Science and Technology
Tennessee hospitals and community health centers could be getting more than a half-billion dollars from the federal government over the next decade to help them recover the cost of treating patients who cannot afford to pay.
A Medicare-reform bill that is awaiting approval by the U.S. Senate would send $53 million in Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments to Tennessee hospitals each year for the next 10 years. Tennessee is the only state that doesn’t automatically receive the payments every year.
[MEMPHIS, TN] – Medical marijuana legislation led in the House by Congressmen Steve Cohen (D-TN) and Don Young (R-AK) and in the Senate by Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Rand Paul (R-KY) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) is gaining more and more bipartisan support.
[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced $1,000,000 in federal funds for Translational Sciences, Inc., a Memphis-based small business. This grant comes through the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Small Business Innovation Research awards.
“Heart disease is one of the leading causes of death in the United States, including in the Ninth District.” said Congressman Cohen. “This funding will help Memphis researchers find innovative new treatments.”
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) joined Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (TX-21) this week to introduce legislation that would protect consumers from unfair taxes on digital goods, like those purchased over the Internet or on smartphones. The Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2015, H.R.
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) and Congressman Pete King (NY-02) today reconvened the Congressional Tourette Syndrome Caucus for the 114th Congress along with Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) and 22 Members of Congress. The Congressional Tourette Syndrome Caucus is a bipartisan group of legislators focused on spreading awareness about Tourette Syndrome (TS) and promoting policies that support people and families coping with the neurological disorder.
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This week, I sent a letter to Attorney General Holder asking him to reschedule marijuana and I led a letter with three of my colleagues asking for Speaker Boehner to postpone Prime Minister Netanyahu’s address to Congress. Keep reading to learn more about what happened this week.
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today issued the following statement regarding President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2016 budget proposal:
“President Obama’s budget is a positive vision for our nation’s future that will put us on a sustainable fiscal path. It will spur further economic growth by making critical investments to improve our roads and bridges—creating jobs in Memphis and around the country—and boost take-home pay for the middle-class while closing tax loopholes that allow the wealthiest one percent to avoid paying their fair share.”
[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), co-chair of the bipartisan Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus, today applauded President Obama’s launch of the Precision Medicine Initiative, a bold new research effort aimed at revolutionizing how America treats disease and improves health.