Memphis
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), who was recently recognized with the Humane Society's "Humane Horseman of the Year" award, today applauded the advancement of his Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST) Act out of the markup in the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce. The bill passed by a vote of 22 to 0. The measure, H.R.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will receive a $617,417 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to study the pan-genome of Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that Rhodes College will receive a $639,165 grant from the National Science Foundation to study the genetics of filamentous fungi under the direction of Chemistry and Natural Sciences Professor Loretta Jackson-Hayes.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressmen Steve Cohen (TN-09) and Andy Levin (MI-09) today led a letter with 24 Congressional colleagues asking Secretary of State Antony Blinken to appoint a Coordinator on Global Anti-Corruption.
The letter reads in part:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a grant of $320,468 from the Office of the Director of the National Institutes of Health to modernize its animal care facility.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) recalled his good friend and colleague and "the Mayor of Midtown," Mark Flanagan, who passed away on June 15, and released the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a member of the Committee on Natural Resources and its Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife, today urged his colleagues to pass his H.R. 7398, the Prohibit Wildlife Killing Contests Act. The measure would end the practice of rewarding hunters for killing animals on federally owned land in contests that advance no legitimate wildlife-management purposes.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a longtime advocate of improving U.S. relations with Cuba, today co-led a letter with Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and 24 Congressional colleagues commending President Biden for reversing several ill-advised Trump Administration policies toward the island nation. The letter recommends the Biden Administration review U.S. policy toward Cuba to facilitate global vaccine equity and ensure that U.S.