Education
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Steve Cohen (D-TN-09) U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today introduced bicameral legislation that would help put an end to the for-profit college industry's aggressive recruiting of veterans, service members, and their families.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced today that the National Science Foundation will be awarding Rhodes College $133,718 to study judicial decision making.
Congressman Cohen also announced that the National Cancer Institute will be making a grant of $165,300 to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center for cancer cause and prevention research. So far this year, the Memphis-based medical school has received $7,077,094 in federal grants.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center will be receiving a $228,000 research grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to examine infection from leptospira bacteria.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
"I'm pleased to announce this important research grant which will keep Tennessee's medical school in the vanguard of scientific research."
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a member of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, questioned witnesses at a hearing today looking at achieving the promise of a diverse workforce by encouraging minority students to consider studying the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) disciplines. Congressman Cohen asked the witnesses about the role of scholarships in promoting diversity in those disciplines. See his exchange with the hearing witnesses here.
The witnesses at the hearing were:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today introduced University of Memphis President M. David Rudd to the House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment. Congressman Cohen noted that Rudd, also a Professor of Psychology, is in his fifth year as president and that his wife, Loretta, teaches child development at the university. See his introduction here.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) congratulated the National Civil Rights Museum, its supporters and staff for winning the prestigious National Medal for Museum and Library Science from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, announced Tuesday.
The National Civil Rights Museum was one of 10 winners of the medal, the nation's highest honor given to libraries and museums that make significant and exceptional contributions to their communities. The medals will be awarded at a ceremony in Washington on June 12.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Steve Cohen voted to pass H.R. 1644, the Save the Internet Act, a bill he cosponsored, to restore popular, bipartisan net neutrality protections for consumers and small businesses after the Trump Administration ended these vital protections in a brazen, partisan attack last year. The Save the Internet Act passed the House by a vote of 231-190.
On Tuesday, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos went before a House appropriations subcommittee and, as she has in every previous year of the Trump presidency, requested a series of huge cuts to the Department of Education—$7 billion in total this time around, which is roughly 10 percent of the department's budget. Among the proposals that DeVos made to that end was eliminating the entirety of the $17.6 million in federal spending dedicated to the Special Olympics.
I was pleased to read of President Randy Boyd's announcement that the University of Tennessee will begin offering free tuition to meritorious, need-based students in 2020.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced today that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center will be receiving a $609,360 grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to conduct vascular research.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
"This grant from one of the premier National Institutes of Health will help keep the University of Tennessee's medical school in Memphis at the cutting edge in medical research. I have long supported the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, and I am pleased it is funding this important research."