Memphis
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a $231,000 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to study the genetic determinants regulating susceptibility and resistance to SARS CoV-2 (Covid).
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the National Park Service will provide a $500,000 grant for the rehabilitation of Collins Chapel and $50,000 for the Memphis Heritage Trail Youth and Civil Rights Summer Camp.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
"I am pleased to announce these investments in important Memphis institutions by the National Park Service, which will help preserve and interpret the African American Civil Rights movement."
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WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a $203,280 research grant from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today wrote to Tennessee Valley Authority CEO Jeffrey Lyash about plans to transition away from coal-fired electricity generation by building a new fossil gas plant, which would require the construction of a new gas pipeline. Congressman Cohen urged a re-thinking of the plan and an increased focus on clean, renewable energy.
The letter reads in part:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) tonight voted for nearly $40 billion in aid to Ukraine, including $8.7 billion to replenish stocks of U.S. equipment sent to the war-ravaged country.
The vote on passage was 368 to 57.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the environmental conservation group Clean Memphis will receive a grant of $485,559 from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today released a statement commemorating Yom Ha'atzmaut, a one-day recognition of Israel's independence:
"I congratulate the Israeli people celebrating the 74th anniversary of their independence. Israel is a staunch, important ally and friend to America. To all Israelis, I say ‘Yom Atzmaut Sameach.'"
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today held an event in his office in the Odell Horton Federal Building to celebrate with representatives of the 10 community projects for which he secured funding. The $11,701,000 secured in the FY22 Federal Spending bill is the most Tennessee's 9th Congressional District has ever received through the appropriations process.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that Memphis Health Center Inc. will receive a $5,039,393 grant from the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Service Administration.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Co-Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, today condemned Russian war crimes in Ukraine at a hearing entitled "Russian War Crimes in Ukraine."
In his opening statement, Co-Chairman Cohen said in part: