Tennessee
WASHINGTON – CongressmanSteve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure and Judiciary Committees, has reintroduced the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Second Screening Act.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today wrote to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra seeking his assistance to ensure the health and safety of Tennesseans living with and at high risk for contracting HIV by providing HIV treatment and prevention funding directly to county health departments and community organizations after the Tennessee Department of Health’s (TDH’s) decision to discontinue its participation in the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Prevention and Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) initiat
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) learned of the passing of revered Whitehaven pharmacist Dr. Charles Champion at the age of 92, and made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today introduced the Keeping Evictions Off Credit Reports Act. The measure would prevent evictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic from appearing on credit reports, which could prevent renters from being approved for future housing. Representatives Bennie G. Thompson of Mississippi and Yvette Clarke of New York are original co-sponsors.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive a $764,284 grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for research on the structure and functional mechanism involved with molecular chaperones and protein kinases.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that Shelby County’s Ryan White HIV Emergency Relief Program will receive a $1,217,533 from the Health Resources and Services Administration.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – On Wednesday, January 18, Congressman Cohen and leaders of Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital will discuss the two new ambulances for which he was able to secure funding this year through the congressional appropriations process. The media are welcome.
What: A press conference on two new ambulances secured for Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today released a statement commemorating the Monday, January 16, observation of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) learned of the death of Lisa Marie Presley this evening and released the following statement:
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today re-introduced the Safer Streets Act, which would create a new grant program to support local communities with high rates of violent crime, including the hiring of additional law enforcement officers and providing resources to community-based violence prevention programs.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement: