Memphis
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has been awarded $306,250 for allergy, immunology and transplantation research from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).
Dear Friend,
This week I was sworn into the 113th Congress by House Speaker John Boehner in the U.S. Capitol. I also voted to prevent the fiscal cliff from taking place and the U.S. Senate approved the nomination of Memphian V. Lynn Evans to the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) was today sworn into the 113th Congress by House Speaker John Boehner in the U.S. Capitol. This is Congressman Cohen’s fourth term in Congress.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that Congress approved extending the State and Local Sales Tax Deductions for Tennesseans as part of the fiscal cliff agreement that Congress passed on January 1. This important tax provision was slated to expire at the end of 2012 -- which would have increased taxes for all Tennesseans. Congressman Cohen has been an ardent supporter of this tax deduction well before coming to Congress and signed onto a bipartisan letter to the House Ways and Means Committee requesting that the deduction be extended in September.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced that the U.S. Senate yesterday approved the nomination of Memphian V. Lynn Evans, CPA, to the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Congressman Cohen recommended Evans to President Obama for consideration. Evans will fill the position on the TVA Board currently held by Bishop William Graves who has reached the end of his second term on the Board.
Dear Friend,
I wanted to take this opportunity to wish you and your family a Happy Holiday Season. These are tough economic times in Memphis and families are doing more with less to celebrate this holiday season. That is why I am working hard in Memphis and Washington to create jobs.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today released the following statement after the National Rifle Association (NRA) made its announcement concerning recent gun violence:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today praised President Barack Obama’s decision to create a Cabinet-level task force, led by Vice-President Joe Biden, to make recommendations on gun control measures. The task force is due to report back in 30 days.
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today issued the following statement on a comprehensive memorandum of agreement between the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Juvenile Court of Memphis and Shelby County (Juvenile Court) to resolve findings of serious and systemic failures in the juvenile court that violate children’s due process and equal protection rights.
WASHINGTON. D.C. -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today released the following statement in response to Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam’s decision not to operate a state-based healthcare exchange under the federal Affordable Care Act. An integral part of the Affordable Care Act includes the creation of health care exchanges to establish a marketplace for the purchase of affordable health insurance plans. States were meant to tailor their specific needs to a state-based exchange, but those who opt out will be obligated to have the federal government run an exchange for them: