Memphis

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will receive a grant of $691,425 from the National Cancer Institute for research on a rare soft tissue cancer known as rhabdomyosarcomas (RMS).

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that Shelby County's Ryan White HIV/AIDS program will receive $1,013,563 from the Department of Health and Human Services.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) joined Congressman Peter DeFazio (OR-04) and 17 other members in introducing the Social Security Expansion Act. The measure would increase benefits by $2,400 a year and fully fund the popular program past 2096 without raising taxes on over 93 percent of Americans.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today went to the House floor to denounce a Republican talking point suggesting that the Second Amendment right to bear arms, including assault rifles, is a "God-given right." The speech was in response to Congressman Jim Jordan of Ohio and others in Wednesday's debate on the Protecting Our Kids Act which passed the House last night.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, tonight voted for the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2022, including two Memphis-centric projects that he proposed. The bill includes provisions to deauthorize the Wolf River to create a lake adjacent to the historic downtown Snuff District and to accommodate a floating entertainment dock at Cobblestone Landing.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will receive a $652,585 grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute for research on the blood disorder thalassemia.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, voted for the Protesting Our Kids Act this evening – sensible gun safety legislation that is popular with the public – and spoke from the House floor during today's debate on the measure.

The vote on passage was 223 to 204.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a longtime member of the Congressional Animal Protection Caucus, today received the Humane Society of the United States "Humane Horseman of the Year" Award for his efforts to end the intentional harm to Tennessee Walking Horses, called soring, used to force horses to perform a pain-based artificially high-stepping gait known as the "Big Lick" that wins prizes at some horse shows, and for his work on improving conditions for wild horses in the Western states.