Memphis
[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen issued the following statement regarding the death of Judge D’Army Bailey, the founder of the National Civil Rights Museum:
MEMPHIS,. Tenn — When it comes to civil rights and social justice, Judge D’Army Bailey was considered as being one of its most important crusaders. Congressman Steve Cohen of Memphis knew Bailey for many years.
“Judge Bailey was an advocate. He wanted to see social change and civil rights early on and had an opinion on many things and traveled in different circles and had an influence on a lot of people and was respected across racial lines,” Cohen said.
MEMPHIS,. Tenn — When it comes to civil rights and social justice, Judge D’Army Bailey was considered as being one of its most important crusaders. Congressman Steve Cohen of Memphis knew Bailey for many years.
“Judge Bailey was an advocate. He wanted to see social change and civil rights early on and had an opinion on many things and traveled in different circles and had an influence on a lot of people and was respected across racial lines,” Cohen said.
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today applauded the Obama Administration’s move to designate the nine counties surrounding Memphis as an Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership (IMCP) initiative community, which will make the region eligible for coordinated support from eleven federal agencies with more than $1 billion in economic development assistance.
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced a $1,230,000 federal grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to Le Bonheur Community Health and Well-Being in Memphis. The grant will help fund Le Bonheur’s Be Proud! Be Responsible! Memphis! program, a collaboration between community centers, schools and churches which aims to reduce and prevent teen pregnancy.
[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced $1,788,116 in federal funding for Christ Community Health Services to help train more primary care doctors and increase access to healthcare services in the Memphis area. This funding comes through the Health Resource and Services Administration’s (HRSA) $230 million nationwide Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program, which was created as part of President Obama’s healthcare reform law, the Affordable Care Act that Congressman Cohen sponsored and supported.
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[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) issued the following statement on today’s visit of President Barack Obama to Tennessee:
[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) issued the following statement about several recent fires at historically black churches in states across the South, including Tennessee:
“I am very concerned with the recent string of fires at black churches across the South. We must fully and quickly investigate them and bring any responsible parties to justice. Places of worship should be sacred, and those who seek to destroy them cannot be tolerated by our society.”