Millington

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today wrote to Governor Bill Lee asking him to seek emergency assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the damage done by a major ice storm last week that still has tens of thousands without electricity.

The letter reads in part:

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will receive a $455,000 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for research entitled "Bioactivities of pneumococcal cell wall in neuropathogenesis."

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, today called attention to a comprehensive new guide from the Biden Administration to help Memphis and other local communities navigate all of the historic investments under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) that only he and Congressman Jim Cooper (TN-05) voted for from the entire Tennessee Congressional delegation.

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that Shelby County will receive $445,272 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Emergency Food and Shelter Program. The funding is part of a $530 million effort to address hunger paid for by both 2021 Fiscal Year appropriations and through the American Rescue Plan that Congressman Cohen voted for last March.

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today announced that Tennessee will receive historically high levels of funding for the repair, rehabilitation and replacement of its bridges this year and for the next five years because of President Biden's Infrastructure Law, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which only Congressman Cohen and Congressman Jim Cooper (TN-05) from the Tennessee Congressional delegationvoted for last year.

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today reviewed the Tennessee House Select Committee on Redistricting proposal adding Tipton County to the 9^th Congressional District that he has represented since 2007, and made the following statement:

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today highlighted a new report from the White House outlining how he delivered nearly double the regular annual investment t

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that Porter-Leath Inc. will receive a $1,251,110 grant to operate its Early Head Start Programs in Shelby County from the Administration for Children and Families Office of Head Start.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement: