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WASHINGTON -- Congressmen Steve Cohen (TN-9) and Rick Crawford (AR-01), along with U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR) and Tom Cotton (R-AR), have introduced legislation to create a commemorative coin in remembrance of the greatest maritime disaster in U.S. history – the sinking of the Sultana steamboat off Memphis in 1865.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) will hold a press availability on Thursday, March 14, to highlight the $1 million in Community Project funding he was able to secure through the annual appropriations process for Agape Child and Family Services in partnership with CodeCrew. The funding will be used to fuel a job-training partnership for young adults to develop skills in computer science to prepare them for in-demand jobs.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) will host a Federal Procurement Fair on Tuesday, February 27, to help local entrepreneurs navigate contracting with federal government agencies.
What: A Federal Procurement Fair with federal government contractors
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today wrote to President Biden once again urging him to release documents associated with the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, long delayed despite legislative mandates for them to be made public.
The letter reads in part:
“I write again to urge you to swiftly release all of the remaining non-public documents related to President John F. Kennedy’s assassination…
MEMPHIS -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) plans to commemorate Saturday’s International Holocaust Remembrance Day on the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp in 1945 and will remember the horrific murder of six million Jewish people and others during the Holocaust.
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 $475,675 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to study “Candidalysin: a key mediator of Candida vaginitis immunopathology.”
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that three Memphis-based arts organizations will receive $45,000 in grants from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Carpenter Art Garden will receive $10,000 to support the design and creation of a mural and a kinetic art installation. The Center for Transforming Communities will receive $10,000 to support the “Measuring Love Fellowship,” an arts research and multidisciplinary storytelling project.
MEMPHIS -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a longtime member of the Congressional Animal Protection Caucus, has once again received a “100 +” on the Humane Society of the United States 2023 legislative scorecard. The recognition accounts for Congressman Cohen’s actions, including critical votes, advancing the humane treatment of animals.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Memphis will receive a grant of $1,171,855 from the U.S. Department of Education to determine alternate means of measuring student performance based on scenario-based assessments.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the Tipton County Board of Education will receive $17,338,355 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for replacement of Crestview Middle School in Covington destroyed in the storms and tornadoes of March of last year. Part of the restoration will be covered by an additional $10.3 million in insurance payouts.