Memphis
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, today announced U.S. Department of Homeland Security Port Security Grants to the City of Memphis ($398,250), the Memphis and Shelby County Port Commission ($638,769) and Shelby County Government ($238,078), totaling $1,273,095.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a $1,050,313 grant from the National Cancer Institute for research determining the contribution of microbial-derived metabolites to protective immunity in obesity-driven cancer risk.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will receive a grant of $432,000 from the National Cancer Institute for pediatric oncology education.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today released the following statement following a shooting overnight in Memphis:
MEMPHIS — Today, Representatives Steve Cohen (TN-09), Ro Khanna (CA-17), James Clyburn (SC-06), Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05), and Karen Bass (CA-37) reintroduced legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal to civil rights icon Reverend James Lawson. They plan to reintroduce this bill every Congress until it is passed.
MEMPHIS – Today, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) learned that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is warning residents near the Sterilization Services of Tennessee facility located at 2396 Florida Street in South Memphis about increased health risks from emissions of ethylene oxide.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today spoke from the House floor in favor of and then voted for the Assault Weapons Ban Act, which restores and updates the prior assault weapons ban that kept weapons of war out of our communities for a decade before Republicans opposed its renewal.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today applauded President Biden's nomination of Kevin G. Ritz as the next U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressmen Steve Cohen (TN-09) and Don Beyer (VA-08), after extensive consultation with the White House and Treasury Department officials, today introduced the Billionaire Minimum Income Tax Act, to ensure that the wealthiest Americans pay their fair share in taxes.
The bill would enact President Biden's proposal to require households worth over $100 million to pay at least a 20 percent tax rate on their full income, including unrealized gains.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a $385,000 grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communications Disorders for biological research on deafness.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement: