Shelby County

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Memphis will receive a $174,789 grant from the National Science Foundation supporting a project entitled "CRII: III: Towards Effective and Efficient City-scale Traffic Reconstruction." The project is under the direction of Assistant Professor of Computer Science Weizi Li, Ph.D.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today introduced the Keeping Evictions off Credit Reports Act. This bill would prevent evictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic from appearing on credit reports, which would negatively affect a person's future access to credit or housing.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

WASHINGTON – Representatives Steve Cohen (TN-09) and Nanette Diaz Barragán (CA-44) today led a letter to the leaders of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and its Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment urging them to include various environmental justice provisions in the upcoming 2022 Water Resources Development Act (WRDA).

The letter reads in part:

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will receive a $416,325 grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to conduct research on apoptosis and tumor suppression. Congressman Cohen also announced a separate NCI grant to St. Jude on Wednesday.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will receive a $734,126 grant from the National Cancer Institute to conduct research on T cell therapy for pediatric solid tumors.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today congratulated Bishop David Hall on his appointment to the Farm Service Agency (FSA) Tennessee State Committee.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) made the announcement this afternoon.

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Co-Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, better known as the Helsinki Commission, and the original co-sponsors of the Guaranteeing Oversight and Litigation on Doping (GOLD) Act, Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Roger Wicker, Congressmen Joe Wilson, Richard Hudson, Michael C. Burgess, M.D., Tom Malinowski and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, released a joint statement on the ongoing doping scandal involving the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC).

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) will host a virtual tax filing event with local taxpayer advocates from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on Thursday, February 17. The event will discuss historic lower and middle class tax cuts and answer constituents' questions about filing taxes and maximizing refunds. It will be hosted on Zoom and live streamed on the Congressman's Facebook page.