Education
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), who as a state senator worked for years to pass the Tennessee Lottery that has provided billions of dollars in HOPE and Tennessee Promise Scholarships over 18 years, today applauded news that the HOPE scholarship amounts awarded to students will be increasing in the new school year.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that Bridge Builders will receive a grant of $214,981 and City Year Memphis will receive a grant of $1,123,200 supporting their work with students from AmeriCorps, the federal agency that administers AmeriCorps and other national service programs. In addition, Volunteer Tennessee, the state service commission, will also receive $3,272,078 in formula funding, which will in turn be awarded to state organizations to support additional AmeriCorps members in the coming months.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today submitted a statement for the record during an Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce legislative hearing considering his bill, H.R. 5441, the Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST) Act, which he has strongly promoted since it was first introduced in 2013.
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the Shelby County Board of Education will receive a supplemental grant of $12,984,549 for Head Start programs from the Department of Health and Human Services.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a $231,000 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to study the genetic determinants regulating susceptibility and resistance to SARS CoV-2 (Covid).
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a $203,280 research grant from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will receive a $4,163,954 grant from the National Cancer Institute to conduct a Childhood Cancer Survivorship Study.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the South Memphis Renewal Community Development Corporation will receive a $1.5 million grant from the Department of Labor's YouthBuild Program to support the development of apprenticeship and other career pathway models that prepare underserved young adults (16-24 years) who are not currently in school for jobs in construction and other in-demand industries.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today questioned an official from the U.S. Geological Survey's Ecosystem program about a mysterious illness that has killed 85 wild horses at a Bureau of Land Management facility in Colorado in less than a week. The questions were raised at a Committee on Natural Resources hearing entitled "Preventing Pandemics through U.S. Wildlife-borne Disease Surveillance."
See his line of questioning here.
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