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September 15, 2014

Fear of the Yelp review has driven some businesses around the country to attempt to fine customers for writing a bad review online.

California Rep. Eric Swalwell says this is a violation of free speech and will propose legislation this week to make it illegal.

September 15, 2014
In The News

Fear of the Yelp review has driven some businesses around the country to attempt to fine customers for writing a bad review online.

California Rep. Eric Swalwell says this is a violation of free speech and will propose legislation this week to make it illegal.

Issues:JudiciaryScience and Technology
August 29, 2014

MEMPHIS, TN - A medical miracle is needed to save 2-year-old Chloe Grauer. Her family, desperate for help, has found themselves in a battle for medical cannibas oil, despite a new state law.

WMC Action News 5 first introduced you to Chloe in April. She turns 3 years old in just a few weeks, but has spent most of her life on drugs that make her sleep. When she's awake, she has seizures.

August 29, 2014
In The News

MEMPHIS, TN - A medical miracle is needed to save 2-year-old Chloe Grauer. Her family, desperate for help, has found themselves in a battle for medical cannibas oil, despite a new state law.

WMC Action News 5 first introduced you to Chloe in April. She turns 3 years old in just a few weeks, but has spent most of her life on drugs that make her sleep. When she's awake, she has seizures.

Issues:9th DistrictChildren and FamiliesHealth CareJudiciaryMemphisScience and TechnologyShelby CountyTennessee
August 22, 2014
Enewsletters

Dear Friend,

This week, U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez came to Memphis and visited the Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks Job Corps Center, I announced more than $2 million in federal funds to help support research at the University of Memphis and St. Jude, and I continued my work to stop the excessive use of force by local police departments around the nation. Keep reading to learn more about what happened this week.

Issues:9th DistrictDefenseEducationHomeland SecurityMemphisScience and TechnologyShelby CountyTennessee
August 21, 2014

[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced 4 federal grants totaling $1,125,168 in funding for several projects at the University of Memphis. This funding comes through the National Science Foundation (NSF).

“I am pleased with this federal investment in the University of Memphis and their talented scholars,” said Congressman Cohen.

Today’s announcement includes funding for the following University of Memphis projects:

August 20, 2014

[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced 3 federal grants totaling $1,187,971 in funding for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. This funding comes through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and will be used for a variety of programs and research projects.

“This funding will be used to continue important work at St. Jude, one of the world’s finest health care institutions,” said Congressman Cohen.

Today’s announcement includes funding for the following St. Jude projects:

August 18, 2014

[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today congratulated two researchers from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, Dr. Karen Johnson and Dr. David Nelson, on being named in Thomson Reuters’ new “World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds of 2014” report.

August 8, 2014
Enewsletters

Dear Friend,

This week in Memphis, I met with 10 Memphis-based innovative startups that are helping create jobs and grow our economy, participated in several National Night Out events throughout Shelby County and in a conference aimed at eradicating blight and building sustainable communities, pushed for federal oversight of this week’s elections, and attended the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law’s 2014 Pillars of Excellence Awards. Keep reading to learn more about what happened this week.

Issues:9th DistrictBudgetEconomy and JobsForeign AffairsJudiciaryMemphisScience and TechnologyShelby CountyTennesseeVeterans' Affairs
August 5, 2014

[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) will celebrate the second annual "Start-Up Day Across America" by joining 10 nascent small businesses from the Memphis area at StartCo. As he tours the StartCo facility and meets with representatives from several of the startup businesses that work out of the facility, Congressman Cohen will raise awareness of the significant impact that entrepreneurs can have on both the Memphis and national economies as well as highlight the innovation taking place in the Ninth District.