Science and Technology
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) today issued the following statement on House Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith’s (R-TX) decision to postpone consideration of the Stop Online Piracy Act (H.R. 3261) – legislation that would require Internet Service Providers to block access to certain foreign websites.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressmen Brian Bilbray (R-CA) and Steve Cohen (D-TN) introduced H.R. 3664, the Solar Energy Regulatory Relief Act of 2011. This bipartisan legislation will promote standardization for local permitting requirements for solar energy and lower the installation costs for solar energy systems. Please see the below statements:
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) a federal grant worth $399,162 for heart and vascular diseases research – specifically, to elucidate basic molecular mechanisms that lead to vascular disease in response to vascular injury and atherosclerosis. The new federal funds will be administered by the National, Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI).
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital a federal grant worth $262,500 for research to develop treatments for heart and vascular diseases. The new federal funding will be distributed by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI).
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded the University of Tennessee Health Science Center a federal grant worth $315,000 to develop a safe and effective vaccine to prevent Group A Streptococcal (GAS) infections and their complications. GAS infections include acute rheumatic fever (ARF), rheumatic heart disease (RHD) and invasive disease. The funds will be administered by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9), Congressman Peter Welch (D-VT) and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) today spearheaded a letter requesting that the Office of Inspector General at the U.S. Department of State launch an investigation into the State Department’s handling of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and National Interest Determination (NID) for TransCanada Corporation’s proposed Keystone XL Pipeline.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced that the U.S. Department of Labor has awarded Memphis Bioworks Foundation a federal grant worth $3,743,098 to prepare about 400 long-term unemployed, under-employed, and “discouraged” American workers for specialty occupations for which employers presently use H-1B visas to hire foreign workers.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital a grant worth $820,577 for research projects to discover incidence and etiology of pneumonia in children. The new federal funding will be distributed by the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded the University of Tennessee Health Science Center $148,000 to study the role of the thalamus in taste processing. The new federal funds will be distributed by the National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders (NIDCD). NIDCD is mandated to conduct and support biomedical and behavioral research and research training in the normal and disordered processes of hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech and language.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital a grant worth $709,574 for research into the regulation of lipid metabolism in bacteria. The new federal funding will be distributed by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIMGS).