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WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN), the Ranking House Member of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), also known as the Helsinki Commission, today discussed the decline in democratic norms under the Georgian Dream Party.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive a grant of $2,340,000 from the National Science Foundation for a research project entitled “US-UK-China Collab: Understanding the Impact of Poultry Vaccination on H5Nx Avian Influenza Virus Evolution and Ecosystem Dynamics.” The research is under the direction of principal investigator Richard Webby and co-principal investigators Justin Bahl and Nicolas Wu.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today had the opportunity to discuss Memphis’ violent crime problem and solutions with Attorney General Merrick Garland at an oversight hearing. Congressman Cohen noted that Memphis was the second city to join the Violent Crime Initiative which increases federal resources in specific communities.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced two National Institutes of Health grants totaling $836,990 to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC).
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today attended and spoke at the Washington Dialogue, a historic forum at the U.S. Institute of Peace Headquarters. The Washington Dialogue highlighted Russian voices that oppose Putin’s war.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive a grant of $491,400 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to study “transcriptional and metabolic heterogeneity in T cell differentiation.”
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today introduced the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Equity Act, which would update the current U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) CDBG funding criteria and adopt a single formula for grants based on factors reflecting current needs.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, expressed his opinion after former President Donald Trump was convicted on felony counts in New York this afternoon and made the following statement:
“The rule of law, which the United States is founded upon, shone bright today. In America, no one is above the law.”
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee who introduced a resolution of censure against U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito on May 21 for his demonstrated bias on matters before the High Court, today expressed disappointment at Justice Alito’s refusal to recuse himself on cases involving Donald Trump, the 2020 election and the January 6, 2021, insurrectionists.
WASHINGTON --- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the State of Tennessee will receive $2,484,530 from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program. The funding for the program came from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) that only Congressman Cohen in the current Tennessee Congressional Delegation voted for.