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MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) released the following statement in advance of President Trump’s scheduled visit to Memphis on Monday to discuss the work of the Memphis Safe Task Force, a multi-agency federal effort addressing crime since last September:

“With everything going on in the world – war in Iran and its disruption of oil shipments and gas price spikes, war in Ukraine, and who knows what in Venezuela and Cuba – the President has decided it’s a good time to come to Memphis and talk about the Memphis Safe Task Force. 

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WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive a $573,500 Outstanding Investigator Award grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for a project entitled “Understanding Phase Separation in Biology and Disease.” The grant is being awarded to Dr. Richard W. Kriwacki, a member of the St. Jude faculty in the Department of Structural Biology.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive two grants totaling $1,389,167 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for research on engineering high-fidelity regulator T-cells and defining their sustainability. The work is under the direction of Dr. Yongqiang Feng of the Department of Immunology.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee who was in House Chamber when insurrectionists attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, questioned expert witnesses and then testified about his experience that day at a special hearing on the fifth anniversary of that violent attempt to prevent the peaceful transfer of presidential power.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced the University of Memphis will receive two grants totaling more than $3 million from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. One grant, for $2 million, will help bridge gaps in traditional commercial vehicle enforcement monitoring. The other, $1,232,003, will go toward testing passive radio frequency identification sensors to accurately read tire pressure and temperature on trucks.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) tonight wrote Governor Bill Lee a letter urging him to have the State of Tennessee apply for Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (Summer EBT) funding for a Summer U.S. Agriculture Food Assistance Program for an estimated 700,000 children and not fail to apply for it as he did last year.

The U.S. Depart­ment of Agri­cul­ture’s Sum­mer EBT pro­gram provides $120 in food bene­fits to sup­port school-aged chil­dren who don’t have access to free or low-cost school meals dur­ing sum­mer months.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today applauded the announcement by the Clarksdale, Mississippi-based Delta Regional Authority (DRA) that it will invest more than $6.3 million in a variety of projects in West Tennessee, including employment training in welding and coding.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

“These investments in West Tennessee will improve lives and result in higher employment in skilled trades. The DRA is focusing on the economic development of our region and its efforts will transform lives.”