Science and Technology
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a longtime proponent of using the Clean Air Act to limit the pollution driving climate change, today applauded the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) suite of new rules governing fossil fuel-fired power plants. He was particularly pleased to see a final rule requiring the safe management of coal ash like that produced by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced a $611,240 grant to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) to study the regulation of kidney function and blood pressure in aging populations. The funding comes from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) will hold a press availability on Thursday, March 14, to highlight the $1 million in Community Project funding he was able to secure through the annual appropriations process for Agape Child and Family Services in partnership with CodeCrew. The funding will be used to fuel a job-training partnership for young adults to develop skills in computer science to prepare them for in-demand jobs.
WASHINGTON – Congressmen Steve Cohen (TN-9) and Tim Burchett (TN-2) today introduced the TVA Increase Rate of Participation (IRP) Act to require greater transparency and accountability in the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) process. The IRP process is a comprehensive study projecting how the nation’s largest federal utility meets energy needs.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive a grant of $251,912 from the National Cancer Institute for caregiver education with interactive neurodevelopmental games for infants undergoing treatment for medulloblastomas.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the Ranking Member of the Aviation Subcommittee, today spoke from the House floor in favor of another short-term extension of Federal Aviation Administration programs and authorities. However, he also noted that continued short-term extensions of the FAA’s existing authorities postpones implementation of carefully drafted legislation intended to address a host of aviation priorities for the next five years.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive a grant of $523,387 from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to study synaptic vesicular transporters.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Representatives Steve Cohen (TN-9), Lloyd Doggett (TX-37) and Nanette Barragán (CA-44) today led a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure endorsing Medicare coverage of dental procedures linked to improved treatment of diabetes. The letter was co-signed by 38 other Members of Congress.
The letter reads in part:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive two grants, for $245,700 each, from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. One grant will support research in trivalent live attenuated vaccines and the other will support research on Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive a $409,500 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for a project entitled “Metabolic checkpoint in dendritic cell subsets and adaptive immunity.”
Congressman Cohen made the following statement: