covington, and made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive a $682,433 grant from the National Cancer Institute for a project titled “Sustainability determinants of an intervention to identify clinical deterioration and improve childhood cancer survival in low-resource hospitals.”
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that Shelby County homelessness programs will receive $6,832,309 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Continuum of Care Competition Awards Program. The state of Tennessee will receive $27,094,890 under the program which is providing $2.8 billion nationwide, according to an announcement today by HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Memphis will receive a $398,850 grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Mental Health Service Professionals Demonstration Program to recruit and retain a diverse cohort of future school counselors focused on “high need” students of the Memphis and Shelby County Schools.