Science and Technology
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the Ranking Member of the Aviation Subcommittee, today called for urgent action to address the ongoing air traffic control staffing shortage and implementation of key safety provisions in the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 at a hearing titled “America Builds: Air Traffic Control System Infrastructure and Staffing.”
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive two grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The first, an $894,735 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), is for research into a novel imaging agent to delineate osteomyelitis in sickle cell disease. The second, a $277,500 grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), is for research related to epilepsy.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) tonight held a telephone town hall meeting to discuss issues on the minds of his constituents as the second month of the tumultuous second Trump term got under way with slashes in federal jobs and programs and harm to the reputation of the United States in the world.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a polio survivor and an advocate of vaccine immunization, released the following statement after the Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services on a 52-48 vote.
“It is a violation of the public’s trust to confirm the appointment of a man not capable of protecting the nation’s – and the world’s – public health. A vaccine denier with little knowledge of the vast array of responsibilities he has now been given is the wrong person for this job.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today condemned a Trump Administration proposal to cap facilities and administrative cost reimbursements to 15 percent of total research project costs on National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant awards to biomedical research institutions. The proposal would be devastating to Tennessee universities and research organizations. In 2023, Tennessee received about $770 million in funding from the NIH. The proposed reduction would result in a roughly $250 million annual loss to institutions in the state.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today introduced a Congressional resolution commending efforts to eradicate the wild poliovirus. As a child, Congressman Cohen contracted the disease which still affects his daily life.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that Young, Gifted and Green, a community environmental organization, will receive a community grant of $19,996,791 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The funding comes from the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act that only Congressman Cohen in the current Tennessee Congressional delegation voted for.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced a $1,999,581 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to the University of Memphis for a project titled “S-STEM Bridging the Gaps: Cultivating STEM Identity and Success through STEM Outreach, Networking, and Scholarships,” under the direction of Dr. Stephanie Ivey, Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Civil Engineering.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced a $231,000 research grant to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) from the National Eye Institute. The project is titled “a generalizable deep learning platform for unifying quantification of experimental autoimmune uveitis.”
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that Shelby County’s Ryan White HIV Emergency Relief Program will receive a $1,288,750 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement
“I am pleased to see this substantial federal investment in the health of some of the most vulnerable our community. This funding for Shelby County’s Ryan White program is critical because the Memphis region has one of the highest HIV rates in the country.”