Education
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) today announced two National Science Foundation grants totaling $741,268 to the University of Memphis. One grant, for $148,020, will underwrite collaborative research uncovering and enhancing pathways to psychological safety at work for racial minority women under the direction of Associate Professor of Management Kristen P. Jones. The second grant, for $593,248, supports super-resolution 3D ultrasound imaging of brain activity under the direction of Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Carl D.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Memphis will receive a $456,076 grant from the Department of Health and Human Services to train graduate psychology students.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
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 applauded the Biden Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program that has already provided debt relief to 610,000 student borrowers, including at least 58,000 in Tennessee’s 9th Congressional District that he represents.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-09), Ranking Member of the House Aviation Subcommittee, joined fellow Transportation and Infrastructure Committee members Reps. Colin Allred (D-TX-32) and Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR-05) in introducing the Flight Education Access Act. The new bipartisan bill would increase the limit for individuals taking out student loans to pay for flight training, and works to increase diversity within pilot training programs. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) are leading the bill in the U.S.
WASHINGTON – Congressmen Steve Cohen (TN-9), whose newly redrawn district now contains parts of Tipton County, today wrote Governor Bill Lee asking that he waive the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) testing for approximately 1,200 students in areas affected by recent storms, especially at badly damaged schools in Covington.
The letter reads in part:
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Memphis will receive a $433,349 grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences for a project entitled “Effect of ambient heat on chronic kidney disease and end-stage kidney disease among U.S. veterans” under the direction of School of Public Health Assistant Professor Abu Mohammed Naser Titu.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the Metal Museum, formerly the National Ornamental Metal Museum, will be receiving a $500,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for its continuing efforts. The Metal Museum is devoted to exhibitions of metalwork and public programs featuring metalsmiths. It is the only institution of its kind in North America and one of only a few in the world devoted exclusively to metalwork.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today introduced the John Tanner and Jim Cooper Fairness and Independence in Redistricting (FAIR) Act which would require states to take their congressional apportionment decisions out of the political process and place it in the hands of independent redistricting commissions. The measure is named after former Tennessee Congressmen John Tanner and Jim Cooper, both champions of legislation to end partisan gerrymandering.