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[Washington, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) released the following statement today regarding the Social Security Administration’s anticipated announcement this week that there will be no increase in the annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients in 2016.
[Washington, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) today hailed Senate passage of legislation predominantly based upon the Enhancing Safety at Military Installations Act, a bill introduced by Cohen and Congressman Scott DesJarlais (R-TN) to allow members of the Armed Forces to protect themselves while on military bases and at recruitment facilities. The Congressmen introduced the bill in July following a deadly shooting at a Chattanooga, TN military recruitment facility. The bill was cosponsored by the entire Tennessee delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives.
[WASHINGTON, DC] –Congressman Steve Cohen released the following statement this morning regarding the death of Memphis Police Officer Terence Olridge.
“Like all Memphians, my thoughts and prayers today are with Officer Olridge’s family and his fellow officers,” said Congressman Cohen. “It is both shocking and sad to lose another Memphis Police officer.”
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[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced $1,450,732 in federal funding for Chris Community Health Services and an additional $283,932 for the Memphis Health Center. Today’s funding comes through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Health Center Cluster and Health Infrastructure Investment Program grant programs, which aim to support primary health care services in underserved areas and allow health centers to better meet community needs, respectively.
[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III, Congressman Steve Cohen’s (TN-09) recommendation to President Obama to serve as District Court Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, today appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which is tasked with reviewing nominations to the federal bench. The Congressman recommended Stanton after convening a bipartisan, racially diverse screening committee of Memphis-area attorneys. Mr. Stanton is a lifelong Memphian and graduate of Central High School who has served as U.S. Attorney for nearly 5 years.
After being selected as one of nine finalists in July, Memphis was awarded a Choice Neighborhood Grant which will help revitalize Memphis
[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) presented Gunnery Sergeant Francis “Mike” East with the flag flown over the United States Capitol on August 14, 2015, the day the flag was raised over the United States Embassy in Cuba, in a brief ceremony at St. Joseph Catholic Church (see attached photos).
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Following his lottery to select winners to watch today’s address by His Holiness Pope Francis to a Joint Session of Congress on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today welcomed dozens of Memphis winners to Capitol Hill for this historic event. Today’s speech was the first-ever such address to Congress by a Pope and provided the Memphians attending the opportunity to see the Pope in person as he appeared on the Capitol’s west balcony.