Memphis
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced the Memphis Area Transit Authority will receive $1,056,000 to purchase 10 paratransit vans to replace 10 2002 BlueBird buses that have met their useful life. The funds are being made available through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced the Memphis Zoo was awarded a Conservation Project Support (CPS) grant worth $140,000 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to upgrade the African elephant facility and provide caretakers with additional training.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced Tennessee will receive a National Emergency Grant from the U.S. Department of Labor worth $3,589,704 to create approximately 480 temporary jobs for eligible dislocated workers to assist with clean-up and recovery efforts as a result of the effects of the severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds, and associated flooding.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today issued the following statement on President Obama’s visit to Memphis, Tennessee. The President was in Memphis to deliver the commencement speech at Booker T. Washington High School and to meet with families affected by the recent flooding, and with first responders and state and local officials:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today issued the following statement on ticket access to President Obama’s Monday commencement speech at Booker T. Washington High School in Memphis, Tennessee. The Memphis high school was selected by the President as the winner of this year’s Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge:
MEMPHIS, TN. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced that President Obama will deliver the commencement speech at Booker T. Washington High School. The Memphis high school was selected by the President as the winner of this year’s Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced that Booker T. Washington High School of Memphis, Tennessee is one of three schools that received the most online votes in this year’s Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge. From these remaining schools, President Obama will choose one as the winner later this week and will participate in their commencement ceremony this year.
Today, Congressman Cohen released the following statement about the storms that passed through the mid-south:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded the University of Tennessee Health Science Center $358,000 for heart and vascular diseases research. The new federal funds will be distributed by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHBLI).
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today hosted a telephone Town Hall on Medicare and Social Security for approximately 60 minutes between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. CT. More than 8,100 constituents from the 9th Congressional District participated in the call.