Memphis

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) has been following the horrific fires on Maui, and the tragic loss of life, and made the following statement:

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, today wrote to President Biden, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, and Federal Highway Administrator Shailen Bhatt about the continued need to advance Complete Streets principles to address dramatic increases in both driving and pedestrian fatalities. The Congressman asked them to keep Memphis in mind especially for Safe Streets For All Program Grants.

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced a $2,297,118 grant to enhance the resilience of the Regional Biocontainment Lab at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced three National Institutes of Health grants totaling $2,203,064 to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC). One, for $1,505,914, is for research to identify early-life modifiable risk factors for obesity and mental health problems in children, from the Office of the Director of the National Institutes of Health. The second, for $385,000, is for the study of antagonists for ischemic stroke from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced two grants from the National Institutes of Health. One, for $500,500, is for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital for a project entitled “Mechanisms of Sonic Hedgehog Signal Transduction” from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences. The second, for $423,500, is for research on periodontal ligament regeneration, from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research.

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) this evening updated a previous statement on today’s gunfire at Margolin Hebrew Academy after new details about the alleged shooter began to emerge. He made the following statement:

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Memphis will receive a $220,133 grant from the National Science Foundation for research on privacy in the transmission of encrypted data over wide-area networks. The research is being conducted by Professor Christos Papadopoulos, who holds the Sparks Family Chair of Excellence in Global Research Leadership in the Department of Computer Science.

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today reacted with shock and sadness after hearing that the Margolin Hebrew Academy-Feinstone Yeshiva of the South on White Station was reportedly hit by gunfire this afternoon, and made the following statement: