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WASHINGTON -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today recognized Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, which will be commemorated beginning Sunday, May 5, at sundown. The observance coincides with the 27th day of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar, which is also the date of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943. As a state senator, Cohen sponsored, and the Tennessee General Assembly passed, legislation to create the Tennessee Holocaust Commission. A special part of its work is educating teachers about Holocaust history.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee and a champion of human rights, today spoke from the House floor against the rise of antisemitism and the response of former President Trump to the demonstration of antisemitism at Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017. In the debate on the Antisemitism Awareness Act today, introduced by Representative Mike Lawler (NY-17), he also expressed understanding about reservations some have about its implications for free speech.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that Christ Community Health Services Inc. will receive a grant of $3,354,327 to support its ongoing work with the underserved from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a longtime opponent of the intentional injury to horse legs and feet called soring to create an exaggerated gait at walking horse shows, today applauded the release of U.S.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive a grant of $819,860 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute for developing and validating race-specific cardiomyopathy risk prediction models in African American survivors of childhood cancer.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the Shelby County and the Shelby County Health Care Corporation (Regional One) will receive $2,016,498 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Healthy Start Initiative designed to eliminate disparities in perinatal health for expecting mothers and those who have just given birth. The program focuses on communities with infant mortality rates 1.5 times the national average.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive a $754,304 grant from the National Cancer Institute to study the trajectory of epigenetic aging and health outcomes in childhood cancer survivors.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a longtime proponent of using the Clean Air Act to limit the pollution driving climate change, today applauded the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) suite of new rules governing fossil fuel-fired power plants. He was particularly pleased to see a final rule requiring the safe management of coal ash like that produced by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that Tri-State Community Health Center will receive a grant of $1,416,200 for its ongoing work with the underserved from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Aviation Subcommittee Ranking Member Steve Cohen (TN-9) and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Rick Larsen (WA-2) provided the following statements after the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) today issued a final rule requiring that airlines issue passengers a prompt automatic cash refund for canceled and significantly delayed flights.